Of the Field

Private Credit Connect: East 2026

Private Credit Connect: East - Access high-potential Investor/Borrower private credit partnerships in asset-based finance, direct lending & specialty finance

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31Speakers
35Sponsors
39Exhibitors
0On the bill · sessions
63Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Private, in alphabetical order.
Aaron Fink
Senior Managing Director, Head of Asset Based Finance · Centerbridge
Alexandra Cooley
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer · Nuveen Green Capital
Anant Bhalla
CEO & Co-Founder · 1823 Partners
Anastasia Amoroso
Managing Director & Chief Investment Strategist · Partners Group
Andre Hakkak
Founder, Managing Partner & Chief Executive Officer · White Oak Global Advisors
Betsy Booth
Partner · TPG Twinbrook
Bill Cisneros
President · Primary Wave IP Investment Management
Cesar Estrada
Head, Private Markets · Arcesium
Chirag Domadia
Partner, Complex Securitizations Practice Group · Kirkland & Ellis
Damien Dwin
Chief Executive Officer · Lafayette Square
Daniel Garant
Executive Vice President & Global Head, Capital Markets & Credit Investments · British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI)
Ed Cong
Partner & PM, Asset-Based Lending & Structured Credit · CVC Marathon
Elizabeth Burton
Chief Strategist · Fortress
Emily Fasold
Editor and Head of US Deal Origination · Octus
James Fontanella-Khan
US finance editor · Financial Times
Jason Dillow
Co-Head of US Private Credit & Head of US Opportunistic Credit · Man Group
Javier Casillas
Chief Investment Officer · Whitehorse Capital
Jay Alicandri
Partner · Dechert
Joe Engelhard
Head of US Private Credit and Asset Management Policy & Regulation · Alternative Investment Management Association
Kevin Alexander
Partner & Co-Head of Alternative Credit · Ares Management
Kyle Asher
Partner & Co-Head and Co-Portfolio Manager, Monroe Capital Alternative Credit Solutions · Monroe Capital
Michael Chen
Managing Director & Head of US Investments · Viola Credit
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
ABF JournalMedia Partner
AIMAMedia Partner
Akin GumpAssociate
ArcesiumAssociate
AresAssociate
AretéSupplemental
Centerbridge PartnersAssociate
CIBC Capital MarketsSupplemental
CreditSightsMedia Partner
DealscribeSupplemental
DechertCo-Host
Deerpath CapitalPartner
DLA PiperAssociate
Egan-Jones RatingsAssociate
F2Associate
Fitch RatingsPartner
Gen IIAssociate
HypercoreSupplemental
IMDDAMedia Partner
Indus Valley PartnersAssociate
KattenAssociate
Kirkland & EllisAssociate
MandateWireLead Media Partner
Mayer BrownAssociate
Moody'sAssociate
OctusAssociate
PactFiExhibitor
PensionMandateMedia Partner
PWCAssociate
RiskSpanAssociate
S&P Global RatingsAssociate
SS&C TechnologiesAssociate
Thoma BravoAssociate
TradeQraftSupplemental
Viola CreditAssociate
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 63 companies show up, and 34 bet on three roles at once?

63 companies. 34 are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
34All threespeak · spons · exh
1Sponsoringsponsor only
5Exhibitingexhibitor only
23Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Arcesium·Dechert·Deerpath Capital·Egan-Jones Ratings·Kirkland & Ellis·Octus·PwC·Viola Credit·ABF Journal·AIMA·Akin Gump·Ares·Centerbridge Partners·CIBC Capital Markets·CreditSights·Dealscribe·DLA Piper·F2·Fitch Ratings·Gen II·Hypercore·IMDDA

Speakers by seniority

87% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite826%
  • Founder / Owner723%
  • VP-level13%
  • Director / Head of1135%
  • Manager / Lead13%
  • Other roles310%

Of 31 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01ArcesiumSp·AEx1V
  2. 02DechertSp·CEx1V
  3. 03Deerpath CapitalSp·PEx1V
  4. 04Egan-Jones RatingsSp·AEx1V
  5. 05Kirkland & EllisSp·AEx1V
  6. 06OctusSp·AEx1V
  7. 07PwCSp·AEx1V
  8. 08Viola CreditSp·AEx1V
  9. 09ABF JournalSp·MEx
  10. 10AIMASp·MEx
  11. 11Akin GumpSp·AEx
  12. 12AresSp·AEx
  13. 13Centerbridge PartnersSp·AEx
  14. 14CIBC Capital MarketsSp·SEx
Sponsors by tier
associate20
57% of 35
co-host1
3% of 35
exhibitor1
3% of 35
lead media partner1
3% of 35
media partner5
14% of 35
partner2
6% of 35
supplemental5
14% of 35
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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