James Morphis

James Morphis

James Morphis

Executive Director
14 years industry experience

James Morphis

Executive Director

14 years industry experience

Biography

James Morphis is an Executive Director of Morgan Stanley and a member of the Morgan Stanley Private Credit team, where he focuses on originating and underwriting investment opportunities. Mr. Morphis joined Morgan Stanley in 2016 and has over 13 years of relevant industry experience. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Morphis structured, marketed and placed private debt and equity capital as part of Houlihan Lokey’s Capital Markets Group. Prior to Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Morphis was an Assistant Vice President at GE Capital Markets in their leveraged finance business, structuring, marketing and syndicating leveraged loans. Mr. Morphis was also an analyst at M&T Bank, where he underwrote middle market credit facilities, conducting fundamental credit analysis and performing detailed financial modeling. Mr. Morphis holds a B.A. from the University of Rochester and an MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell 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

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

David Pessah

Chief Financial Officer

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

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

David Pessah

Chief Financial Officer

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

Aleksandar Nikolic

Executive Director

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