Team

People

Attracting and retaining top talent in an environment built to foster collaboration, entrepreneurialism, innovation and inclusion. Upholding our relentless client focus within every aspect of the business.

Process

Institutional grade processes monitor and manage all platform functions. These tested controls generate consistent results our clients have come to expect.

Systems

Common data models enable us to take advantage of the latest advancements in technological innovation, enhance client experience and manage the investment lifecycle.

Senior Managing Directors
Executive
Portfolio Management
Client Relations
Infrastructure & Technology

Jonathan Dorfman

Managing Principal and Chief Investment Officer

Jim O’Brien

Managing Principal, Senior Advisor

Michael Williams

Co-President

Tim Greatorex

Global Head of Institutional, Co-President

Serhan Secmen

Global Head of CLO Management Platform

Michael Micko

Head of European Credit

Rajesh Agarwal

Head of US Mortgages & Consumer

Daniel Slotkin

Global CLO Portfolio Manager

Ram Putcha

Head of US Single Name & Credit Derivatives

Craig Henick

Head of Special Opportunities

Manu Rana

Head of Real Assets

Donald Leitch

Senior Managing Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Michael Lashendock

Senior Managing Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Nadja Marcoz

Head of Alternatives Business Development, Senior Relationship Manager

Jeffrey Traum

General Counsel

Ewan Labrom

Senior Managing Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Melanie Hanlon

Senior Managing Director

Mohammed El Khazzar

Senior Managing Director

Joseph Lane

Vice Chairman, Chairman of Management Committee

Julia He

Head of European CLO Business Dev & Head of European Credit Research

Michelle Handy

Senior Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer of Direct Lending

Garrett M. Stephen

Senior Managing Director, Head of Direct Lending Origination

Larry Klaff

Senior Managing Director and Head of Asset-Based Lending

Jonathan Dorfman

Managing Principal and Chief Investment Officer

Jon Dorfman is a Managing Principal and CIO of Napier Park Global Capital (“Napier Park”). Napier Park separated from Citigroup’s alternative investment arm, Citi Capital Advisors (“CCA”), in February 2013. Jon was previously Co-CEO and CIO of CCA. He was a co-founder of Carlton Hill Global Capital ("CHGC"), a specialized asset management firm that was acquired by Citi in 2007. Prior to establishing CHGC in 2005, Jon spent 20 years at Morgan Stanley in the Fixed Income Division. He worked in Tokyo and London for 17 years and served as a Managing Director for 8 years. While at Morgan Stanley, Jon held numerous senior management positions including Co-Head of the Global Investment Grade Credit Group and Head of Global Credit Derivative and Asset Swap Trading Group. Among the innovators and early risk takers in the credit default swap, credit index (Tracers and CDX) and tranched risk credit markets, Jon served as an ISDA committee member responsible for the first standardized credit default swap contract. Jon earned a BSE degree, magna cum laude, from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Jim O’Brien

Managing Principal, Senior Advisor

Jim O’Brien is a Managing Principal and senior advisor of Napier Park Global Capital (“Napier Park”). Napier Park separated from Citigroup’s alternative investment arm, Citi Capital Advisors (“CCA”), in February 2013. Jim was previously Co-CEO of CCA. Jim was a co-founder of Carlton Hill Global Capital (“CHGC”), a specialized asset management firm that was acquired by Citi in 2007. Prior to establishing CHGC in 2005, Jim spent 19 years at Morgan Stanley in the Fixed Income Division. He worked in London for 5 years and served as a Managing Director for 12 years. Over the course of his career at Morgan Stanley, Jim held numerous senior management positions including Co-Head of the Global Corporate Credit Group, Co-Head of the Global Investment Grade Credit Group, Head of Global Cash Corporate Trading, Head of Global Credit Research and Head of European Corporate Bond and ABS trading. He spent his first eight years at Morgan Stanley in the US International Sales and Product Management Group. Jim began his career in the Unit Investment Trust Division of Merrill Lynch. He has been honored with Service and Humanitarian awards from Team Walker, Inner City Education Foundation and Seton Hall University. Jim earned a BS degree in Finance from Seton Hall University.

Michael Williams

Co-President

Michael Williams is a Senior Managing Director and Co-President of Napier Park Global Capital where he is responsible for all platform operations and financing activities. As such, he leads the Operations, Finance, Technology, Human Resources, Legal, Compliance, and Risk Management activities. Napier Park separated from Citigroup’s alternative investment arm, Citi Capital Advisors (CCA), in February 2013. Michael was previously the Chief Operating Officer for CCA; responsible for Operations, Finance, Human Resources and IT for the platform as well as Chief Financial Officer for Market Strategies. Prior to joining Citi Capital Advisors in 2007, he was the CFO of Carlton Hill Global Capital (CHGC), where he helped launch the firm in 2006. Prior to CHGC, he worked as a Principal in charge of middle office services for credit derivative and structured financial products at Bank of America Securities and as a Vice President with JPMorgan Chase. As a Director at Barclays Capital, he oversaw certain risk management and product control operations with respect to interest rate and credit derivative products. Michael began his career as a global swap trade analyst for Merrill Lynch. Michael earned a BS degree in Finance from Providence College.

