Private Debt Placement Agent Briarcliffe Expands Executive Team
By David Brooke
February 14, 2022

Briarcliffe Credit Partners, a placement agent in the $1 trillion private credit industry, hired Kyle Abel as head of GP advisory and promoted Robert Molina to head of origination, according to a statement seen by Bloomberg.

-Abel arrives from peer FirstAvenue; Molina joined Briarcliffe in April
-New York-headquartered Briarcliffe was founded in February 2021 by Jess Larsen, chief executive officer of the firm, which links institutional investors with private credit funds
-"Private credit is increasingly replacing traditional fixed income and alternative investments as LPs seek higher returns," Larsen said. "It's really an exciting time for private credit