Stephanie Perry joined Capital One‘s Financial Sponsors Group. The group focuses on developing and maintaining relationships with private equity firms and originating and evaluating new lending opportunities, including first lien, second lien and unitranche loans.

“We’re thrilled to have Stephanie join our team. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in private equity, enabling her to provide our clients with the highest level of service,” said Mark Patchell, senior managing director for the Financial Sponsors Group.

Perry has more than 20 years of private equity and investment banking experience, most recently as principal on the investment teams at a middle market private equity firm and a large BDC. She previously spent 14 years at Deutsche Bank Securities in New York where she was a managing director and head of Middle Market Sponsor Leveraged Finance. Over her career, Perry has executed more than 100 transactions across all major industry sectors, with a combined market value of more than $50 billion.