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Private Credit Connect East 2026 Agenda

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  1. America’s resilient response to private credit disquiet
    19-Oct-2026
    Leonard Klingbaum, Partner, Head of Capital Solutions Group - Dechert LLP
    Grishma Parekh, President, HPS Corporate Lending Fund and Co-Head Core Senior Lending - HPS Investment Partners
    Marc Pinto, Managing Director, Global Head of Private Credit - Moody's Ratings
    Tyler Gately, Head of North America Direct Lending - Barings
    Susan Kasser, Head of Private Debt - Neuberger Berman
    Erik Bissonnette, Senior Manging Director, Direct Lending - Blue Owl
    Matthew Harvey, Global Head of Middle Market Direct Lending - PGIM
  2. Keynote Fireside Chat - Opportunistic Credit: Where Eagles Dare
    20-Oct-2026
    Sujeet Indap, Wall Street editor - Financial Times
    Vinay Kumar, Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer - Silver Rock Capital Partners
    Ashok Vishnubhakta, Partner and Head of Commercial Credit - 1823 Partners
  3. From funding to functionality: The role of AI across the private credit ecosystem
    20-Oct-2026
    Janet Jozwik, Head of Product - RiskSpan
    Dan Pallone, Managing Director - SS&C Technologies
    Anastasia Amoroso, Managing Director & Chief Investment Strategist - Partners Group
    Deanna Leighton, Head of Allocation & Strategy—Insurance - AllianceBernstein
    Don Muir, Chief Executive Officer & Founder - F2 AI
    Cesar Estrada, Head, Private Markets - Arcesium
  4. Lunch
    20-Oct-2026
  5. Esoterics Interviews
    20-Oct-2026
     (4x 15min interviews) Explores the wide world of esoteric or specialty financiers, and how they approach the market. In three successive interviews, we hear from experts on their approaches to valuin ...
    Andrew Hedlund, Director, Managing Editor - LevFin Insights
    Michael Chen, Managing Director & Head of US Investments - Viola Credit
    Bill Cisneros, President - Primary Wave IP Investment Management
    Kyle Asher, Partner & Co-Head and Co-Portfolio Manager, Monroe Capital Alternative Credit Solutions - Monroe Capital
    Jess Larsen, Founder & Chief Executive Officer - Briarcliffe Credit Partners
  6. Networking Break
    20-Oct-2026
  7. State of the Market: The expanding universe of American asset-backed finance
    20-Oct-2026
    How the US asset-backed finance market has shifted from niche lenders to become an essential finance tool for issuers to maximise leverage of their resources.
    Chirag Domadia, Partner, Complex Securitizations Practice Group - Kirkland & Ellis
    Avi Korn, Global Co-Head of Asset Based Finance - KKR
    Kevin Alexander, Partner & Co-Head of Alternative Credit - Ares
    Aaron Fink, Senior Managing Director, Head of Asset Based Finance - Centerbridge
    Elizabeth Burton, Chief Strategist - Fortress
    Jennifer Marques, Managing Director and Head of Strategy and Structuring - Oaktree Capital Management
    Weili Chen, Managing Director, North American Asset-Backed Securities - Fitch Ratings
  8. Less is more: Flexible funding solutions for the Lower Middle Market and the next generation of corporate issuers
    19-Oct-2026
    Emily Fasold, Editor and Head of US Deal Origination - Octus
    Ted Denniston, Co-Head and Senior Managing Director of NXT Capital - NXT Capital
    Andre Hakkak, Founder, Managing Partner & Chief Executive Officer - White Oak Global Advisors
    Alexander Prokopenko, Senior Manager, Business Development and Operations - Egan-Jones Ratings Co.
    David Gaito, Head of Direct Lending - Fidelity Investments
  9. FT Keynote Interview - How private credit is shaping the AI ecosystem
    20-Oct-2026
    A high-level dive into the rise of opportunistic funds and how they are taking advantage of market dislocations.
    Michelle Chan, US credit correspondent - Financial Times
    Victoria Chant, Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Capital Markets and Bank Relations - Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI)
  10. LP Lunch - Invite-only
    19-Oct-2026
  11. Made in the USA: financing the America’s growth ambitions
    20-Oct-2026
    How faster, more flexible private lending to asset-heavy industries is spurring on a new era of manufacturing and industry in North America.  Which non-digital asset-heavy industries will prove crucia ...