Tim Greatorex

Global Head of Institutional, Co-President

Tim Greatorex is a Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Institutional and Co-President of Napier Park Global Capital (“Napier Park”), where he is responsible for overseeing business and product development with respect to both portfolio management and client activities. As such, he leads the effort on product design and structuring as well as being responsible for management of the sales and marketing process. Prior to joining Napier Park in 2015, Tim worked in Citigroup’s Treasury for 4 years as Chief Investment Officer and Head of Citi Treasury Investments managing a $250 billion liquidity and investment portfolio across rates, mortgages, and credit. Tim also had responsibility for Citigroup’s US Pension Plan. Before becoming CIO, Tim spent over 15 years in alternative asset management at Citi, focusing on product and business development and was latterly Co-Head of Global Credit Structures, the group responsible for structured credit product. Prior to joining Citi, Tim spent 4 years at British Gas where he was responsible for capital markets and derivative activity. Tim began his career at Midland Montagu in the assessment and management of market risk. Tim holds a first class honors degree in Economics from Loughborough University in the UK.

Serhan Secmen

Global Head of CLO Management Platform

Serhan Secmen is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Global CLO Platform at Napier Park Global Capital (“Napier Park”). Napier Park separated from Citigroup’s alternative investment arm, Citi Capital Advisors (“CCA”), in February 2013. Prior to joining Citi Capital Advisors in August 2008, Serhan was a CLO trader at Lehman Brothers. Prior to his post at Lehman Brothers, he spent several years in Texas as a project manager focusing on special project financing. During his tenure at Napier Park, Serhan has assisted in the development of multiple proprietary analytics systems and has been influential in the various strategies and methodologies for analyzing CLOs and other structured products. Since 2006, Serhan has also been involved in various industry forums and networks, including the investor roundtables for Moody's, S&P, and Fitch Ratings. He frequently appears as a speaker at multiple industry conferences and panels. Serhan holds an MBA degree from Wharton School of Business, an MS degree from Texas A&M University, and a BS degree from Bogazici University in Turkey.

Michael Micko

Head of European Credit

Michael Micko is a Senior Managing Director and the Head of European Credit Strategies at Napier Park Global Capital (“Napier Park”). Napier Park separated from Citigroup’s alternative investment arm, Citi Capital Advisors (“CCA”), in February 2013. Michael joined CCA in August 2004, bringing approximately 15 years of relevant experience to the team. Prior to joining CCA, Michael headed high yield at Mellon Newton Investment Management. Previously, Michael was an investment banker at Deutsche Bank and Bankers Trust International focusing on Leverage Finance, and he also held the role as Treasurer of a listed corporate high yield issuer. Michael has a MBA from The Richard Ivey School in Canada (1991), has attended London Business School, and holds ME (Industrial Engineering) (1988) and BS (Electrical Engineering) (1987) degrees from the University of Alberta, Canada.

Rajesh Agarwal

Head of US Mortgages & Consumer

Rajesh Agarwal is a Senior Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of US Mortgages & Consumer Strategies at Napier Park Global Capital (“Napier Park”). Napier Park separated from Citigroup’s alternative investment arm, Citi Capital Advisors (“CCA”), in February 2013. Prior to joining Citi Capital Advisors in March 2008, Rajesh was a Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager in HSPI, LP formerly affiliated with Halcyon from 2006-2008. Prior to joining Halcyon from 2004-2006, Rajesh was a Senior Analyst at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (“MLIM”), where he served as lead analyst for asset selection across residential housing sectors (Prime/Alt-A/Sub-Prime) and CDOs for three high-grade CDO deals launched and managed by MLIM. Prior to joining ABS/MBS research, he worked in the Global Markets and Investment Banking group at Merrill Lynch from 1998-2004. From 1996-1998, Rajesh was a Senior Engineer at Simulation Sciences, Inc., where he developed simulation algorithms used by the chemical industry. Rajesh received a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering, both from the University of Texas at Austin.

Daniel Slotkin

Global CLO Portfolio Manager

Daniel Slotkin is a Senior Managing Director and Global CLO Portfolio Manager at Napier Park. Napier Park separated from Citigroup’s alternative investment arm, Citi Capital Advisors (“CCA”), in February 2013. Daniel Slotkin joined Citi in 1991 and prior to joining Citi Capital Advisors’ Leveraged Loan Investments team in 1998, Daniel worked in the Airlines Asset Distribution Department, Capital Markets Origination, Leveraged Loan Structuring and in the Relationship Management areas of Citi’s corporate bank. During his tenure in Leveraged Loan Investments, Daniel has led bank loan trading, portfolio strategy, loan workouts and worked as a credit analyst. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Florida.

