Privately held Z Capital Group (ZCG) has appointed Jedidiah “Jeddy” Lee as Managing Director, Head of Credit, effective 31 May 2025, overseeing the investment strategy, portfolio construction, risk management, and capital deployment across the firm’s credit vehicles.
Since joining ZCG in 2021, Lee has played a central role in building and managing diversified credit portfolios, leading complex restructurings, and serving as a voting member of the ZCG Credit Investment Committee.
As the Head of Credit, Lee will lead the platform’s focus on opportunistic deployment across the senior secured spectrum, grounded in a three-pronged underwriting framework honed over three decades. His team will leverage ZCG’s broader ecosystem – including proprietary diligence and monitoring technologies, in-house operational consulting, and a global network of industry relationships – to enhance diligence, execution, and monitoring.
The platform will maintain a strong emphasis on downside protection and a focus on delivering strong risk-adjusted returns.
Lee has more than a decade of experience in credit investing across a range of strategies, including private credit, leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, and special situations. Prior to ZCG, he served as Vice President at Bayside Capital, the special situations and distressed debt affiliate of HIG Capital.
He began his career in the restructuring advisory groups at Lazard and Houlihan Lokey. Lee has a BS in finance and accounting from Indiana University, Kelley School of Business.
The appointment reflects ZCG’s continued investment in scaling its credit platform to meet increasing investor demand. In addition, the firm has strengthened its credit team with recent hires and is actively expanding its talent base, technology infrastructure, and origination capabilities to execute on complex opportunities across the capital structure, while maintaining the flexibility to adapt to evolving market conditions.
