Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 13, 2014

Interview with the Co-President and the CFO: CIFC Corp. (CIFC)

Rahul Agarwal is the CFO of CIFC Corp. and has 20 years of experience in financial services. Since joining CIFC in December 2012, Mr. Agarwal has primarily been responsible for finance, operations and technology. Prior to joining CIFC, Mr. Agarwal served as Co-Head of Finance for the private equity business of The Blackstone Group L.P. — or “Blackstone” — where he was responsible for transaction structuring, investor reporting, preparation and analysis of financial statements, tax compliance and reporting, internal controls, SEC reporting, and implementing technology solutions to enhance efficiencies and scalability. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Agarwal held positions at Deloitte & Touche, Citigroup and Ernst & Young. Mr. Agarwal received a bachelor's degree in commerce from the University of Mumbai in India and a chartered accountant certificate. Mr. Agarwal is a certified public accountant and a CFA charterholder. Profile
Oliver Wriedt is Co-President of CIFC Corp. and has 21 years of experience in credit, structuring, portfolio management and business development. Prior to joining CIFC, Mr. Wriedt was a managing director in Providence Equity Partner’s Capital Markets Group based in New York. Prior to joining Providence in 2010, Mr. Wriedt was a partner at Sciens Capital Management. Previously, he was a partner and Global Co-Head of Marketing and Structured Products at GoldenTree Asset Management. Mr. Wriedt spent six years at Deutsche Bank in London and New York, where he held several sales management positions, most recently as a managing director running the alternative asset solutions effort in North America. Before joining Deutsche Bank in 1998, Mr. Wriedt spent five years at NORD/LB in Hanover, Singapore and New York. Mr. Wriedt received a B.A. in history and economics from Duke University. Profile
 TWST: Give us a little bit of history of CIFC, and tell us how the company came about.

Mr. Wriedt: CIFC was started by a group of former J.P. Morgan Leveraged Finance