Jeff Levin

Managing Director, Portfolio Manager & Head of Direct Lending at Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Panelist

Jeff Levin is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and is the Co-Head of Morgan Stanley’s North America Private Credit platform, where he serves on the Investment Committee and is the Portfolio Manager and the Head of Direct Lending. Mr. Levin rejoined Morgan Stanley in 2019 and has over 20 years of relevant industry experience.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Levin was a Partner and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group where he served as President of The Carlyle Group’s BDCs, and was a member of the investment committee for the Direct Lending platform. Prior to joining Carlyle in 2012, he was a founding member of Morgan Stanley Private Credit, where he was responsible for originating, structuring and executing credit and private equity investments across various industries.

Prior to that role, Mr. Levin was a member of the Leveraged & Acquisition Finance Group at Morgan Stanley where he was responsible for originating and executing high yield bond and leveraged loan transactions. He graduated from Emory University in 2002.