Ram Putcha

Head of US Single Name & Credit Derivatives

Ram Putcha is a Senior Managing Director and Head of the US Single Name & Credit Derivatives strategy at Napier Park Global Capital (“Napier Park”). Napier Park separated from Citigroup’s alternative investment arm, Citi Capital Advisors (“CCA”), in February 2013. Prior to joining CCA in March 2012, Ram spent close to four years as the Head of Relative Value/Credit Strategies at Citi Principal Strategies (“CPS”). At CPS, Ram ran over $500mm of trading capital in a proprietary trading portfolio that focused on relative value. In addition to credit long/short trades, the portfolio also focused on tranches, options and cross asset trades (such as equity vs. credit). Before his various roles at Citi, Ram was a Partner at Old Lane, a multi-strategy hedge fund that launched in April 2006 with over $4 billion in AUM. While at Old Lane, Ram was in charge of the firm’s credit strategies business. In this role, Ram oversaw two distinct portfolios: one that focused on loans and high yield, and another that focused on relative value trading across asset classes with an emphasis on finding mispriced opportunities in credit and equity products (including cash bonds, CDS, equities vs. credit, options and tranches). Prior to joining Old Lane at its inception, Ram worked at Morgan Stanley for over 20 years in a variety of roles, including as a market maker in corporate credit for over 15 years and as a risk manager for the investment grade corporate bond business. In the final two years of his tenure at Morgan Stanley, Ram was the head of Morgan Stanley’s proprietary credit trading and capital structure arbitrage groups. In the early part of his career in Wall Street, Ram worked at DLJ futures for two years as an interest rate analyst. He graduated in 1980 from Yale University with a MBA. His undergraduate degree was in engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, India.

Craig Henick

Head of Special Opportunities

Craig Henick is a Senior Managing Director and the Head of Special Opportunities at Napier Park. Napier Park separated from Citigroup’s alternative investment arm, Citi Capital Advisors (“CCA”), in February 2013. Prior to joining CCA in 2006, Mr. Henick was a senior portfolio manager for Citigroup’s Municipal Proprietary Trading Desk where he co-managed a program of approximately $20bn in municipal bonds, including the $14bn Citibank TOB commencing in January 2005. Previously, Mr. Henick was a member of the team of Citigroup’s municipal secondary trading desk when it achieved a No.1 ranking in Institutional Investor’s 2004 survey. Prior to joining Citigroup in 2003, Mr. Henick managed municipal positions at JP Morgan and Lehman Brothers. Mr. Henick received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Manu Rana

Head of Real Assets

Manu Rana joined Citigroup’s alternative investment arm, Citi Capital Advisors (“CCA”), a predecessor to Napier Park Global Capital (“Napier Park”) in 2007. Manu was among the founding partners of Napier Park when it separated from CCA, in February 2013. Prior to joining CCA, Manu was a Managing Director of Old Lane, where he led negotiated investments in financial services businesses. Manu joined Old Lane from Lazard Alternative Investments, where he was a Managing Director of the firm and a Principal of Lazard Technology Partners. At Lazard, Manu was responsible for equity and debt investments in financial- and related business, as well as information services investments. Manu started at Lazard in 1994, initially in its financial institutions investment banking group and, from 2000 on, he worked at Lazard Alternative Investments. Prior to Lazard, Manu was a member of A.T. Kearney’s financial institutions practice. Manu received a BA from Columbia University.

Donald Leitch

Senior Managing Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Donald Leitch is a Senior Managing Director and Senior Client Relationship Manager at Napier Park Global Capital (“Napier Park"). Napier Park separated from Citigroup’s alternative investment arm, Citi Capital Advisors (“CCA”), in February 2013. He is also a Founding Partner and Management Committee member of Napier Park Global Capital. Don has over 30 years of experience within the financial services industry. Prior to joining CCA, the predecessor business to Napier Park, in 2009, Don consulted on business development for Bracebridge Capital, a $4 billion fixed income arbitrage hedge fund based in Boston, MA. Prior to that, Don enjoyed a 23 year career at Morgan Stanley where he held multiple roles within their Fixed Income Division and broader Institutional Securities Group. This included six years in Japan heading their international Japanese Government Bond sales team, eight years co-heading their Emerging Markets Debt business and eight years heading their firm wide hedge fund relationship management team and co-heading their hedge fund investment banking efforts. In the latter capacity, his team delivered private transactions to hedge funds and worked on other permanent capital and M&A transactions. Don earned a BS in Finance from New York University.

Michael Lashendock

Senior Managing Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Michael Lashendock is a Senior Managing Director and Senior Relationship Manager at Napier Park Global Capital (“Napier Park”). Napier Park separated from Citigroup’s alternative investment arm, Citi Capital Advisors (“CCA”), in February 2013. Michael has over 30 years of experience in the structured credit sales and alternative investment capital raising space. Prior to joining CCA, Michael served as Managing Director at Carlton Hill Global Capital, a specialized asset management firm that was acquired by Citi in 2007. Prior to that, Michael spent 21 years at Morgan Stanley in the Fixed Income Division, in Credit Distribution, responsible for large institutional relationships in North America, three years as a Managing Director. Michael serves on the Board of Directors for the Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center. Michael has served on the Athletic Director’s Cabinet at the University of Michigan, where he also served on the Corporate Advisory Board at the Ross School of Business. He also served on the Board of Catholic Big Sisters and Big Brothers of NYC. He is an active triathlete and has completed two Ironmen. Michael earned his BBA degree in Finance at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Nadja Marcoz

