Priya Desai is a Managing Director at MetLife Investment Management's (MIM) Private Capital group, focused on Asset Backed Finance. Priya began her career in 2004 and prior to joining the Private Capital team, she served as the sector head of MIM's Public ABS group for four years. Prior to joining MetLife, Priya worked as a structured products banker at JPMorgan and Lehman Brothers, structured products trader at Shinkin Central Bank, ABS structurer at Deutsche Bank, and in ABS capital markets at fintech firms. Priya earned an MBA and MS in Finance from Boston College and is a CFA Charterholder.

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MetLife Investment Management is the institutional asset management business of MetLife, Inc., one of the world’s leading financial services companies. MetLife Investment Management brings institutional investors deep and long-established expertise in Fixed Income, Small and Small-Mid Cap Equities, Private Credit and Real Estate, and had $616.9 billion of total assets under management as of March 31, 2025.