David Kulakofsky
David Kulakofsky
Head of Direct Lending Underwriting
26 years industry experience
David Kulakofsky
Head of Direct Lending Underwriting

26 years industry experience

Biography

Mr. Kulakofsky is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley, Head of Direct Lending Underwriting and Portfolio Management and a member of the executive team for the Direct Lending strategy and a member of the MS Private Credit Investment Committees. Prior to joining MS Private Credit in April 2020, Mr. Kulakofsky was Head of Madison Capital Funding’s Software & Technology Services team and a member of Madison’s Investment Committee. Mr. Kulakofsky joined Madison Capital at its inception in 2001 as an Associate and was a Vice President and Underwriting Team Leader before transitioning to an origination role in 2007. Prior to joining Madison Capital, Mr. Kulakofsky was an Analyst in the Investment Banking group at Robert W. Baird & Co., focusing primarily on industrial M&A transactions. Mr. Kulakofsky earned a B.A. in Economics with a minor in Sociology from Northwestern University and an MBA in Analytical Finance from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Other Team Members

 

 

New York

Ashwin Krishnan

Head of Morgan Stanley's North America Private Credit Platform, Chief Investment Officer, Chair of the Investment Committee, and Portfolio Manager of MSPC’s Opportunistic Credit Strategy

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New York

Hank D'Alessandro

Vice Chairman of NA Private Credit

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Chicago

Jeff Day

Co-President of Direct Lending

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Toby Norris

Managing Director

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Mark Jochims

Managing Director

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New York

Orit Mizrachi

Co-President of Direct Lending

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New York

Michael Occi

Chief Executive Officer for Direct Lending

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New York

David Pessah

Chief Financial Officer

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New York

Jon Spivak

Managing Director

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New York

Rebecca Shaoul

Head of Portfolio Management

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New York

Debra Abramovitz

Executive Director

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New York

Dylan Cutinha

Executive Director

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New York

Fay Chen

Executive Director

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New York

Jonathan Frohlinger

Executive Director

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New York

Charlie Guyton

Executive Director

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Chicago

Lauren Krepelka

Executive Director

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New York

James Morphis

Executive Director

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New york

Aleksandar Nikolic

Executive Director

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