Head of Alternatives Business Development, Senior Relationship Manager

Nadja Marcoz is a Senior Managing Director, Senior Relationship Manager and Head of Alternatives Business Development at Napier Park Global Capital (“Napier Park”). Napier Park separated from Citigroup’s alternative investment arm, Citi Capital Advisors (“CCA”), in February 2013. Prior to joining CCA in June 2009, Nadja worked as sales coverage for institutional accounts at Wachovia Securities. Between 2003 and 2007 Nadja worked for Citi Investment Bank - Credit Structured business covering both UHNW as well as institutional accounts. Between 1997 and 2003, Nadja was working as a product manager for offshore vehicles in London and Switzerland. Nadja started her career at Citi in Sydney (Australia) where she was recruited as a management associate. Nadja finalized her management associate program in Switzerland where she implemented a compliance program for the Citi Private Bank in Switzerland and Luxemburg. Nadja has an MBA (cum laude) from Neuchatel University (Switzerland).

Jeffrey Traum

General Counsel

Jeffrey Traum is a Senior Managing Director and the General Counsel of Napier Park Global Capital, where he oversees legal affairs, transaction execution, product development, and strategic initiatives. In addition to leading the firm’s legal function, he has held senior business, product management, strategy, and operating roles throughout his career. Previously, Jeff was a Partner, Managing Director, and Head of Product Management and Strategy at Napier Park and, prior to Napier Park’s 2013 separation from Citigroup, at Citi Capital Advisors, where he was responsible for strategic transactions and the development and management of hedge funds, private equity funds, structured products, and other investment offerings. Earlier in his career at Citigroup, Jeff served as division chief operating officer and associate general counsel. Jeff joined Citigroup in 1998 from Willkie Farr & Gallagher, where he advised on public and private debt and equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and investment management transactions. Jeff received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Tufts University and his J.D. from Georgetown University.

Ewan Labrom

Senior Managing Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Ewan Labrom is a Senior Managing Director and Senior Relationship Manager at Napier Park Global Capital (“Napier Park”). Napier Park separated from Citigroup’s alternative investment arm, Citi Capital Advisors (“CCA”), in February 2013. Prior to joining CCA, Ewan spent over 20 years at Morgan Stanley. From 2003 to 2008, Ewan was Managing Director, Head of UK Structured Credit Sales, focusing on CDOs, ABS, managed funds and real estate loans as well as bank regulatory capital release. In 1998, Ewan established Fixed Income coverage of UK insurance companies and pension funds, developing the Eurosterling franchise, placement of the inaugural long dated, fixed rate Sterling securitisations and hedging insurance companies' annuity liabilities. Ewan spent six years marketing all Fixed Income products, including cash rates, derivatives, emerging market debt and high yield to institutional fund managers. Ewan was Yen product specialist and key to the firm attaining Gilt-Edged Market Making status. Ewan joined Morgan Stanley in Corporate Coverage and began his career at Midland Bank as a credit analyst. Ewan has an MBA with Distinction from London Business School and a BS in Banking and Finance from Loughborough University.

Melanie Hanlon

Senior Managing Director

Melanie Hanlon is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Credit Research at Napier Park Global Capital. Melanie Hanlon joined Citi in September 1999 and was part of Citi Capital Advisors’ (“CCA”) Leveraged Loan Investments team since 2001. Before joining CCA, Melanie was a Director with Bank of Montreal's Asset Portfolio Management group. Earlier positions include a relationship manager with Societe Generale and a credit analyst with NationsBank. Melanie holds a BS in Accounting and an MBA with a double major in Finance and Management from New York University.

Mohammed El Khazzar

Senior Managing Director

Mohammed El-Khazzar is a Senior Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager within Napier Park Global Capital’s flagship multi-strategy credit platform. Based in Europe, he works alongside the firm’s senior leadership on investment strategy and strategic initiatives across the global credit business. Prior to his current role, Mohammed spent nearly 15 years focused on the firm’s European credit strategy, where he played a key role in the development, expansion, and management of the platform.

Mohammed joined Napier Park from AXA Investment Managers in Paris, where he worked in the structured finance division as a credit analyst focused on the leveraged loans market. Mohammed holds a Master’s Degree in Finance and Strategy from Sciences Po Paris (2008).

Joseph Lane

Vice Chairman, Chairman of Management Committee

Joe is a Senior Managing Director, Vice Chairman of Napier Park Global Capital, Chairman of the firm’s Management Committee and a Managing Director of the Real Assets strategy. Joe joined Napier Park in 2015 and has over 40 years of experience in financial services. He has held a number of executive roles in the commercial finance sector, including president and CEO of GATX Capital; CEO of GE Technology Finance; president of IBM Credit Corporation, group executive of IBM Global Financing, and senior vice president of IBM Corporation. Joe currently serves on several corporate and philanthropic boards, and has served on boards in North America, Europe and Asia.

