Ryan Garino is a former Partner and Head of Global Credit at Citadel Investment Group, where he worked for 15 years. In this role, he oversaw the firm’s trading efforts in convertible bonds, corporate debt and credit default swaps. He was also selected to serve on Citadel’s Portfolio Committee for seven years, helping to determine the risk allocation and portfolio sizing decisions of the firm’s asset management business.

Since leaving Citadel, Ryan has lectured at Northwestern, creating a course entitled Inefficient Markets that combines academic and practitioner perspectives on the root causes of market inefficiencies. He has also lectured at Kellogg courses including the Asset Management Practicum, Derivatives, Corporate Finance and Hedge Funds and Private Equity.

Ryan graduated summa cum laude from Northwestern with a BA/MA in Mathematics and Economics. He also holds an MBA, with honors, from the University of Chicago.

Students enrolled in the Asset Management Practicum's (AMP) sequence of courses participate in managing a portion of the Kellogg School's endowment. Across five different portfolios, the Practicum manages around $19.5 million in total. In the practicum students will rotate across roles of industry analysts and portfolio managers. The AMP courses provides weekly exposure to leading asset management practitioners. Students must take two of the three AMP courses: FINC-456, FINC-457 and FINC-458. AMP requires students to have taken either FINC 431 Finance II or FINC 440 Accelerated Corporate Finance before enrolling in the Practicum. Practicum students have the following additional requirements. Prior to, or during their first quarter of the Practicum, students must have taken or be simultaneously enrolled in one of the following classes: FINC 442 (Financial Decisions); FINC 444 (Value Investing); FINC 448 (M&As, LBOs and Corporate Restructuring); FINC 477 (Global Entrepreneurial Finance), ACCT 451 (Financial Reporting and Analysis) or ACCT 452 (Issues in Financial Reporting). Before their graduation: AMP students must take either FINC-450 (Capital Markets) or FINC-465 (Derivative Markets I). Some of these co-requisites can be waived based on a student's background.

Students enrolled in the Asset Management Practicum's (AMP) sequence of courses participate in managing a portion of the Kellogg School's endowment. Across five different portfolios, the Practicum manages around $19.5 million in total. In the practicum students will rotate across roles of industry analysts and portfolio managers. The AMP courses provides weekly exposure to leading asset management practitioners. Students must take two of the three AMP courses: FINC-456, FINC-457 and FINC-458. AMP requires students to have taken either FINC 431 Finance II or FINC 440 Accelerated Corporate Finance before enrolling in the Practicum. Practicum students have the following additional requirements. Prior to, or during their first quarter of the Practicum, students must have taken or be simultaneously enrolled in one of the following classes: FINC 442 (Financial Decisions); FINC 444 (Value Investing); FINC 448 (M&As, LBOs and Corporate Restructuring); FINC 477 (Global Entrepreneurial Finance), ACCT 451 (Financial Reporting and Analysis) or ACCT 452 (Issues in Financial Reporting). Before their graduation: AMP students must take either FINC-450 (Capital Markets) or FINC-465 (Derivative Markets I). Some of these co-requisites can be waived based on a student's background.