David Scudellari Senior Executive Managing Director, Head of International Investment AIMCO

David Scudellari

Senior Executive Managing Director, Head of International Investment

David Scudellari joined AIMCo in 2023 as Senior Executive Managing Director, Head of International Investment, reporting to the CEO.

David has more than 30 years of leveraged finance and capital markets experience across North America. Most recently, at the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), he was Global Head of Credit Investments and Private Equity. Prior to joining PSP Investments, he held leadership roles at Barclays and Goldman, Sachs & Co., including as Global Head of Finance and Risk – Canada for Barclays in New York. He also spent two years in Calgary, where he served both as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for North West Upgrading Inc., and as a Board member at Teine Energy.

David holds a Master of Business Administration from Pace University – Lubin School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University at Albany, SUNY.

Randy Schwimmer Senior Managing Director, Co-Head of Senior Lending CHURCHILL ASSET MANAGEMENT

Randy is co-head of senior lending and oversees senior lending origination and capital markets for Churchill Asset Management, an investment specialist of Nuveen.

Randy has broad experience in middle market finance and is widely credited with developing loan syndications for middle market companies. Prior to joining the firm, Randy served as a senior managing director and head of capital markets and indirect origination at Churchill Financial. In those positions, he took responsibility for all loan capital markets activities and for managing the firm’s indirect origination platform. Before that, he worked as managing director and head of leveraged finance syndication for BNP Paribas. He spent 15 years at JP Morgan Chase in corporate banking and loan syndications, where he originated, structured and syndicated leveraged loans.

Randy graduated with a B.A., cum laude, from Trinity College and an M.A. from the University of Chicago.

John Timperio Partner DECHERT

John M. Timperio, a partner in Dechert's global finance practice and a member of the firm’s Policy Committee, has more than 25 years of experience working with some of the world's largest asset managers and investment banks on various types of structured finance solutions, including CLOs and structured loan facilities. Mr. Timperio leads Dechert’s Structured Credit and CLO team, which has not only been ranked one of the most active in the CLO market since it restarted but also one of the most distinguished in terms of industry awards for best CLO law firm. He is also actively involved in creating various permanent capital solutions for various of the firm's 50 plus asset manager clients who currently manage CLOs, including US and EU risk retention compliant structures.

Mr. Timperio is recognized by Law360 as a 2020 MVP of the Year for Structured Finance. Mr. Timperio is ranked as a leading lawyer for securitization and CLOs by Chambers USA, recognizing his expertise on middle market CLO transactions. Mr. Timperio is cited in Chambers USA as "the quintessential managers' lawyer in CLOs, he is at the forefront of development and is a pleasure to work with." Mr. Timperio is also a recommended lawyer for Structured Finance by The Legal 500 (U.S.), where he was described as "very prolific" and "well known" for his work in the middle market CLO sector. Since 2012, he has been ranked in The Best Lawyers in America as a leading lawyer in banking and finance law. Mr. Timperio is a frequent author and speaker on the topic of CLOs and risk retention.

Alex Chi Partner Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Alex is Americas co-head of Private Credit within Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He was named co-chief executive officer and co-president of Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. in 2022. He is a member of the Asset Management Private Credit Investment Committee, Specialty Lending Group Investment Committee and BDC Investment Committee. Alex also serves on the Americas Inclusion and Diversity Committee, is the head of the Asian Network in the Americas and the firmwide recruiting captain for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Prior to joining Goldman Sachs Asset Management, he worked in the Financial and Strategic Investors Group (FSIG) within the Investment Banking Division from 2006 to 2019, where he managed the firm’s relationships with private equity and related portfolio company clients. From 2000 to 2006, Alex was in Leveraged Finance, where he originated and executed leveraged loan and high yield financings for sponsor and corporate clients across all industries. From 1997 to 2000, he was based in Hong Kong, working on mergers & acquisitions, debt and equity financings, privatization and restructuring assignments for clients across Asia Pacific. Alex joined Goldman Sachs in 1994 as an analyst and spent his first three years at the firm across the Information Technology, Fixed Income Capital Markets and Leveraged Finance groups. He was named managing director in 2006 and partner in 2012.

Alex serves on the Board of Directors for the JED Foundation and the Korean American Community Foundation.

Alex earned a BS from MIT in 1994.

