Monroe Capital Hires Gila Cohen to Lead Global Institutional Partnerships | Business

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 17, 2022–

Monroe Capital LLC today announced that Gila Cohen has joined the firm as Managing Director, Head of Global Institutional Partnerships, based in the firm’s New York office. She will be responsible for new initiatives to expand Monroe’s global footprint, among institutional investors, focusing on the company’s high-growth real estate and opportunistic private credit areas.

Prior to Monroe, Gila was Director of Investment Strategy for MUFG (USA) and was responsible for advising, leading and governing the strategic alternatives investment portfolio, as well as playing a strategic role in the missions. enterprise-wide for ESG and DEI. She has also advised on the development of strategic partnerships within the firm and on investment opportunities for a wide range of MUFG entities, focusing on both business services and financial services outside of Japan. She has over 25 years of experience in investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, sale and purchase transactions, underwriting, creation and investment in real estate, private equity and private credit, and the creation of strong strategic partnerships. Prior to MUFG, Gila was Managing Partner at Castle Lanterra, where she was responsible for corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions and private equity efforts. Prior to Castle Lanterra, Gila held senior positions at Courtland Partners, Capital Dynamics and Golub Capital. She has also held investment banking positions at JP Morgan, UBS, Credit Suisse First Boston. She received her BA in Art History with a concentration in Mathematics from Columbia University.

“We are thrilled to add Gila to the Monroe Capital team,” said Ted Koenig, president and CEO of Monroe Capital. “Gila has an accomplished career of over 25 years of experience in alternative investments focused on global institutional investors and capital formation. She brings with her many long-term relationships and extensive experience around the world. We We are fortunate to have Gila join our already strong team to continue expanding our global footprint.

About Monroe Capital

Monroe Capital LLC (“Monroe”) is a leading asset management company specializing in the private credit markets through various strategies, including direct lending, asset-based lending, specialty finance, opportunistic credit and structured and equity. Since 2004, the company has successfully provided capital solutions to clients in the United States and Canada. Monroe prides itself on being a value-added, friendly partner for business owners, management, and private and independent sponsors. Monroe’s platform offers a wide variety of investment products for institutional and high net worth investors with a focus on generating high quality ‘alpha’ returns regardless of business or economic cycles. The company is headquartered in Chicago and has offices in Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles, Miami, Naples, New York, San Francisco and Seoul.

Monroe has been recognized by both peers and investors with various awards, including Global M&A Network as 2022 Small Midsize Business Lender of the Year, Americas; Private Debt Investor as 2021 Senior Lender of the Year, 2021 Lower Middle Market Lender of the Year, Americas; Creditflux as Best US Direct Lending Fund 2021; and Pension Bridge as Private Credit Strategy of the Year 2020. For more information, please visit www.monroecap.com.

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PUBLISHED: 05/17/2022 06:00 AM/DISC: 05/17/2022 06:02 AM

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