Xavier Vegas

Xavier Vegas serves as the Head of Global Credit Strategy for Global Wealth Management. In his role, he leads the development of the Private Bank’s global credit views as well as security level credit investments in Investment Grade, High Yield, Emerging Markets and Municipal credit, providing investment solutions for Global Wealth Management clients. Mr. Vegas has a leadership role in GWM’s investment committee.

Mr. Vegas has extensive experience in the financial industry. Before joining J.P. Morgan, he served as Emerging Markets Portfolio Manager for Credit and Equities investments at BlueMountain Capital Management.

Previously, Mr. Vegas worked as an Emerging Markets Distressed Debt Analyst for Contrarian Capital Management, covering Latin America sovereign and corporate investments. Prior to that, he worked in the Financial Institution and Governments Group at J.P. Morgan Investment Bank advising financial institutions  in mergers and acquisitions and capital raising transactions.

Mr. Vegas earned his MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University with a specialization in Corporate Finance and Decision Sciences. Before getting his MBA, he worked as Treasury Manager at Vencred and as Head Trader at Activalores.

Mr. Vegas got his Bachelor's Degree from Universidad Metropolitana in Venezuela, his native country. He currently lives in Westport, Connecticut, with his wife and three children.

He is Fluent in English and Spanish and conversational in Portuguese

Hobby: Running