Placing the Talent That Drives Private Credit Growth
Private credit is the fastest-growing segment in alternative investments. As AUM crosses $3 trillion and strategies diversify from direct lending into capital solutions, mezzanine, ABF, infrastructure, real estate, fund finance, and credit secondaries, the talent market has never been more competitive. We've built the relationships and market intelligence to find the professionals driving the expansion.
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Private Credit Front Office Talent
From Credit Analysts building models to Managing Directors leading origination platforms, we place professionals at every level of seniority across the private credit ecosystem.
Managing Directors & Partners
Investment strategy, deal origination, capital raising, investor relations, and platform leadership.
Investment Team - Associate to Principal
Underwriting, diligence, deal execution, and portfolio monitoring
Asset Management & Restructuring
Associate through MD | Ongoing portfolio monitoring, covenant compliance, workout and restructuring, and borrower relationship management
Investor Relations & Fundraising
Associate through Partner | IR, institutional and wealth channel specialists, product specialists, and fundraising project managers
Capital Markets
Associate through Head of Capital Markets | Debt structuring, financing, syndication, and lender relationship management
New & Cutting Edge
Associate through VP | AI, data science, quantitative analytics, and credit research - increasingly embedded across investment functions at leading private credit platforms
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Deep Coverage Across Private Credit Strategies
Our search consultants understand the talent differences between a direct lender and a specialty finance platform - because each strategy demands distinct skill sets, relationships, and market knowledge.
Direct Lending
Senior lending across upper, middle, and lower middle markets, including sponsored and non-sponsored strategies
Capital Solutions
Bespoke capital for complex situations.
Asset-Based Finance
Specialty finance, equipment finance and asset-based lending, consumer, real estate, energy & infrastructure, esoterics
Infrastructure
Infrastructure debt and project financings including senior and subordinated strategies across traditional infrastructure, energy transition, digital infrastructure markets.
Real Estate
Real estate credit, bridge lending, and commercial mortgage strategies, including transitional lending, CMBS, and preferred equity across property types and capital stack positions
Fund Finance
Subscription line lending, NAV financing, and GP liquidity solutions, including capital call facilities and fund-level credit strategies
Credit Secondaries
GP and LP secondaries investing spanning direct lending, opportunistic credit, and asset-based finance.
Mezzanine
Sponsor-based, high yield junior capital between debt and equity.
Common Private Credit Hiring Challenges We Solve
Select the scenario closest to your situation and we'll point you to the right next step.
We're building or expanding a team to support a new fund, strategy, or market.
We need to strengthen our investment, investor relations, or capital markets capabilities.
We're making a senior leadership hire and need a confidential search.
We need compensation or talent market intelligence before making hiring decisions.
Our current search isn't reaching the right candidates for a specialized front-office role.
Recent Private Credit Hires
A sample of recent searches completed across the private credit ecosystem. All hires are anonymized to protect client and candidate confidentiality.
Managing Director, Private Credit Origination
Senior origination hire for a $20B+ alternative credit platform. Mapped 300+ candidates, interviewed 63, presented a shortlist of 8, and hired from a competitor, bringing a book of portable sponsor relationships.
Principal, Private Asset-Based Finance
First hire in the build-out of an ABF strategy for a $10B+ alternatives manager. Mapped 174 candidates, shortlisted 16, and hired the firm’s top choice in 90 days.
Principal, Product Management
Product management hire for a leading private credit platform building its opportunistic strategy. Hired the firm’s top choice from a $40B fund that specializes in hedged credit and opportunistic lending.
When we needed a professional for our asset-based finance private credit team, The Locke Group delivered an outstanding candidate in a competitive market.
Head of Asset-Based Finance, Confidential Private Credit Firm
Let's Discuss Your Private Credit Search
Whether you're building an origination team, making a confidential senior hire, or want to understand the credit talent market before you start - we bring the data and relationships to get it right.
Other Markets We Serve
Our search consultants bring the same depth of expertise across all four of our core alternative investment verticals.
