David is Global Head of Private Markets Distribution, leading a team of Private Market Specialists who manage all capital formation activities across MSIM’s Private Market platform. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in May 2020, David was a Managing Director at BlackRock, where he held various roles in the credit and equity businesses, including most recently leading the private equity strategies and private credit strategies teams in the US and Canada. 

Prior to joining BlackRock in 2012, David was a senior portfolio manager at Liberty Harbor, an alternative asset management business of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He began his investing career, as a portfolio manager at Amaranth Advisors where he managed the Private Assets Portfolio in 2004. Earlier in his career, Mr. Frechette held various positions in leverage finance, including as a member of the Sponsor Coverage Group at CIBC World Markets, a senior member of CIBC's London-based capital markets team, a member of High Yield Group at Chase Securities, a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Lehman Brothers and the Argosy Group. He has over 30 years of financial services experience.