Chief Executive Officer, HPS Investment Partners

Scott Kapnick is Chief Executive Officer of HPS Investment Partners, LLC (“HPS”) which he founded in 2007. HPS is a leading global investment platform with a focus on non-investment grade credit and has over $58bn of assets under management. HPS has 142 investment professionals and over 350 employees globally, and is headquartered in New York with ten additional offices worldwide. HPS was originally formed as a unit of Highbridge Capital Management, LLC, a subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Asset Management. In March 2016, the principals of HPS acquired the firm from J.P. Morgan, which retained Highbridge and the hedge fund strategies. From 2013-2016, Mr. Kapnick also served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Highbridge Capital Management. Before founding HPS, Mr. Kapnick was a Management Committee Member, Partner, and Co-Head of Global Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, positions he held from 2001 to 2006. He also served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs International from 2005 to 2006 and spent 12 out of his 21 years at the firm in Europe (London and Frankfurt). Mr. Kapnick is a graduate of Williams College and holds a combined JD/MBA from the University of Chicago. Mr. Kapnick also studied at the London School of Economics & Political Science. Mr. Kapnick is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the Board of Directors of Room to Read, the Naples Botanical Garden and the Hospital for Special Surgery.