Phil Tseng Managing Director, Co-Head of U.S. Private Capital BLACKROCK

Phil Tseng, Managing Director, is a member of BlackRock's Global Credit Platform and President and COO of BlackRock TCP Capital Corp (NASDAQ: TCPC). He is Co-Head of US Private Capital and is the Investment Committee Co-Chair for BlackRock's US Private Capital (USPC) business. He is responsible for co-leading the platform, originating and executing investment opportunities, and maintaining relationships with key deal sources and intermediaries across the US. He is also Co-Chair of the Management Operating Committee for US Private Capital and a member of the Private Credit Executive Committee for Global Credit.Prior to joining BlackRock, Mr. Tseng served on the Management Committee and was a Managing Partner at Tennenbaum Capital Partners (TCP). TCP managed more than $9 billion in committed capital and was acquired by BlackRock in 2018. In addition to managing the growth and build out of TCP, he was responsible for sourcing, evaluating, structuring and executing private debt and equity investments. Prior to TCP, he held roles in equity research and investment banking at Credit Suisse First Boston and Deutsche Banc Alex Brown. Mr. Tseng currently serves as a Director on the Board of Connexity Inc., and previously on First Advantage, ITC DeltaCom, and Anacomp, Inc.Mr. Tseng also serves on the Board of Trustees for the California Science Center Foundation and as a Director of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Southern California.Mr. Tseng received his A.B. with honors in Economics from Harvard College and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School

Grishma Parekh Managing Director, Co-Head of North American Core Senior Lending HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS

Ms. Parekh is a Managing Director at HPS Investment Partners and Co-Head of North American Core Senior Lending.  Prior to joining HPS in 2020, Ms. Parekh spent over twelve years as a Partner and Managing Director at The Carlyle Group.  During her tenure at The Carlyle Group, Ms. Parekh was a founding member of the Direct Lending platform, served as Head of Origination for Illiquid Credit, and was a member of the Investment Committee for the Direct Lending business. Prior to joining The Carlyle Group in 2007, Ms. Parekh was an Investment Banking Associate at JPMorgan where she was responsible for originating, structuring and executing high yield bond and leveraged loan transactions. Ms. Parekh holds a BS in Finance and Information Systems from the Stern School of Business at New York University. 

Todd Koretzky Partner A&O SHEARMAN

Todd is a leveraged finance and private debt partner in A&O Shearman's New York office. He advises a wide variety of financial institutions and investment funds across a broad range of domestic and international finance transactions. He regularly counsels commercial and investment banks, alternative asset managers and private credit funds, as well as borrowers and other market participants, on secured and unsecured loans, leveraged and acquisition financings, asset-based loan facilities, debtor-in-possession financings, bridge loans, restructurings and recapitalizations, and general corporate finance and banking matters. His practice spans the syndicated loan and “direct lending” markets and ranges from middle-market to large cap transactions across multiple asset classes, including U.S. domestic and Latin American digital infrastructure.

Todd leads A&O Shearman’s annual Leveraged Finance Training Camp and has published articles in a number of media outlets, including The Banking Law Journal, The Banker and the International Comparative Legal Guide to Lending & Secured Finance. He is a frequent contributor to industry conferences and podcasts, such as Debtwire’s U.S. Private Credit Forum and the ABF Journal and 9fin podcasts, among others.

Todd received his BBA from The University of Georgia and his JD and MBA from Vanderbilt University.

Rakesh (RIck) Jain Partner and Global Head of Private Debt Pantheon

Rick is a Partner and Global Head of Private Debt. Rick is a member of the International Investment Committee and the Global Credit Committee. Prior to joining Pantheon, Rick was a Managing Director and an Investment Committee Member at Star Mountain Capital, a middle-market private credit manager. Rick previously held several senior investment positions across asset managers and boutique investment firms including Stone Tower Capital, Green Brook Capital and Citigroup Alternative Investments and Morgan Stanley. Rick received a B.Com in Economics and Finance (Hons.) from McGill University. Rick is based in New York.

Ed Goldstein Partner, CIO of Coller Credit Secondaries COLLER CAPITAL

Partner, CIO of Coller Credit Secondaries

Ed is Chief Investment Officer for Coller Credit Secondaries, beyond his day-to-day origination activity, and is based in the firm’s New York office.

Prior to joining Coller Capital in 2009, Ed was a Managing Director at GSO Capital Partners’ London and New York offices where he had responsibility for debt origination. He has also worked at Credit Suisse as a Director of its Investment Banking division.

