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Viola Patock

Managing Director, Head of Continental Europe

Viola is Head of Continental Europe for RBC BlueBay. Viola joined BlueBay Asset Management (which is now part of RBC Global Asset Management) in February 2011. She is based in Munich, Germany, and is responsible for BlueBay’s business development activities in continental Europe. She previously spent two years at KBC Asset Management in Dublin, Ireland, where she was responsible for KBC’s Sales & Client Servicing Support team and the management of the firm's distribution channels, in particular in Asia. Prior to KBC Asset Management, Viola spent eight years at Allianz Global Investors/PIMCO in Munich, servicing institutional clients globally, as well as three years at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers in London, managing the relationship with German insurance clients. Viola graduated from the school of business administration in Osnabrück, Germany, and holds the Investment Management Certificate.