Madalina Iacob is a seasoned financial journalist with more than a decade of experience covering distressed debt, liability management transactions, complex restructurings, and event-driven credit across the high-yield and leveraged finance markets. Her reporting had a particular emphasis on the energy and telecommunications sectors, where she has closely followed in and out-of-court restructurings, covenant erosion, creditor litigation, and evolving private credit dynamics.

She holds a Master’s degree in Business and Economic Reporting from New York University and a Master’s in European Politics & Policy from the University of Manchester in the UK, where she was awarded an Open Society Foundation scholarship.

Prior to her U.S.-based financial journalism career, Madalina worked as a broadcast journalist covering geopolitical developments and policy across global markets. Her international reporting assignments included on-the-ground coverage from Afghanistan, Belgium, Cuba, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

Lauren Krueger, Managing Director, Credit, New York

Lauren Krueger (New York) joined KKR in 2018 and is a Managing Director in the firm’s Credit business, where she leads corporate governance and restructuring efforts. Ms. Krueger is a member of the Global Corporate Private Credit Investment Committee and co-chair of the KKR Private Credit Portfolio Monitoring Committee. She sits on the board of directors of several portfolio companies, including JW Aluminum Inc., PRG Worldwide Entertainment, Constellis, Kellermeyer Building Services and One Call. Ms. Krueger was an independent fiduciary for Drivetrain Advisors, where she worked with investors to maximize value for stressed and distressed companies. Previously, she served in investing roles at Esopus Creek Advisors and the D.E. Shaw Group and in restructuring advisory at Lazard Freres. Ms. Krueger holds a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and an MBA from Columbia Business School, where she served as an associate adjunct professor of finance for several years. She currently sits on the board of directors of Her Justice, a nonprofit organization that provides free legal help to women living in poverty in New York City, and the Board of Trustees of Horace Mann School.

John Britton is a partner in the New York office of Milbank and a member of the firm’s Alternative Investments Practice.

Primary Focus & ExperienceMr. Britton’s practice focuses on representing direct lenders in a broad range of private finance transactions, including domestic and cross-border acquisition financings, leveraged recapitalizations and refinancings; second lien and first out-last out structures; holdco and preferred equity financings; and debt restructurings. Mr. Britton also represents lenders and companies in restructuring matters and liability management transactions.

Fran Blair joined PSP Investments in 2018 and serves as a Managing Director in the firm’s direct investing Credit business, where he heads the distressed credit and rescue finance strategy in New York. Mr. Blair is a member of the Global Credit Investment Committee for private credit and liquid/syndicated leveraged credit in addition to leading the firm’s restructuring and post-reorganization corporate governance efforts. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of Transcendia Holdings Inc., Fleet Farm Group LLC, and Coronis Health I, LLC, with past board experience including Crash Champions LLC (formerly Service King), Dayton Superior Corporation, and Penson Technologies LLC (formerly Penson Financial Services). In addition to his corporate governance roles, Mr. Blair has extensive experience serving on creditor and ad hoc committees in restructurings and bankruptcies, including cases such as Indiana Toll Road. Prior to PSP, Mr. Blair was a Managing Director at Solus Alternative Asset Management LP, where he was a founding member of the investment team in 2007. He previously held roles in credit investing, trading, and restructuring at Deutsche Bank and began his career in the Financial Sponsors Group at Bankers Trust. Mr. Blair holds a BA in Economics from Hamilton College.

Mr. Miller serves as Group Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer, Chairman of the Investment Committee of TCW Private Credit and Co-Portfolio Manager of the Specialty Lending, Rescue Finance and TCW Steel City strategies. Mr. Miller joined TCW in 2013 with the acquisition of the Special Situations Funds Group from Regiment Capital Advisors, LP which he led since the group’s inception in 2001. Mr. Miller has over 30 years of experience in the capital markets and previously was ranked on the Institutional Investor “All American High Yield Research Team” for six consecutive years, focusing primarily on the Metals and Mining sector. Prior to his involvement in high yield research, he was at Chase Manhattan Bank in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group. He then moved on to become a Managing Director with the High Yield Group. Subsequently, he became the Head of High Yield Research at BankBoston Securities and in 1999, Mr. Miller joined UBS as a Managing Director and Head of the Global High Yield Research Group. Mr. Miller currently serves as an ex officio Trustee of the University of Rochester Endowment and is a Board Member of the Nativity Preparatory School and a former Board Member of the Dexter Southfield School. Mr. Miller received his BS from Syracuse University and his MBA from the University of Rochester.

Corry Short is a Vice President in Credit Strategy, covering high yield, leveraged loans and private credit. Prior to joining Research in 2022, he worked in Barclays’ Investment Banking Division as a member of the Liability Management team within Debt Capital Markets. Corry graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Economics.