Ed has a BS in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Jim Bonetti Managing Director GTCR

Jim joined GTCR in 2017 and is currently a Managing Director of the firm. Prior to joining GTCR, Jim was a Managing Director and Co-Head of the North American Leveraged & Acquisition Finance Group at Morgan Stanley. Jim also functioned as the Head of the North American Syndicate Desk. Prior to Morgan Stanley, he was an analyst in the Equity Capital Markets and Asset Management Groups at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Jim holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BS in Business Administration summa cum laude from Northeastern University.

Jim is head of GTCR’s Capital Markets Group. In this role, Jim leads the firm’s capital markets activities as part of the transaction teams and manages key financing and banking relationships.

Thomas Dobleman Partner KIRKLAND & ELLIS

Thomas Dobleman is a corporate partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He concentrates his practice principally in the areas of debt financing transactions, with an emphasis on leveraged buyouts, highly leveraged financings, work-outs, restructurings, liability management transactions and other special situation transactions. He represents private equity sponsors, private and public companies, hedge funds and alternative capital sources. The transactions that he has handled include complex secured and unsecured financings, leveraged buy-outs, debtor-in-possession and exit financings, bridge-debt facilities, asset-based financings, first-lien, second-lien, unitranche, mezzanine and subordinated debt financings and have ranged in size from billion dollar transactions to middle market and lower middle market transactions.

Gary Creem Partner PROSKAUER

Gary Creem is a Corporate partner, co-head of The Private Credit Group and a member of the Finance Group.

Gary focuses his practice on complex corporate finance transactions, including leveraged sponsor buyouts, acquisition financings and recapitalization transactions. Gary routinely represents an array of leading institutional investors in direct, club and syndicated financing transactions in the middle market and upper middle market, often involving cross-border components. His clients include leading investment banks, institutional investors, direct lenders, private debt funds, business development companies, and technology focused investors. Gary advises these clients on a range of credit products across the capital spectrum, including: senior and senior stretch loans; unitranche facilities (straight and bifurcated); second lien financings; mezzanine debt; subordinated notes; and other innovative financial products. Gary also advises clients on structuring software and other technology-based financings, including recurring revenue-based transactions.

Gary is recommended by Chambers USA where clients note he is “the go-to guy for those types of transactions [private credit]”, “particularly good at weighing the positives and negatives of any deal to strike a good balance” and “just what we need to get the deal done.” He is often quoted in industry publications, including Private Debt Investor.

A significant part of Gary’s practice is spent counseling institutional investors in complex inter lender arrangements, including agreements among lenders, intercreditor agreements and subordination agreements. Gary frequently advises clients on debt restructurings and out-of-court workouts, including forbearance matters, debt-for-equity exchanges, restructuring support agreements and Article 9 remedies. Gary has deep experience with non-traditional equity transactions, including debt-like preferred equity as third party financing, equity kickers and co-investments for private credit investors and debt for equity swaps involving troubled companies.

Outside of his law career, Gary sits on the board of Families First in Massachusetts.

Kyle Asher Managing Director & Co-Head, Opportunistic Credit MONROE CAPITAL

Kyle Asher, Partner, Managing Director & Co-Head and Co-Portfolio Manager, Opportunistic Private Credit. Mr. Asher is a Managing Director, Co-Head and Co-Portfolio Manager of Monroe Capital’s Opportunistic Private Credit investment vehicles. He is responsible for deal origination, structuring, and portfolio management, as well as overseeing the opportunistic business and its team.  As part of the opportunistic business, Mr. Asher co-leads the firms’ investments in real estate, specialty finance and corporate special situations.   He joined the firm in 2009 and is a member of the Opportunistic Private Credit Fund’s Investment Committee. He serves as the Co-Chair of the firm’s Strategic Planning Committee. Mr. Asher has over 15 years of investment experience and has led the underwriting of over $5 billion of debt and equity transactions, across a variety of opportunistic private investments. Prior to Monroe, he was an Analyst with Chicago-based Calder Capital Partners, a direct and fund-of-funds private equity firm partly owned by Goldman Sachs and Ares Capital (formerly Allied Capital), where he performed due diligence on various direct and fund-of-fund investments, sourced transactions and assisted in capital raising. Mr. Asher began his career as an Equity Analyst for MindShare Capital, an institutional money-manager where he focused on the valuation and trading patterns of small-cap growth companies. Mr. Asher earned his M.B.A. in Finance and International Business from Northwestern University and his B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science from Northwestern University.

