Managing Director, Portfolio Management and Special Assets
Brightwood Capital
Fred Jelks is a Managing Director in Portfolio Management and Special Assets at Brightwood Capital. Brightwood Capital is a middle market private credit fund with $6 billion in assets under management. Fred manages the fund’s underperforming and distressed credit portfolio and serves as a board director for many companies in the portfolio. Prior to Brightwood, Fred worked at AlixPartners where he provided restructuring and interim management services to debtors in bankruptcy and in out-of-court situations. Previously, he worked in investment banking at UBS Investment Bank. Fred has a degree in Economics from Yale University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