He has been a director, vice chairman and chairman of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA), and a trustee and chairman of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation. In 2015 he was elected by the ELFA to the Equipment Finance Hall of Fame.

Joe received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University, and is an Associate Fellow of Davenport College at Yale.

Julia He

Head of European CLO Business Dev & Head of European Credit Research

Julia He is a Senior Managing Director and Head of European CLO Business Development and European Credit Research at Napier Park Global Capital. Prior to joining the team in July 2004, Julia worked for Alcentra Ltd (formerly Barclays Capital Asset Management), in London, where she was an analyst focusing on high yield, stressed and distressed debt for CDO portfolios. Julia started her career at HSBC in China in 1995 as a corporate banking analyst and subsequently worked in the Treasury Department at Dow Chemical (China). Julia holds a B.A. in Economics and International Finance from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China (1995) and an M.B.A. from City University Business School in London (2000).

Michelle Handy

Senior Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer of Direct Lending

Michelle Handy is a senior managing director and chief investment officer of direct lending at Napier Park Global Capital. Michelle oversees the firm’s direct lending investment activities, including underwriting and portfolio management, and serves on the direct lending platform’s investment committee. Michelle became part of First Eagle in 2020 upon the firm’s acquisition of THL Credit, which she had joined in 2016. Previously, Michelle worked at GE Capital, where she held several roles in underwriting, portfolio management and workouts, ending her time there as the chief operating officer of GE Capital Americas’ workout function. Michelle earned a BS in finance and Spanish from Boston College and an MS in finance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Garrett M. Stephen

Senior Managing Director, Head of Direct Lending Origination

Garrett Stephen is a senior managing director and head of origination for direct lending at Napier Park Global Capital. Based in Napier Park’s Boston office, he serves as a member of the Direct Lending Investment Committee. Garrett leads the Direct Lending origination team, overseeing the sourcing of new investment opportunities and working closely with the investment team on structuring, underwriting, and monitoring investments. He has extensive experience structuring investments across the capital structure and has partnered with numerous private equity firms to finance companies across a broad range of industries. He became part of First Eagle in 2020 upon the firm’s acquisition of THL Credit, which he had joined in 2012. Prior to joining THL Credit, he was an Associate in Lazard’s Restructuring group. He began his career as an Analyst specializing in corporate turnarounds and restructurings across a variety of industries at CDG Group, a middle-market restructuring firm. Garrett graduated summa cum laude from Bentley University with a B.S. in Finance and Quantitative Perspectives and a minor in Management.

Larry Klaff

Senior Managing Director and Head of Asset-Based Lending

Larry Klaff is a senior managing director and head of asset-based lending of Napier Park Global Capital. In his role, Larry oversees the sourcing, underwriting and management of asset-based loans and serves on the investment committee of the firm’s Direct Lending platform for asset-based loans. Prior to joining First Eagle in July 2020, Larry was the senior managing director leading originations and underwriting at Gordon Brothers Finance Company (a portfolio company of BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation), where he oversaw more than a billion dollars of transactions and served on the firm’s investment committee. He also was the founding member and managing director of Gordon Brothers Merchant Partner, LLC, a $330 million hedge fund, and before that managing director of Gordon Brothers, LLC structured loan team. Larry joined Gordon Brothers Group in 1996 as a senior associate in the valuation and advisory services division after beginning his career in various management and finance positions at several major retailers. Larry earned a BA from Hobart College and an MBA from the Kogod School of Business at American University. He is currently a board member of the Secured Finance Network (formerly the Commercial Finance Association) and previously served on its executive committee for eight years. He is also a past president and board member of its New England chapter. In addition, he served as a board member and past president of the Northeast chapter of the Turnaround Management Association.

Jonathan Dorfman

Managing Principal and Chief Investment Officer

Jim O’Brien

Managing Principal, Senior Advisor

Michael Williams

Co-President

Joseph Lane

Vice Chairman, Chairman of Management Committee

Tim Greatorex

Global Head of Institutional, Co-President

Jonathan Dorfman

Managing Principal and Chief Investment Officer

Jim O’Brien

Managing Principal, Senior Advisor

Michael Williams

Co-President

Joseph Lane

Vice Chairman, Chairman of Management Committee

Tim Greatorex

Global Head of Institutional, Co-President

Jonathan Dorfman

Managing Principal and Chief Investment Officer

Serhan Secmen

Global Head of CLO Management Platform

Michael Micko

Head of European Credit

Rajesh Agarwal

Head of US Mortgages & Consumer

Daniel Slotkin

Global CLO Portfolio Manager

Ram Putcha

Head of US Single Name & Credit Derivatives

Craig Henick

Head of Special Opportunities

Michelle Handy

Senior Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer of Direct Lending

Garrett M. Stephen

Senior Managing Director, Head of Direct Lending Origination

Manu Rana

Head of Real Assets

Julia He

Head of European CLO Business Dev & Head of European Credit Research

Joseph Lane

Vice Chairman, Chairman of Management Committee

Sheldon Sussman

Global Head of Asset-Backed Private Credit Origination

Larry Klaff

Senior Managing Director and Head of Asset-Based Lending

Lisa Galeota

Managing Director, Head of Asset-Based Lending Portfolio Management and Underwriting

Melanie Hanlon

Senior Managing Director

Mohammed El Khazzar

Senior Managing Director

Batur Bicer

Managing Director

Lance Davis

Managing Director

Darren Felfeli

Managing Director

Berkin Kologlu

Managing Director

Scott Lorinsky

Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel

Alexander Maldutis

Managing Director

Stephen McCall

Managing Director

Shachar Minkove

Managing Director

Rishabh Misra

Managing Director

Kevin Mulcahy

Managing Director

Lawrence O

Managing Director

Robert O’Brien

Managing Director

Evan X. Odim, Sr.

