Kunal Soni

Kunal Soni

Kunal Soni

Managing Director, Head of Western Region, Head of Direct Lending Technology
25 years industry experience

Kunal Soni

Managing Director, Head of Western Region, Head of Direct Lending Technology

25 years industry experience

Biography

Kunal Soni is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and the Head of the Western Region and Direct Lending Technology for Morgan Stanley Private Credit, where he serves as a member on the Investment Committee and focuses on originating and executing investment opportunities. Mr. Soni joined Morgan Stanley in 2019 and has over 23 years of relevant industry experience. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Soni was Head of the Western Region for the Direct Lending Platform of the Carlyle Group. Prior to Carlyle, Mr. Soni has worked in various credit-focused senior investment professional roles in the asset management industry since 2007. Mr. Soni was also a Principal at Bison Capital Asset Management focusing on growth investments in middle market companies and worked at J.P. Morgan and KPMG LLP. Mr. Soni graduated from Emory University in 1998.

Other Team Members

New York

Jeff Levin

Managing Director, Co-Head of N. America Private Credit, Head of Direct Lending

New York

Ashwin Krishnan

Managing Director, Co-Head of N. America Private Credit, Head of Opportunistic Credit

New York

Hank D'Alessandro

Vice Chairman, North America Private Credit

Chicago

Jeff Day

Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets & Business Development

Mark Jochims

Managing Director

Chicago

David Kulakofsky

Managing Director, Head of Direct Lending Underwriting & Portfolio Management

Los Angeles

Peter Ma

Managing Director

New York

Orit Mizrachi

Managing Director

New York

Michael Occi

Chief Administrative Officer

New York

David Pessah

Managing Director

New York

Jon Spivak

Executive Director

New York

Sean Sullivan

Managing Director, Head of Direct Lending Origination

New York

Debra Abramovitz

Executive Director

New York

Fay Chen

Executive Director

New york

Griffin Coakley

Vice President

New York

Charlie Guyton

Executive Director

Chicago

Lauren Krepelka

Executive Director

New York

James Morphis

Executive Director

New York

Jeff Levin

Managing Director, Co-Head of N. America Private Credit, Head of Direct Lending

New York

Ashwin Krishnan

Managing Director, Co-Head of N. America Private Credit, Head of Opportunistic Credit

New York

Hank D'Alessandro

Vice Chairman, North America Private Credit

Chicago

Jeff Day

Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets & Business Development

Mark Jochims

Managing Director

Chicago

David Kulakofsky

Managing Director, Head of Direct Lending Underwriting & Portfolio Management

Los Angeles

Peter Ma

Managing Director

New York

Orit Mizrachi

Managing Director

New York

Michael Occi

Chief Administrative Officer

New York

David Pessah

Managing Director

New York

Jon Spivak

Executive Director

New York

Sean Sullivan

Managing Director, Head of Direct Lending Origination

New York

Debra Abramovitz

Executive Director

New York

Fay Chen

Executive Director

New york

Griffin Coakley

Vice President

New York

Charlie Guyton

Executive Director

Chicago

Lauren Krepelka

Executive Director

New York

James Morphis

Executive Director

Back to Team

Morgan Stanley Private Credit

Investment Strategy

Morgan Stanley

Home

MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

Home

About

It is important that users read the Terms of Use before proceeding as it explains certain legal and regulatory restrictions applicable to the dissemination of information pertaining to Morgan Stanley Investment Management's investment products.

The services described on this website may not be available in all jurisdictions or to all persons. For further details, please see our Terms of Use.

© Morgan Stanley. All rights reserved.