Jae joined Hayfin in 2018 and is a Director in the US High Yield and Syndicated Loans Team.

Prior to joining Hayfin, Jae was a Senior Analyst at Kingsland Capital Management. Before Kingsland, Jae worked at Tennenbaum Capital Partners (now Blackrock Private Credit) investing in distressed debt and special situations. Jae has also spent time in High-Yield Research at Barclays, Strategy & Operations at Fox Entertainment and in Investment Banking at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. (now part of JPMorgan). Jae graduated from The University of Chicago with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Public Policy and from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business with a Master in Business Administration