Nicole Drapkin Managing Director and Co-Head of Opportunistic Credit BLUE OWL

Nicole Drapkin is a Managing Director at Blue Owl and member of the Direct Lending Investment Team. In her role, she serves as co-head of Opportunistic Credit and shares responsibility for the Blue Owl Opportunistic Lending Fund.

Previously, Nicole served as a member of Owl Rock Capital Advisors’ Originations team. Prior to joining Blue Owl, Nicole was a Principal in the Principal Credit Investments Group at the CPP Investment Board, where she focused on sourcing and evaluating credit investments across the gaming, consumer retail, software and healthcare sectors. Prior to that, Nicole was a Vice President in the Leveraged Finance Group at Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York.

Nicole currently serves on the board of directors of the Marlene Meyerson JCC of Manhattan. Nicole received a BA, with Honors, from Princeton University.

Joseph Goldschmid Managing Director OAK HILL ADVISORS

Joseph Goldschmid serves as a Managing Director with a primary focus on stressed, distressed and special situations investments at Oak Hill Advisors (OHA), an alternative investment firm with over $60 billion under management across performing and distressed credit related investments in North America, Europe and other geographies. Prior to joining OHA, Mr. Goldschmid was a Director in the Distressed & Special Situations Group at Angelo Gordon. During his career, Mr. Goldschmid has led numerous high-profile restructuring cases and served on many official and ad hoc creditor committees. Before joining Angelo Gordon, Mr. Goldschmid worked in the Restructuring and Special Situations Group at The Blackstone Group and PJT Partners. He began his career as an analyst at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Goldschmid currently serves on the Board of Directors for Valaris Limited (NYSE: VAL) and previously served on the Board of Directors for Expro Group. In addition, Mr. Goldschmid serves on the Board of Trustees of Riverdale Country School and is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors and the American Bankruptcy Institute. Mr. Goldschmid holds a B.S. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a James Kent Scholar.

Ben Radinsky Principal HIGHVISTA STRATEGIES

Ben Radinsky, Principal, HighVista Strategies

Ben is a Principal at HighVista Strategies focused on our Opportunistic Credit and Special Situations investing. Ben brings 20+ years of relevant experience including some 13 years of credit investment experience, most recently at Crescendo Asset Management. Ben received a B.A. in Biology from Yeshiva University and an MBA in Finance and Statistics from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Kunal Soni Head of Western Region, Head of Direct Lending Technology MORGAN STANLEY PRIVATE CREDIT

Kunal Soni is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and the Head of the Western Region and Direct Lending Technology for Morgan Stanley Private Credit, where he serves as a member on the Investment Committee and focuses on originating and executing investment opportunities. Mr. Soni joined Morgan Stanley in 2019 and has over 23 years of relevant industry experience. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Soni was Head of the Western Region for the Direct Lending Platform of the Carlyle Group. Prior to Carlyle, Mr. Soni has worked in various credit-focused senior investment professional roles in the asset management industry since 2007. Mr. Soni was also a Principal at Bison Capital Asset Management focusing on growth investments in middle market companies and worked at J.P. Morgan and KPMG LLP. Mr. Soni graduated from Emory University in 1998.

Fran Blair Managing Director, Credit Investments PSP INVESTMENTS

Fran Blair is Managing Director, Credit Investments at the Public Sector Pension Investment

Board (PSP Investments). He heads PSP Investments’ Distressed Credit and Rescue Finance

direct investing business and is responsible for debt financing in complex restructuring

situations.

Fran has over 25 years of experience in distressed investing, restructuring, debt trading and

leveraged finance. Prior to joining PSP Investments in 2018, he was a Partner at Milford

Sound Capital, a newly formed distressed and credit opportunities fund. From 2007 to 2016,

he was a Managing Director and Senior Distressed Research Analyst at Solus Alternative

Asset Management where he played a key role in some of the firm’s largest investments.

Prior to Solus, Fran held increasingly senior positions in the financial sponsors group, the

restructuring group, and in the credit trading group at Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and its

predecessor Bankers Trust Company. Fran holds a B.A. in Economics from Hamilton College.