Company
Lord, Abbett & Co.
Bio
Harris Trifon is responsible for overseeing Mortgage Credit Products and manages the Real Estate Credit team.
Mr. Trifon joined Lord Abbett in 2021 and was named Partner in 2023. His previous experience includes serving as Co-Head of Mortgage and Consumer Credit at Western Asset Management; Director of Fixed Income Research, Global Head of CRE Debt at Deutsche Bank; and Director of Structured Finance at Standard & Poors. He has worked in the financial services industry since 2000.
Mr. Trifon serves on the Executive Committee and Board of Governors for the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council and the University of Florida’s Bergstrom Center for Real Estate, and was voted on the Institutional Investor All-Star list for two years prior to moving to the buy-side. In addition, he serves as a mentor to NYU Stern’s Chen Institute Career Mentorship Program and he is a member of IMN’s (information management network) CRE Advisory Board.
He earned a BA in economics from the University of Florida and an MS in real estate from New York University.