The 3rd Annual Private Credit Conference on Direct Lending & Middle Market Finance 2024 | Deal Catalyst | 9 May 2024 | The Diplomat Beach Resort Hollywood, Curio Collection by Hilton, 3555 S Ocean Dr, Hollywood, FL 33019, USA

This third annual conference, hosted in partnership with the LSTA, will continue to provide the latest and most relevant content for direct lending funds, BDCs, and their bank funding partners including capital fundraising strategies, pathways and major regulatory developments. Allocators will have the opportunity to network with funds, hear the outlook for credit performance, and identify investment opportunities.

Who Should Attend
• SPV lenders, BDC revolver lenders
• Subscription finance lenders
• Middle market CLO investors
• Unsecured / convert / baby bond investors
• Direct private placement investors
• Recurring revenue ABS investors
• LPs, family offices, wealth advisors
• Investment banks
• Fund and bank counsel
• Technology and data analytics providers
• Rating agencies
• Trustees

2024 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Bruce Richards
Chief Executive Officer & Chairman, Marathon Asset Management

Ben Bowman
Senior Investment Officer, Wyoming Retirement System

SPEAKERS:

Jay Ramakrishnan
MD, Head of Originations, AB Private Credit Investors

Wynne Comer
Chief Operating Officer, AGL Credit Management LP

Timothy Lyne
Chief Executive Officer, Antares Capital

Tanner Powell
Chief Investment Officer, Apollo Investment Management

Jim Miller
Partner, Co-Head of Direct Lending, Ares Management

Michael Ewald
Partner, Global Head of the Private Credit Group, Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Bain Capital Credit

James Keenan
Chief Investment Officer and Global Head of Credit, BlackRock

Jonathan Bock
Senior Managing Director and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Blackstone Credit, Blackstone Secured Lending

Alex Zilberman
Managing Director, Blue Owl Capital

Sengal Selassie
CEO, Brightwood

Kirsten Hagen
Co-Founder and Partner, Brinley Partners

Gavin Baiera
Portfolio Manager - Credit, CEO, Centerbridge, Overland

Ken Kencel
President & Chief Executive Officer, Churchill Asset Management

Fran Beyers
Managing director, Cliffwater

Jonathan McEvoy
Managing Director, Co-Head Private Wealth, Coller Capital

Vincent Kravec
Managing Director, Commonfund

John Popp
Managing Director and Global Head of CIG, Credit Suisse Asset Management

Alex Chi
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-President, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

David Golub
President, Golub Capital

Doug Goodwillie
Managing Partner & Co-Head, Middle Market Direct Lending, Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors

Daniel Pietrzak
Partner and Co-Head of Private Credit, KKR Credit

Stephan Kuppenheimer
Partner, Portfolio Manager and Head of Private Credit, Lord Abbett

Marilyn Adler
Founder and Managing Partner, Mizzen Capital

Ted Koenig
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Monroe Capital

Jeff Day
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Private Credit

Alan Schrager
Portfolio Manager & Senior Partner, Oak Hill Advisors

Raj Ahuja
Head of Alternative Investments, OMERS

Mark Gertzof
Managing Director, Head of Originations and Capital Markets, TCW Private Credit

Michael Phillips
Head of Credit, Special Opportunities, Teacher Retirement System of Texas

Trevor Clark
Founder and Managing Partner, Twin Brook Capital Partners

Leslie Falconio
Head of FI Strategy, UBS Wealth Management

Brendan McGovern
Senior Partner, Head of Direct Lending/President and Chief Executive Officer, 26North/26North BDC

Manuel Delgado
Managing Director and Head of Business Development, Alantra

Craig Dewberry
Partner, ODD Senior Analyst, Albourne Partners

Ilona Potiha Laor
Partner, Allen & Overy

Anthony Diaz
Managing Director, Head of Loan Sales & Trading, Antares Capital

Michele Kovatchis
Senior Managing Director, Antares Capital

Kevin Alexander
Partner, Ares Management

Shelly Cleary
Partner, Ares Management/Ivy Hill

Troy Ward
Portfolio Manager, Ares Management

Pratik Gupta
Managing Director, Head of CLO & RMBS Research, Bank of America

Dadong Yan
Head of Portfolio Finance, Barings

Joseph Mazzoli
Head of Investor Relations & Client Development, Barings BDC

Chris Grizzard
Director, Bayshore Capital

Sriram Vedula
Director, Private Debt, BCI

Patrick Wolfe
Managing Director, BlackRock

Victoria Chant
Managing Director, Blackstone

Jennifer Kloud
Managing Director, BMO Sponsor Finance

John Papachristos
Partner, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

Brian Marcus
Managing Director - Partner and Deputy Head of Cross Platform Investing, Carlyle

Kevin McLeod
Head of Fund Development and Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital

Andrew Young
Partner, Clifford Chance US LLP

Pramit Sheth
Head of Structured Products, Dawson Partners

Harry Pangas
Partner, Dechert

John Timperio
Partner, Dechert

Jon Burke
Partner, Dechert

Derek Dubois
Treasurer, Deerpath Capital Management

Erica Frontiero
Senior Financial Executive and Advisor, EF Advisors

Daniel Roddick
Founder, Ely Place Partners

Mohak Rao
Research Analyst, Fixed Income, Fidelity Management & Research Company

Sabrina Rusnak-Carlson
General Counsel, First Eagle Alternative Credit

Michael Morris
Managing Director, Flexpoint Ford

Andy Frank
Managing Director, Partner & Head of Sponsor Finance, Fortress

Dominick Ruggiero
Managing Director and Partner, Fortress Investment Group

Michael Loehrke
Managing Director, Head of Sales & Trading, Golub Capital

Cory Wishengrad
Head of Fixed Income, Guggenheim Securities

Nedelina Lazarova
Head of Private Debt, HQ Trust

Phillip Titolo
Managing Director, Head of Insurance Solutions, Hunter Point Capital

