Crayhill Capital Management LP, a $3 billion independent alternative asset management firm specializing in asset-based finance (“ABF”), today announced that Katherine Taylor has joined the firm as Managing Director, Head of Marketing and Investor Relations.
Kassie will lead and expand Crayhill’s global marketing efforts and oversee the investor relations function. Additionally, she will partner with firm leadership on the development of new products to meet the growing demands of the institutional investor community while contributing to the growth of Crayhill’s asset-based investment platform.
Prior to joining Crayhill, Taylor was a Managing Director at First Eagle Alternative Credit, the legacy THL Credit investment platform acquired by First Eagle Investments in 2020. Over the course of her nine years at First Eagle Alternative Credit, Kassie was responsible for business development, product development, strategic relationships, and fund marketing across the firm’s direct lending and tradable credit platforms. Notably, she led the development of the firm’s rated feeder and evergreen structures. Before joining THL Credit in 2016, Kassie was a Vice President and Head of Fundraising and Investor Relations at Graycliff Partners, a mezzanine and middle market private equity provider.
“We are excited to welcome Kassie to our team and look forward to leveraging her experience in business and capital development within the asset-based landscape,” said Carlos Mendez, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Crayhill. “With her extensive network and deep knowledge of the field, we know Kassie will be an impactful addition for the continued growth of Crayhill’s platform.”
After recently closing the third vintage of its flagship ABF fund, which was oversubscribed at $1.3 billion, including $162 million of co-investment commitments, and over 75% deployed, Crayhill has been in active dialogue with new partners in the insurance solutions space and is growing its footprint in the infrastructure and data center sectors. “We view these activities as a natural extension of the firm’s expertise in ABF, where we can draw upon Kassie’s extensive product development experience and the investment team’s capabilities to meet the growing demand from institutional investors for differentiated asset-based investment solutions,” said Scott Beardsley, COO at Crayhill.
