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David Munoz is a Managing Director and the Global Head of Credit Strategy for BlackRock's Fixed Income Division and for the R3 Fund, which invests in absolute return based research and trade ideas across asset classes. Mr Munoz also is a member and co-head of macroeconomic strategy for BlackRock's Core Portfolio Strategy Group which determines portfolio positioning across the division. Prior to BlackRock, Mr Munoz was a senior investment professional within Lehman Brothers’ Global Principal Strategies (GPS) group since late 2006. Prior to joining GPS, Mr Munoz was a senior banker in Lehman Brothers’ investment banking division between 2004 and 2006. During his tenure, Mr Munoz completed approximately $20 billion in M&A and $8 billion in financing transactions. Prior to joining Lehman in 2004, Mr Munoz was an M&A professional at Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr Munoz was a specialist in highly structured transactions and executed over 30 M&A transactions with an aggregate value exceeding $80 billion and numerous capital markets transactions valued at over $15 billion. Prior to joining Credit Suisse First Boston, Mr Munoz was an investment banking analyst at Baring Securities. Mr Munoz graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. in economics.