Peter Polanskyj
Chief Investment Officer
Mr. Polanskyj is Chief Investment Officer for Obra Capital. He is also a Senior Managing Director and a member of the firm’s Executive Team. Prior to joining Obra Capital in 2022, Mr. Polanskyj was Managing Director and Head of U.S. Collateralized Loan Obligation Management at Sculptor Capital Management (formerly known as Och-Ziff). In this role, Mr. Polanskyj oversaw the various aspects of creating, securitizing, and managing CLOs and similar structured products as an Issuer. During his 14-year tenure, he was also responsible for investments in CLOs and other corporate-backed structured products including CBOs, synthetic CDOs, TRUP CDOs, as well as investments in various regulatory and arbitrage strategies involving structured credit, corporate credit, equity, and closed end fund markets.
Previously, Mr. Polanskyj held various positions at Morgan Stanley, including roles as a strategist focused on credit, structured credit, equity derivatives, and capital structure arbitrage. He also worked as an independent consultant focused on employee stock option valuation, as well as a Supervising Actuary for Reliance National Insurance Company. Mr. Polanskyj holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Mathematics from Rutgers University, where he was named a Henry Rutgers scholar, and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School.