Zeshan Ashfaque Senior Managing Director MAN VARAGON

Zeshan Ashfaque is a Senior Managing Director and a Senior Credit Officer at Man Varagon. Zeshan has extensive experience investing in middle market credit and has originated, executed, and managed investments across a variety of structures, industries, and strategies, including performing, opportunistic, and stressed/distressed credit. Prior to Man Varagon, he worked in credit investing at HPS Investment Partners, TPG Sixth Street Partners, and Goldman Sachs Special Situations Group. He earned a BBA from Emory University and an MS from The University of Virginia.

Peter Gingold Managing Director FRANCISCO PARTNERS

Peter Gingold is currently a Managing Director at Francisco Partners serving as a senior group member helping oversee the firm’s Credit and Structured Solutions business. In this role, Peter focuses on making investments that provide a broad spectrum of capital solutions for leading technology companies, ranging from traditional credit financings to flexible growth structures. Prior to joining Francisco Partners, Peter was at Angelo Gordon, where he served as a senior member of the corporate credit investment team. Peter oversaw the firm’s investments in the technology sector across multiple portfolio strategies including performing, distressed and opportunistic credit. He was also a member of the Firm’s investment committee for the European Performing Credit Funds. Peter holds a B.S. in Applied Economics from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from the Columbia Business School.

Greg Greifeld Managing Director, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Head of Credit RUNWAY GROWTH CAPITAL

Greg serves as Managing Director, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, and Head of Credit at Runway Growth Credit, LLC (“Runway”), the Investment Advisor for Runway Growth Finance Corp. In his role, Mr. Greifeld leads the team that is responsible for due diligence, performance monitoring, and deal structure of both prospective borrowers and portfolio companies. He holds a seat on the firm’s investment committee, amendment committee, and first deal review committee. He was included in the 2020 Rising Stars list by the Venture Capital Journal and the 2020 Rising Stars list by Private Debt Investor. Prior to joining Runway, Greg held several positions at J.P. Morgan and HPS Investment Partners.

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.

Omer Masud Managing Director, Head of Sponsor Finance Origination RAYMOND JAMES

Omer Masud is Managing Director, Head of Sponsor Finance Origination at Raymond James. Mr. Masud was previously the Head of Origination and Capital Markets at Onex Falcon as well as President of the Onex Falcon BDC and member of the senior investment committee. He helped lead the development of the firm’s senior strategy and managed sponsor, advisor and partner relationships for the entire firm. Prior to Onex, he was a Managing Director in the Financial Sponsors Group at Macquarie Capital, where he was responsible for managing relationships with private equity clients. In prior roles at UBS and Citi’s sponsor coverage groups his responsibilities included delivering the leveraged finance, equity and M&A franchises to private equity firms and their portfolio companies. Prior to that, Mr. Masud worked at Bear Stearns in the Acquisition and Leveraged Finance Group, where he was responsible for structuring and executing middle market private equity and leveraged finance transactions. Mr. Masud serves on the Alumni Board and Finance Advisory Board of the Fisher College of Business at the Ohio State University. He received an M.B.A and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Ohio State University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology.

Ayse Kelce Reporter DEBTWIRE

Ayse Kelce is a reporter covering restructuring and distressed debt at Debtwire. Her reporting focuses on companies in the technology, media and telecom sectors. Ayse previously wrote about the asset backed securities market, covering asset classes including fiber, data centers, automotives and aircraft.

Ayse received a BA in business journalism and political science from Baruch College.