Mr. Santana is co-Portfolio Manager and Head Trader, where he is responsible for Monarch’s day-to-day trading activities. Prior to joining Monarch in March 2002, Mr. Santana was a Vice President of Lazard and was the Head Trader of the Lazard Debt Recovery Funds. In 1999, he became the Head Trader of the High Yield Desk where his responsibilities included trading distressed bank debt and bonds as well as identifying investment opportunities in the distressed debt markets. Mr. Santana joined Lazard in 1997 as a research associate on the High Yield trading desk. Prior to this, he worked for AT&T in its DirecTV and International Consumer Long Distance divisions. Mr. Santana graduated from Amherst College with a B.S. in Economics and Spanish.