Lauren Holland

Ms. Lauren A.
Holland is a Senior Analyst of Paper & Packaging at CreditSights, Inc. She is a Research Analyst on the Basic Industries team covering Paper and Packaging.
An experienced fundamental Credit Analyst, Ms. Holland began her finance career in 2001 at Lehman Brothers in High Yield Research covering various sectors, including Chemicals, Industrials, Manufacturing, and Automotive, serving as an integral member of Institutional Investor-ranked teams.
In 2004, she joined Citigroup where she was a Credit Sector Specialist, covering Gaming, Lodging, and Leisure.
During this time, she was closely involved with the trading desk, providing actionable ideas to clients, as well as integral in maintaining relationships with issuer management teams and key investor accounts.
Ms. Holland then transistioned to Raeburn Advisers, a macro hedge fund, where she was a Junior Portfolio Manager with direct reponsibility for a number of sectors, including Gaming & Lodging, Media, Telecom, Consumer, Retail, and Aerospace/Defense.
She also served Co-Head of Fixed Income at BOE Securities, where her responsibilities included sales, trading, marketing, and development of custom credit research products for invevstors.
Prior to joining CreditSights, she was a Director and Senior Credit Analyst with Emblask LP, a hedge fund focused on alternative investments in credit.
Prior to her career in finance, she was an Engineer with BASF and DuPont where she specialized in control systems, process optimization, and production.
She holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from The University of Oklahoma (1996) and an MBA with an emphasis in Finance and Entrepreneurship (2001) from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.