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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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40Speakers
42Sponsors
53Exhibitors
37Sessions
77Companies · in total

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
Belinda Ghetti
Managing Director, Head of Structured Credit Solutions and Alternative Investments · Fitch Ratings
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
Chris DiAngelo
Partner, Structured Finance and Securitization · Katten
Chris Duerden
Partner · Dechert
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
Erik Bissonnette
Senior Manging Director, Direct Lending · Blue Owl
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

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

9finExhibitor
ABF JournalMedia Partner
AIMAMedia Partner
Akin GumpAssociate
ArcesiumAssociate
AresAssociate
AretéSupplemental
BoxAssociate
Centerbridge PartnersAssociate
CIBC Capital MarketsSupplemental
CreditSightsMedia Partner
CREDITspectiveAssociate
DealscribeSupplemental
DechertCo-Host
Deerpath CapitalPartner
DLA PiperAssociate
Draupnir CapitalSupplementals
Egan-Jones RatingsAssociate
F2Associate
Fitch RatingsPartner
Gen IIAssociate
HebbiaSupplementals
HypercoreSupplemental
IMDDAMedia Partner
Indus Valley PartnersAssociate
KattenAssociate
Kirkland & EllisAssociate
LinklatersSupplementals
MandateWireLead Media Partner
Mayer BrownAssociate
Moody'sAssociate
OctusAssociate
PactFiExhibitor
PensionMandateMedia Partner
PWCAssociate
RiskSpanAssociate
SiaAssociate
S&P Global RatingsAssociate
SS&C TechnologiesAssociate
Thoma BravoAssociate

Agenda

Selected from 37 sessions.

  • TBA

    1200 Early Arrival Registration & Badge Collection

  • TBA

    ABS East/PCC East Welcome Drinks

  • TBA

    Americas’ resilient response to private credit disquiet

  • TBA

    Cocktail Reception

  • TBA

    Coffee and Networking Break

  • TBA

    Coffee and networking break 1

  • TBA

    Coffee & Networking

  • TBA

    Core Workout: The lasting strength of America's middle market

  • TBA

    Day 1 Closing Cocktail & Fireside Chat: American Direct Lending Outlook

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 77 companies show up, and 41 bet on three roles at once?

77 companies. 41 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
41All threespeak · spons · exh
1Sponsoringsponsor only
9Exhibitingexhibitor only
26Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Dechert·Fitch Ratings·Arcesium·Deerpath Capital·Egan-Jones Ratings·Katten·Kirkland & Ellis·Octus·PwC·Viola Credit·9fin·ABF Journal·AIMA·Akin Gump·Ares·Box·Centerbridge Partners·CIBC Capital Markets·CreditSights·CREDITspective·Dealscribe·DLA Piper

Speakers by seniority

88% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite820%
  • Founder / Owner923%
  • VP-level13%
  • Director / Head of1743%
  • Manager / Lead13%
  • Other roles410%

Of 40 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1DechertSponsor · Co-HostExhibitor2
2Fitch RatingsSponsor · PartnerExhibitor2
3ArcesiumSponsor · AssociateExhibitor1
4Deerpath CapitalSponsor · PartnerExhibitor1
5Egan-Jones RatingsSponsor · AssociateExhibitor1
6KattenSponsor · AssociateExhibitor1
7Kirkland & EllisSponsor · AssociateExhibitor1
8OctusSponsor · AssociateExhibitor1
9PwCSponsor · AssociateExhibitor1
10Viola CreditSponsor · AssociateExhibitor1
119finSponsor · ExhibitorExhibitor-
12ABF JournalSponsor · Media PartnerExhibitor-
13AIMASponsor · Media PartnerExhibitor-
14Akin GumpSponsor · AssociateExhibitor-
Sponsors by tier
associate23
55% of 42
co-host1
2% of 42
exhibitor2
5% of 42
lead media partner1
2% of 42
media partner5
12% of 42
partner2
5% of 42
supplemental5
12% of 42
supplementals3
7% of 42
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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