Nikhil Vaidya
Nikhil Vaidya
Executive Director
10 years industry experience
Nikhil Vaidya
Executive Director

10 years industry experience

Biography

Nikhil Vaidya is a Executive Director at Morgan Stanley and is a member of the Morgan Stanley Private Credit team, where he focuses on originating and underwriting investment opportunities. Mr. Vaidya joined Morgan Stanley in 2021 and has over seven years of relevant industry experience. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Vaidya worked at The Carlyle Group, most recently as a Vice President within the Direct Lending team, where he was responsible for originating, structuring, and executing private credit investments across various industries. Prior to joining The Carlyle Group, Mr. Vaidya worked for the Merchant Banking / Middle Market Leveraged Finance team at BNP Paribas, where he was focused on underwriting private equity sponsored transactions. Mr. Vaidya earned a Honors in Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of the Western Ontario, as well as a B.A. in Financial Economics from the University of Western Ontario.

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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Chicago

David Kulakofsky

Head of Direct Lending Underwriting

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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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