Mark Hughes is a senior managing director, co-head of emerging market debt and portfolio manager at PPM America, Inc. (PPM). In this role, he is jointly responsible for overseeing a team of emerging market debt portfolio managers and analysts. Additionally, he is responsible for emerging market investment and allocation decisions in various portfolios managed on behalf of investors globally. Prior to joining PPM in 2025, Mark was a portfolio manager at Western Asset Management where he was responsible for managing the firm’s emerging market corporate platform. He also held roles at PIMCO, W.R. Huff Asset Management and Seattle-Northwest Securities. Mark earned a master’s degree in business administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a bachelor’s degree in business economics from Willamette University. He is a CFA® charterholder.
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