    Rachel So, Editor, Americas - MandateWire (an FT specialist publication)
    Ed Cong, Partner & PM, Asset-Based Lending & Structured Credit - CVC Marathon
    Vinesh Karthic Padmanabhan, Senior Director and Head of Debt Capital Markets - EnFin
    Jordan Bryk, Managing Director, Credit - Stonepeak
  12. Opening Remarks
    19-Oct-2026
    Kenneth Young, Partner and Co-Chair, Corporate and Securities Practice - Dechert LLP
  13. Cocktail Reception
    19-Oct-2026
  14. FT Keynote interview
    19-Oct-2026
    Michelle Chan, US credit correspondent - Financial Times
    Vivek Bantwal, Global Co-Head of Private Credit and Co-CEO, Goldman Sachs BDC - Goldman Sachs Asset Management
    Daniel Garant, Executive Vice President & Global Head, Capital Markets & Credit Investments - British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI)
  15. LP Perspectives: the evolving role of private credit investors into direct lending
    19-Oct-2026
    Reed Van Gorden, Managing Director, Head of Origination - Deerpath Capital
    Tod Trabocco, Head of Private Debt Advisory - StepStone Group
    Richard Grimm, Head of Global Credit and a Managing Director for the Retirement, Insurance & Government Practice - Cambridge Associates
    Roman Hederer, Head of Portfolio Management - Legal & General
    Liz Gorgoglione, Senior Director, Credit Risk - Banner Life
    Peggy Huang, Chief Investment Officer - CC Capital/Ceres Life
  16. Core workout: the lasting strength of America’s Middle Market
    19-Oct-2026
    Sheel Patel, Partner, Head of New York Private Credit - Mayer Brown
    Michael Ewald, Partner and Global Head of the Private Credit Group - Bain Capital
    Natalie Garcia, Managing Director, Head of Underwriting - Deerpath Capital
    Javier Casillas, Chief Investment Officer - WhiteHorse Capital
    Pratik Desai, Senior Managing Director, Opportunistic Credit - Man Group
  17. Lunch
    19-Oct-2026
  18. Sponsor solutions: solving private equity's portfolio funding demands
    19-Oct-2026
    Ryan Moreno, Partner and Co-Chair, Leveraged Finance and Co-Head, Private Credit and Fund Finance - DLA Piper
    Michelle Handy, Senior Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer, Direct Lending - Napier Park Global Capital
    Gregory Hardiman, Managing Director and Head of GP-LP Solutions - Crescent Capital
    Michael Perez, Managing Director - Stone Point Capital
    Betsy Booth, Partner - TPG Twinbrook
  19. Networking break
    19-Oct-2026
  20. Future architecture of the financial system: How private credit redefined corporate debt issuance
    19-Oct-2026
    Jessica Kostantinidis, Director, Financial Markets and Real Estate - PWC
    Joe Engelhard, Head of US Private Credit and Asset Management Policy & Regulation - Alternative Investment Management Association
    Damien Dwin, Chief Executive Officer - Lafayette Square
    Elizabeth Perenick, Head of Portfolio Management, Investment Grade Private Credit - Wellington
    Tom Kramer, Chief Executive Officer - CREDITspective
    Emma Smolens, Senior Director, Private Capital - MetLife Investment Management
  21. Marriage of convenience: NAV, Fund Finance, Secondaries and provision of capital across the value chain
    20-Oct-2026
    Chris DiAngelo, Partner, Structured Finance and Securitization - Katten
    Sara McGinty, Partner - Ares
    Deborah Newman, Managing Director, Analytical Manager - S&P Global Ratings
    Nicole Lawrence, Managing Director, Asset Management Strategy - Moody's
  22. The Debt-Equity Equilibrium: How Rated Debt Structures Are Reshaping the Private Credit-Insurance Relationship
    20-Oct-2026
    A discussion with industry leaders on how they approach origination and deployment of capital to unique markets
    Belinda Ghetti, Managing Director, Head of Structured Credit Solutions and Alternative Investments - Fitch Ratings
    Naz Majidi, Founder - Pand Capital
    Sarah Milam, Partner - Akin Gump
    Daniel Lepore, Managing Director, Head of Liability Management - Cliffwater
    Chris Duerden, Partner - Dechert
    Laura Laumont, Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets - Nuveen Green Capital
  23. Coffee and Networking Break
    20-Oct-2026
  24. Day Two Welcome Remarks
    20-Oct-2026
  25. Day 1 Closing Cocktail Fireside Chat - American Direct Lending Outlook
    19-Oct-2026
  26. Registration & Breakfast Networking
    20-Oct-2026
  27. Coffee & Networking
    19-Oct-2026
  28. ABS EAST & PCC EAST WELCOME DRINKS
    18-Oct-2026
    Join us on the Ocean Lawn at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach for pre-conference welcome drinks
  29. 12:00 EARLY ARRIVAL REGISTRATION & BADGE COLLECTION
    Outside LIV, Chateau Lobby, Fontainebleau Hotel
    18-Oct-2026
  30. Registration & Breakfast Networking
    19-Oct-2026
  31. Keynote Fireside Chat
    19-Oct-2026
    Jay Alicandri, Partner - Dechert
    Jared Parker, Managing Director and Co-Head of North America - Oaktree Capital Management
    Jeff Levin, Head of Credit - Thoma Bravo
  32. Scaling without breaking: the operating backbone of a $2tn private credit market"
    19-Oct-2026
    Gurvinder Singh, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder - Indus Valley Partners
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