Jeffrey Bracchitta
Managing Director, Debt Capital Markets, J.P. Morgan

Marco Prono
MD, JPMorgan

Gopal Narsimhamurthy
Managing Director, Global Head of Funds Ratings, KBRA

William Cox
SMD, Global Head of Corporate, Financial and Government Ratings, KBRA

Carolyn Alford
Partner, King and Spalding

Jennifer Daly
Partner, King & Spalding

Matthew Warren
Partner, King & Spalding

Avi Korn
Co-Head, Asset Based Finance, KKR

Jason Phillips
Director, Asia Credit, KKR

Matt Stoeckle
Director, Liberty Mutual Investments

Ron Daniel
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Liquidity Group

Lee Shaiman
Executive Director, LSTA

Ted Basta
EVP, Market Analytics & Investor Strategy, LSTA

Tess Virmani
AGC & EVP - Public Policy, Head of ESG, LSTA

Beth Vogel
Partner, Mayer Brown

Matt O'Meara
Partner, Mayer Brown

John Slonieski
Partner, Director of Private Credit, Medalist Partners

Daniel Leger
Managing Director, MGG Investments

Jennifer Han
Executive Vice President, Chief Counsel & Head of Global Regulatory Affairs, MFA

Seth Perlman
Executive Director, Morgan Stanley

Ana Arsov
MD-Gbl FIG & Private Credit, Moody's Ratings

Clay Montgomery
VP-Senior Analyst, Moody's Ratings

Cyrus Moshiri
Director, New Mountain Capital

Karl Liebenauer
Director, Special Situations, NXT Capital

John Tsui
CIO, Peninsula House LLC

Marina Lukatsky
Global Head of Credit Research, PitchBook

David Hillman
Partner, Proskauer

Larry Herman
Managing Director, Raymond James

Adelene Lee
Senior Vice President, Managing Editor, Reorg

Geoff Burrows
Reporter, Reorg

Gary Miller
Director - Originations, Revere Capital LLC

Leonard Klingbaum
Partner, Ropes & Gray

Jocelyn Lewis
Managing Director, Head of Private Credit Commercial Strategy, S&P Global

Belinda Ghetti
Managing Director, Co-Head US Structured Credit CLO, S&P Global Ratings

Devi Aurora
Managing Director & Analytical Manager, Financial Services Ratings, S&P Global Ratings

Ruth Yang
Managing Director, Global Head of Thought Leadership Credit Research & Insights, S&P Global Ratings

Winston Chang
Managing Director, Global Head of Analytics & Research for Structured Finance, S&P Global Ratings

Adam Heasley
Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel

Gregory Ruback
Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel

Daniel Strong
Executive Director, SMBC

Shuichi Kiyanagi
Senior Director, SMTB

Daniel Pallone
Vice President, SS&C Technologies

Tim Grell
Chairman of North America, Tikehau

Nick Cleary
Senior Partner, Vantage Infrastructure

Allan Schmitt
Managing Director, Asset Backed Finance, Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking

Finian O'Shea
Director, Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking

Michael Cardani
Managing Director - Fund Finance Group - Head of Fund Solutions, Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking

David Ridley
Partner, White & Case

Douglas Landy
Partner, White & Case

David Brooke
Private Credit Editor, 9fin

Peter Benson
Private Credit Reporter, 9fin

2024 Sponsors

LEAD SPONSORS:
• King & Spalding
• Mayer Brown
• S&P Global
• SMBC
• Wells Fargo

PARTNER SPONSORS:
• Bank of America
• BlackRock
• EuroABS
• KKR
• Morgan Stanley
• Paul Hastings
• Reorg Research
• Ropes & Gray
• White & Case

PATRON SPONSORS:
• Allen & Overy
• Cahill
• Citadel SPV
• Clifford Chance
• Dechert LLP
• Finsight
• Goldman Sachs Alternatives
• Guggenheim Securities, LLC
• J.P. Morgan
• KBRA
• Moody's
• Natixis
• Oak Hill Advisors
• PitchBook
• Proskauer
• Schulte Roth + Zabel
• TCW
• U.S. Bank

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• GLAS
• Goldberg Kohn
• GreenbergTraurig
• GreensLedge
• LSEG Data & Analytics
• Morningstar DBRS
• SOLVE
• SS&C Technologies

EXHIBITOR SPONSORS:
• Alston & Bird
• Broadridge
• Chapman and Cutler
• Computershare
• Deutsche Bank
• Hogan Lovells
• Intex
• Jones Day
• Milbank LLP
• Morgan Lewis
• Sirvatus
• Societe Generale
• TPG Twin Brook Capital Partners
• Western Alliance Trust Company

DELEGATE LANYARD SPONSOR:
• Antares

NETWORKING RECEPTION SPONSOR:
• Davis Polk & Wardwell

AFTER PARTY SPONSOR:
• SMBC

SEAT DROP SPONSOR:
• Egan-Jones

Wi-Fi SPONSOR:
• Golub Capital

DELEGATE BADGE SPONSOR:
• KKR

REGISTRATION CHECK-IN SPONSOR:
• KBRA

HEAD SHOT SPONSOR:
• LSEG Data & Analytics