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.

Kevin Mahony - Senior Managing Director, New York

Experience

Kevin joined Centerbridge in 2014 and focuses on investments in the Industrials and Consumer sectors. Prior to joining Centerbridge, Kevin was an Associate at Oaktree Capital Management in the Global Principal Group. Prior to that, Kevin was an Investment Banking Analyst at Lazard in the Restructuring Group.

Kevin serves on the Boards of Directors of Title Resources Group.

Education

University of Virginia, B.S. and B.A., with distinction

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.