Aaron Kirsch

CFA

Aaron Kirsch is a director on First Eagle Alternative Credit’s Direct Lending Origination team, responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing new investments. He previously held a role on the Direct Lending team as a credit underwriter responsible for evaluating and executing new investments and supporting management of portfolio investments. Prior to joining First Eagle in October 2021, Aaron was an associate in the financial sponsors group at Credit Suisse. Before that, he was an associate in the TMT leveraged finance group at Capital One and an analyst in the global private finance group at Barings. He began his career in fund accounting at SS&C Technologies and State Street. Aaron earned a BS from Bryant University and an MBA from Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.