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Direct Lending

Chris O’Donnell

Managing Director

Chris is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Industrials. He is responsible for originating, structuring and managing investments in the industrials sector as well as in other industries of focus for the direct lending and opportunistic credit strategies.

Prior to joining Manulife | Comvest Credit Partners (formerly Comvest Credit Partners), Chris was a Director in the Credit Opportunities Group of Citi, where he focused on originating and managing middle-market credit investments. His lending career also includes originations, underwriting and portfolio management roles at Macquarie Group, FrontPoint Partners, Dymas Capital Management (an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management) and Heller Financial.

Chris received a B.A. in Accounting from Loras College.

Private Credit

Our private credit business is now Manulife | Comvest Credit Partners, offering creative and flexible private credit solutions to both sponsored and non-sponsored middle-market companies, backed by Manulife’s global scale and Comvest’s proven leadership.

Private Equity

Our private equity platform continues as Comvest Private Equity, an independent firm focused on control investments in middle-market companies, partnering with founders and management teams to build businesses for lasting growth.

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