William Christian

Mr. William Daniel Christian is the Partner and Chief Operating Officer at GoldenTree Asset Management, LP. Prior to joining GoldenTree, he was a Director at MacKay Shields LLC, serving as the Director of Investment Operations and Information Technology. Mr. Christian was responsible for MacKay's operational delivery and the identification and deployment of technology solutions to support a multi-product investment management firm. He also managed MacKay's outsourcing relationships. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Christian was the Head of North America Investment Operations at AIG Global Investment Group. Additionally, he was part of a team at AIG that developed a global strategy to support and implement consistent investment systems and operational procedures worldwide. Prior to this role, Mr. Christian was a Vice President at Bankers Trust in its corporate trust department. His role there was of Product Manager for UIT product delivery and client service. Before his tenure at Bankers Trust, Mr. Christian held various management positions at Chase Manhattan Bank. He started his career at Chase Manhattan Bank in 1986 in their operations and technology management-training program. This program lasted 21 months and involved rotation assignments, internal and external seminars as well as quarterly presentations to senior management. Mr. Christian graduated from Iona College with a B.S. degree in Business Administration. He also received an M.B.A. degree from Iona College.