Michelle Handy

Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer – Direct Lending

  • Industry start
    1997
  • Year joined
    2016

Michelle Handy is a senior managing director and chief investment officer of First Eagle Alternative Credit’s Direct Lending business, responsible for overseeing underwriting and portfolio management activities. Michelle is a member of FEAC’s management committee and the Direct Lending platform's investment committee. She became part of First Eagle in 2020 upon the firm’s acquisition of THL Credit, which she had joined in 2016. Previously, Michelle worked at GE Capital, where she held several roles in underwriting, portfolio management and workouts, ending her time there as the chief operating officer of GE Capital Americas’ workout function. Michelle earned a BS in finance and Spanish from Boston College and an MS in finance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.


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