Avery Colcord

Avery Colcord is a Managing Director and Vice President for AB CarVal, where he is responsible for originating and executing investment opportunities in emerging markets and asset-based finance across Asia. Colcord first joined Cargill in 1993 in the Strategy and Business Development Group in Minneapolis. In 1997, he moved to Shanghai to start Cargill’s Trade and Structured Finance Group’s office there. In 2004, Colcord transferred to AB CarVal, where he led China investments until 2014. He rejoined AB CarVal in 2017 after working as an independent consultant to funds investing in Greater China. Prior to joining Cargill, Colcord worked in investment banking for Kidder, Peabody & Co. in New York and Hong Kong. Colcord holds a BA (magna cum laude) in economics and psychology from Yale College and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.