Mark R. Shenkman founded Shenkman Capital Management, Inc. in 1985. With 46 years of investment experience, and 38 years of high yield investment experience, he is considered one of the pioneers of the high yield bond and loan markets. Prior to founding Shenkman in 1985, Mr. Shenkman was President and Chief Investment Officer of First Investors Asset Management in New York. He also was Co-Manager and Vice President of the High Yield Bond Department at Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb in New York, where he established one of Wall Street’s earliest departments dedicated to the research, selling and trading of high yield securities. Mr. Shenkman was a research analyst and an equity portfolio manager at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston. From 1977 to 1979, he managed the first high yield bond mutual funds at Fidelity. Additionally, Mr. Shenkman is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the UCONN Foundation. He is a member of the Board of Trustees at The George Washington University; Vice Chairman of the Board at Wilbraham & Monson Academy since 1969; and he currently serves on the College of William and Mary, Mason School of Business Board of Advisors. He is also on the Board of Directors of the Hillel Foundation in Washington D.C. Mr. Shenkman received a BA in Political Science from the University of Connecticut (1965) and an MBA from The George Washington University (1967). Mr. Shenkman also received a Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, from the University of Connecticut (2007).

Justin W. Slatky joined Shenkman Capital in 2011. He has 21 years of investing experience in high yield and distressed securities. Prior to joining Shenkman Capital, Mr. Slatky was Co-Head and Managing Director of the Distressed Bond business in New York and London for Goldman Sachs. He was also a member of the Credit Investment Committee charged with reviewing proprietary investments within the Credit Department. Before joining the distressed bond business in 2002, Mr. Slatky was a telecom high yield analyst and a recipient of Institutional Investor’s Runner-Up award. He joined Goldman Sachs from Credit Suisse First Boston in 1999, where he worked as a high yield analyst as part of an II ranked telecom team. Mr. Slatky graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Economics (1998) and an MBA (1999) from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Eric Dobbin joined Shenkman Capital in April 2006, and has 32 years of investment experience. Previously, he worked for Merrill Lynch as Managing Director, Head of High Yield and Distressed Bond Trading, from 2000 to 2006. From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Dobbin was a Portfolio Manager at Hamilton Partners. From 1989 to 1995 he worked for Travelers/Smith Barney in Investment Banking, as Head of High Yield Research and then as Portfolio Manager. Mr. Dobbin was Manager of Financial Analysis at Allied Signal from 1985 to 1989. Mr. Dobbin received his BA in Economics (1984) and his MBA (1985) from Duke University.

Bob Kricheff joined Shenkman Capital in 2013.  He has 33 years of investment research and strategy experience in leveraged finance. Prior to joining Shenkman Capital, Mr. Kricheff was Managing Director and Head of the Americas High Yield Sector Strategy for Credit Suisse. During his distinguished tenure at Credit Suisse, he oversaw U.S., European and Emerging Market credit research as well as high yield sector and portfolio strategy.  He also worked as a high yield analyst where he covered the media, cable, satellite, telecom, gaming, and entertainment sectors. His work covered bonds, loans and CDS. Additionally, Mr. Kricheff has published two textbooks and two e-books on topics related to leveraged finance and its analysis and has most recently published a book on technology’s impact on investment economics. He has been invited to speak to graduate students at University of London SOAS, Columbia University and New York University.  Mr. Kricheff received a BA degree in Economics from New York University and a MS in Financial Economics from the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies. Bob is also on the Board of Directors of Symphony Space, a non-profit committed to improving literacy and education through the arts. He is also a volunteer at Center for Food Action, a non-profit dedicated to preventing hunger and homelessness.

Neil Wechsler joined Shenkman Capital in 2002. He has 22 years of investment experience including 17 years of high yield research experience. Prior to joining Shenkman Capital, Neil was a Summer Associate at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he worked on their high yield and investment grade research teams. In 2000, Neil was an Associate at Credit Lyonnais Securities in their Asset Backed Securities group. From 1998 to 2000, Neil worked at Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. as an Analyst in their Structured Finance group. Neil received a BS degree in Business Administration from the University at Albany (1996) and a MBA from New York University (2002). Mr. Wechsler is a CFA charterholder (2003) and a member of the CFA Institute and CFA Society New York.

Jordan Barrow joined Shenkman Capital in 2004.  He has over 16 years of leveraged finance investing experience and has been a portfolio manager since 2011.  Mr. Barrow has experience managing portfolios for the firm’s High Yield, Short Duration, and Convertible strategies.  He started his career as a high yield research analyst specializing in Healthcare and has also covered Retail, Technology and Service Industries.  In 2010, Mr. Barrow was instrumental in launching the firm’s Short Duration High Yield Strategy. He was also key in the launches of the Global Convertible and Investment Grade Convertible Strategies, in 2015 and 2014, respectively.  Mr. Barrow is a member of Shenkman Capital’s Risk Committee and currently serves on the board of the Friends of Mount Sinai Health System.  Mr. Barrow received a BA degree in Economics and International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.  In addition, he is a CFA charterholder (2007).