Charles Rusbasan '91

Charles Rusbasan is Founding Partner and CEO of Balbec Capital LP an investment manager specializing in private credit investments with over $2.5 billion in assets under management throughout sixteen countries. Prior to founding Balbec in 2010, Mr. Rusbasan was a Senior Managing Director of Bear Stearns and CEO of the Max Recovery subsidiary which he founded at Bear in 1992 – it was the largest purchaser of insolvent consumer debt in six countries when he departed in 2009.  Mr. Rusbasan held other management positions at the Chemical Bank and KPMG in New York and Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh.

He holds a BA in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh and an MBA from Columbia University. In addition to his investment management activities, Mr. Rusbasan is involved with various charitable organizations related to land conservation and international affairs.