Managing Director

Ryan Olsen

Managing Director

Aized Rabbani

Managing Director

Sanjeeb Rao

Managing Director

Joseph Riggi

Managing Director

Abraham Saldivar

Managing Director

Timo Seidl

Managing Director

Noelle Sisco, CFA, CAIA

Head of Portfolio Strategy

Christopher Sparrow

Managing Director

Ross Sylvester

Managing Director

Jason Wendorf

Managing Director

Amy Zheng

Managing Director

Chao Zhou

Managing Director

Simon Benazera

Director

Federico Della Torre

Director

Craig W. Hawkins

Director

Aaron Kirsch

Director

Kevin Lam

Director

Marty Loew

Director

Michael O'Brien

Director

Daniel Schwarz

Director

Jack Tsu

Director

Jacqueline Crawford

Director

Jonathan Dorfman

Managing Principal and Chief Investment Officer

Serhan Secmen

Global Head of CLO Management Platform

Michael Micko

Head of European Credit

Rajesh Agarwal

Head of US Mortgages & Consumer

Daniel Slotkin

Global CLO Portfolio Manager

Ram Putcha

Head of US Single Name & Credit Derivatives

Craig Henick

Head of Special Opportunities

Michelle Handy

Senior Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer of Direct Lending

Garrett M. Stephen

Senior Managing Director, Head of Direct Lending Origination

Manu Rana

Head of Real Assets

Julia He

Head of European CLO Business Dev & Head of European Credit Research

Joseph Lane

Vice Chairman, Chairman of Management Committee

Sheldon Sussman

Global Head of Asset-Backed Private Credit Origination

Sheldon Sussman is a Managing Director and Global Head of Asset-Backed Private Credit Origination at Napier Park Global Capital. Before joining Napier Park, Sheldon was Head of EMEA at Cohen Circle executing the firm’s SPAC and Fintech investment strategies. Prior to Cohen Circle, he was a senior investment professional at Elliott Advisors and earlier, at Towerbrook Capital Partners. In both investment firms, Mr. Sussman originated financial services focused private equity and asset-based private credit investments. Before Towerbrook, Sheldon was Senior Executive Vice President and member of the Managing Board of Rabobank International in charge of Global Financial Markets and Asset Management. In this capacity, he built an asset management platform totaling more than $25 billion in asset-based and leveraged loan investments. Earlier in his career, Sheldon held senior roles in investment banking and financial markets at Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers, and Bankers Trust. Sheldon graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Rutgers College (BA in Economics) and has MBA (Finance) and MPH degrees from Yale University.

Larry Klaff

Senior Managing Director and Head of Asset-Based Lending

Lisa Galeota

Managing Director, Head of Asset-Based Lending Portfolio Management and Underwriting

Lisa Galeota is a managing director and head of asset-based lending portfolio management and underwriting of Napier Park Global Capital. Prior to joining First Eagle in July 2020, Lisa worked for Gordon Brothers Finance Company (a portfolio company of BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation), where she was a member of the company’s investment committee. Previously, Lisa was a vice president at GMAC Commercial Finance and before that provided financial analysis and advisement as a senior manager in the business solutions practice at Tofias and as a manager in the corporate recovery group of KPMG. Earlier in her career, Lisa was a senior analyst in Gordon Brother’s valuation practice. She earned a BS from Syracuse University and an MBA from Bentley College. Lisa is a past board member of the Northeast chapter of the Turnaround Management Association.

Melanie Hanlon

Tim Greatorex

Global Head of Institutional, Co-President

Michael Lashendock

Senior Managing Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Nadja Marcoz

Head of Alternatives Business Development, Senior Relationship Manager

Donald Leitch

Senior Managing Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Ewan Labrom

Senior Managing Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Brett Kalesky

Managing Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Cecilia Chiang

Managing Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Chad Gross

Managing Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Jennifer Chruszcz

Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Anoop Rathod, CFA

Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Paul Curmi

Head of Investor Relations, Business & Product Management, Managing Director

Amit Sanghani

Managing Director

Chris Nordsiek

Director, Senior Product Manager and Strategist

Lu Lin, CFA

Director, Product Specialist

Alison Hutchison

Director, Product Specialist

Tim Greatorex

Global Head of Institutional, Co-President

Michael Lashendock

Senior Managing Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Nadja Marcoz

Head of Alternatives Business Development, Senior Relationship Manager

Donald Leitch

Senior Managing Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Ewan Labrom

Senior Managing Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Brett Kalesky

