Ruslan Taigounov is a Managing Director on the Residential Credit team, where he is responsible for Re-Performing and Non-Performing Whole Loan investing. Prior to joining Pretium in 2022, Ruslan was trading whole loans at Morgan Stanley, where he focused on Re-Performing, Non-Performing, and Residential Transitional Loans. Previously, Ruslan worked at Nomura across the residential mortgage and agency trading businesses. Ruslan received a Bachelor's in Economics from Rutgers University and spent ten years in the Army National Guard where he was an Infantry Platoon Leader and graduate of US Army Ranger School.