Ward Bortz

Ward is an ETF Portfolio Manager and the Head of Distribution for US Wealth at Angel Oak Capital. He launched Angel Oak’s ETF business and serves as a Portfolio Manager for Angel Oak’s ETFs as well as ETFs sub-advised by the firm. Ward is also responsible for distribution in the wealth channel including oversight of the product development process and sales team.

Prior to Angel Oak, Ward was a senior investment professional at Invesco, BlackRock and Dimensional Fund Advisors. He worked in a variety of roles including portfolio management, product development, strategy, and business development across fixed income, equities, and alternatives. Ward began his career in 2006 as a sell-side research analyst and trader, focusing on quantitative credit research, high yield bond research, and high yield/distressed bond trading.

Ward holds a B.A. degree in Economics from the University of Chicago and an M.B.A. focused on finance and asset pricing from Columbia Business School.