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Malay Patel

Portolio Manager, Structured Credit

Malay Patel is a Portfolio Manager on the Structured Credit team at Sona Asset Management. He joined Sona in March 2025 and brings 24 years of experience in securitized credit. Prior to joining Sona, Malay was responsible for securitized credit trading at D.E. Shaw and, before that, collateralized loan obligation investments at Bluecrest Capital Management and Deustche Bank Capital Management. He began his career in sales and trading roles at UBS and JPMorgan. Malay holds a B.S. In Computer Science and Mathematics and a B.A. In Economics from Yale University