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).

Nicholas Sarchese joined Shenkman Capital in 2003. He has 25 years of investment experience in fixed income research including 21 years of high yield research experience. Nicholas joined us from Credit Suisse First Boston / Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette where he worked from 1997 to 2002 as an analyst on their high yield and investment grade research teams focused on media and telecommunications. From 1995 to 1997, he was a Senior Associate at Moody’s Investors Service in their Corporate Ratings and Analysis group. Mr. Sarchese received a BS degree in Finance and Management from New York University’s Stern School of Business (1995) and is a CFA charterholder (2001). He is a member of the CFA Institute and CFA Society New York.

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.

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).

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.