Managing Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Brett Kalesky is a Managing Director and Senior Relationship Manager at Napier Park Global Capital (“Napier Park”). Brett spent 25 years working at Morgan Stanley across a variety of job functions including sales, trading, product management, and capital markets for securitized fixed income products. Brett worked in both the New York and London offices; with the majority of his 25 years spent in London. His most recent role in London included the management of the specialized Securitized Product sales effort responsible for institutional client coverage across Europe. Prior to joining Napier Park, Brett was a Managing Director in the Capital Markets group for Bridge Investment Group responsible for raising capital for Real Estate Equity and Debt focused strategies from all major investor categories. Brett received his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University.

Cecilia Chiang

Managing Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Cecilia Chiang is a Managing Director and Senior Relationship Manager at Napier Park. Prior to joining the firm in 2023, Cecilia was part of the Institutional Client Product & Sales team at Apollo Global Management, focused on private credit and other opportunistic credit strategies. Prior to Apollo, she was the Head of Business Development and Investor Relations at Columbus Hill, a value oriented opportunistic credit manager. From 2007 to 2012, she was the Director of Investor Relations at King Street, an event driven, credit manager. Cecilia began her career at JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, marketing interest rate derivatives solutions for corporates. She earned a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a CFA Chartholder.

Chad Gross

Managing Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Chad Gross is Managing Director and Senior Relationship Manager at Napier Park Global Capital. Prior to joining First Eagle in June 2020, he worked at Loomis, Sayles & Company, focusing on new business development among public funds, endowments and foundations. Before that, Chad held institutional business development roles at Manulife Asset Management and Janus Capital Group. Previously, he served as a captain and aviation officer in the US Army and was awarded a Bronze Star Medal and Air Medal for superior service in combat while on tour in Iraq. Chad earned a BBA in marketing from Texas Tech University.

Jennifer Chruszcz

Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Jennifer Chruszcz is a Director and Senior Relationship Manager at Napier Park Global Capital. Prior to joining First Eagle in October 2023, she was a member of the Institutional Client Business team at BlackRock, where she developed and grew strategic relationships with institutional investors, including public pension plans, corporate pension plans, foundations, endowments
and alike, across all asset classes. Jennifer earned a BS in business administration with a focus on international business and legal studies from Drexel University.

Anoop Rathod, CFA

Director, Senior Relationship Manager

Anoop Rathod is a Director and Senior Relationship Manager at Napier Park Global Capital (“Napier Park”). Prior to joining Napier Park in 2023, Anoop was an account executive in PIMCO’s nonprofit and private family capital institutional practice for several years based in Austin. Before PIMCO, he was the founder of Fort Mercer Capital Management which specialized in a macro-thematic U.S. equities strategy. Anoop began his career at Lehman Brothers in 2007 as a member of the U.S equities syndicate group. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and graduated from Dartmouth College in 2007.

Paul Curmi

Head of Investor Relations, Business & Product Management, Managing Director

Paul Curmi is a Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations, Business & Product Management. Napier Park separated from Citigroup’s alternative investment arm, Citi Capital Advisors, in February 2013. In addition to his role in Product Management, Paul is the Chairman of the firm’s ESG Committee. Paul graduated from Fordham University with a B.S. in Business Administration. Paul is on the Board of Directors of Advancing CTNNB1 Cures and Treatments, a non-profit which supports the development of treatments and cures for CTNNB1 Syndrome.

Amit Sanghani

Managing Director

Amit Sanghani is a Managing Director and Product Specialist for Napier Park's Global Credit and Real Asset Strategies. While at Napier Park, Amit has previously been responsible for the business development, strategic planning, client relations and marketing of the European corporate and structured credit business and related products. Prior to Napier Park, Amit previously worked in structured credit products at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London. His focus was primarily in originating and structuring European CLOs and worked on a variety of credit/distressed debt products and regulatory capital solutions. He holds a B.Sc. (First) in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a M.A in Mathematical Finance from Columbia University in New York (2005).

Chris Nordsiek

Director, Senior Product Manager and Strategist

Chris Nordsiek is a Director of Client Relations and Business Development at Napier Park Global Capital (“Napier Park”). Prior to joining Napier Park in 2023, Chris was the Director of Strategy and Product Development at Angel Island Capital in San Francisco. From 2011-2018, Chris worked at Golub Capital in New York, first in traded credit investing and later as a product specialist. Prior to Golub, Chris traded non-investment-grade credit default swaps and bonds at Barclays Capital. Chris graduated from Colgate University in 2006.

Lu Lin, CFA

Director, Product Specialist

Lu Lin, CFA is a Director and Product Specialist at Napier Park. Prior to joining the firm in 2023, she was the lead product specialist at Stone Ridge Asset Management, where she worked closely with portfolio managers and sales, covering their multi-strategy alternatives fund. During her tenure at Stone Ridge, she also led fundraising efforts in launching their first ever post-war and contemporary art fund. Prior to Stone Ridge, she held various roles at BlackRock, with exposures spanning from the Aladdin business to global fixed income product strategy. Lu earned a BS in mathematics from Drexel University and an MBA from the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a CFA charterholder.

