Global investment firm KKR has appointed Dan Pietrzak as global head of private credit. Most recently, Pietrzak served as co-head of private credit alongside Matthieu Boulanger, who is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities.
Global investment firm KKR has appointed Dan Pietrzak as global head of private credit. Most recently, Pietrzak served as co-head of private credit alongside Matthieu Boulanger, who is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities.
KKR’s private credit business includes direct lending, junior debt and asset-based-finance strategies and has grown from $8 billion at the start of 2017 to $76 billion today. KKR’s broader credit business manages over $200 billion of assets with a global team of approximately 190 investment professionals, including 110 dedicated to private credit.
Pietrzak has more than 20 years of investment experience. In addition to his responsibilities overseeing private credit, he is co-president and chief investment officer for FS KKR Corp, and sits on the boards of FSK and several of KKR’s credit portfolio companies.
Michael Small meanwhile, a partner in London who serves as a portfolio manager for the firm’s global junior debt strategy, will take on the additional responsibility for managing KKR’s direct lending efforts in Europe. Small has over 20 years of credit investing experience and prior to joining KKR in 2021, was a Partner at Park Square Capital, where he served on the investment committee and executive committee and helped establish junior debt and direct lending businesses.
