David Pessah

David Pessah

David Pessah

Chief Financial Officer
18 years industry experience

David Pessah

Chief Financial Officer

18 years industry experience

Biography

David Pessah is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and a member of the Morgan Stanley Private Credit team, where he serves as Chief Financial Officer of the Middle Market Direct Lending strategy. In his role, David oversees all accounting, valuation, internal controls and financial reporting activities for this strategy. In addition, Mr. Pessah serves as Chief Financial Officer of the Morgan Stanley Private Credit business development companies. Mr. Pessah joined Morgan Stanley in 2023 and has over 17 years of relevant industry experience. Prior to joining, Mr. Pessah held various positions at Goldman Sachs, most recently as the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Chief Accounting Officer of its business development company complex within Goldman Sachs’ Private Credit group. Mr. Pessah started his career at Ernst & Young LLP as an auditor in their financial services group. Mr. Pessah received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Delaware and his MBA in Finance from Baruch College.

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

New York

Hank D'Alessandro

Vice Chairman of NA Private Credit

Chicago

Jeff Day

Co-President of Direct Lending

Toby Norris

Managing Director

Mark Jochims

Managing Director

Chicago

David Kulakofsky

Head of Direct Lending Underwriting

New York

Orit Mizrachi

Co-President of Direct Lending

New York

Michael Occi

Chief Executive Officer for Direct Lending

New York

Jon Spivak

Managing Director

New York

Rebecca Shaoul

Head of Portfolio Management

New York

Debra Abramovitz

Executive Director

New York

Dylan Cutinha

Executive Director

New York

Fay Chen

Executive Director

New York

Jonathan Frohlinger

Executive Director

New York

Charlie Guyton

Executive Director

Chicago

Lauren Krepelka

Executive Director

New York

James Morphis

Executive Director

New york

Aleksandar Nikolic

Executive Director

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

New York

Hank D'Alessandro

Vice Chairman of NA Private Credit

Chicago

Jeff Day

Co-President of Direct Lending

Toby Norris

Managing Director

Mark Jochims

Managing Director

Chicago

David Kulakofsky

Head of Direct Lending Underwriting

New York

Orit Mizrachi

Co-President of Direct Lending

New York

Michael Occi

Chief Executive Officer for Direct Lending

New York

Jon Spivak

Managing Director

New York

Rebecca Shaoul

Head of Portfolio Management

New York

Debra Abramovitz

Executive Director

New York

Dylan Cutinha

Executive Director

New York

Fay Chen

Executive Director

New York

Jonathan Frohlinger

Executive Director

New York

Charlie Guyton

Executive Director

Chicago

Lauren Krepelka

Executive Director

New York

James Morphis

Executive Director

New york

Aleksandar Nikolic

Executive Director

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