Bio

Mr. Bernstein is a Managing Director and Head of the Equity Group of Monroe Capital. He is responsible for managing all of the firm’s private equity activities. Mr. Bernstein has over 30 years of experience in private equity investing, M&A, high yield securities and corporate finance. Prior to Monroe, Mr. Bernstein was Managing Partner at SE Capital LLC, a private equity firm based in Chicago focused on investing in management-assisted buyouts in the lower middle market. Prior to founding SE Capital, he was a Managing Director and Practice Leader in the Investment Banking Group at JP Morgan & Co. Prior to that, Mr. Bernstein spent 15 years in various banking, capital markets, and corporate finance positions with Banc of America Securities, LLC, First Chicago Capital Markets, Inc. and NationsBank Corporation. Mr. Bernstein has served on the Board of Directors of numerous companies. Mr. Bernstein earned his M.B.A. from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management and his B.A. in Finance from the University of South Florida, Muma College of Business.