Alison Hutchison

Director, Product Specialist

Alison Hutchison is a Director & Product Specialist for European Credit Strategies at Napier Park Global, who is responsible for product management, client relations and marketing. Alison brings 9 years of credit experience, having previously worked at Lakemore Partners, a third-party CLO equity investor, as a Vice Principal on the Investment team. In her former role, she focused on product, investment research and client relations. Before Lakemore, Alison worked at Insight Investment, where she focused on fixed income investment research and client reporting. Alison started her career at Reorg Research (now Octus), where she covered the European high yield market. Alison holds a 2:1 MA (Hons) from the University of St Andrews (2015).

Michael Williams

Co-President

Jeffrey Traum

General Counsel

Ali Mostafavee

Managing Director, Chief Risk Officer

Peter Manion

Head of Operations and Technology

Spyro Stathonikos

Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer

Sonia Plata

Managing Director, Chief Compliance Officer

Brittany Fitzgerald

Managing Director, Human Resources

Michael Williams

Co-President

Jeffrey Traum

General Counsel

Ali Mostafavee

Managing Director, Chief Risk Officer

Ali Mostafavee is a Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer for Napier Park Global Capital. Prior to joining Napier Park (“Napier Park”), Ali served as Head of Portfolio Risk at Spartus Capital Management (2011-2013), a startup equity volatility hedge fund. Prior to Spartus, Ali held the same position at Pardus Capital Management (2010-2011), an activist event driven hedge fund manager. From 2008 to 2010, Ali was Director of Prime Brokerage Risk at UBS where he managed the risks of financing credit, distressed, equity long/short and merger arbitrage hedge fund portfolios. From 2006-2008, Ali served as Director of Risk Analysis at Tribeca Global Management, a multi-strategy hedge fund. While at Tribeca, he focused on emerging market credit, credit arbitrage, merger arbitrage, and convertible arbitrage strategies and led the implementation of RiskMetrics across strategies. From 1994 through 2005, Ali served as a market risk manager at Credit Suisse First Boston. While at CSFB, he risk managed many derivative trading strategies including fixed income, money market and foreign exchange. He also risk managed private equity and direct investment portfolios. Ali earned his BA in Economics from Dickinson College in 1993 and earned his MA in Economics from New York University in 2001.

Peter Manion

Head of Operations and Technology

Peter Manion is a Managing Director and the Head of Operations and Technology for Napier Park Global Capital. Peter has over 30 years of structured credit products experience, with a successful work history at large banks and small financial companies alike. Leading up to the formation of Napier Park, Peter has been a member of the team at Citi Capital Advisors (“CCA”) and Carlton Hill Global Capital LLC (‘CHGC”), both Napier Predecessors, since 2006. Prior to CHGC, Peter was a senior middle office manager at Citigroup Alternative Investment’s Tribeca Global Investments L.P. (“TGI”). Peter also held leadership roles at Bank of America as a Principal in Global Structured Products and at CGA Investment Management as a Portfolio Compliance and Reporting Officer. Peter also spent seven years at Merrill Lynch in various structured products middle office functions, where he was instrumental in helping to build out support for various credit businesses. Peter holds an M.B.A. from Fordham University and an Undergraduate degree in Finance from Manhattan College.

Spyro Stathonikos

Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer

Spyro is the Chief Financial Officer at Napier Park Global Capital. Spyro joined Citi Capital Advisors in 2005 as the controller and finance manager of a fixed income multi-strategy hedge fund platform. Spyro’s responsibilities include product management, accounting and valuation oversight, and financial analysis. Prior to joining Napier Park, Spyro worked in KPMG’s audit practice focusing on public company and alternative investment audits. Spyro received a BComm from the Haskayne School of Business, and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta (Canada).

Sonia Plata

Managing Director, Chief Compliance Officer

Sonia Plata is Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer of Napier Park and is responsible for establishing and implementing the firm’s global compliance program as well as serving as counsel for Municipal Investment Strategies and the Client Relations teams. Previously, she served as Assistant General Counsel at Citigroup where she provided legal counsel to the US and international compliance teams supporting the distribution of alternative investment products and it’s fund of funds, municipal strategies, product development and private equity fund business units. Prior to joining Citigroup, Sonia was an associate at Proskauer Rose LLP, specializing in mergers & acquisitions and private fund work. Sonia earned her B.A. in Political Science (1994) and J.D. (1999) from Columbia University.

Brittany Fitzgerald

Managing Director, Human Resources

Britt Fitzgerald is a senior HR business partner supporting First Eagle Alternative Credit, Napier Park and Infrastructure. Prior to joining First Eagle in September 2025, Britt was a senior HR business partner at Silver Point Capital. Before that, she was global lead HR business partner at Angelo Gordon & Co. She began her career as an HR business partner and a learning & development professional at Goldman Sachs. Britt earned a BA in psychology from Queen’s University and an MS from Columbia University.