Kirsten Hagen

Kirsten Hagen is a co-founder and partner of Brinley Partners, and a member of the Investment Committee. Brinley Partners (“Brinley”) is an alternative investment firm focused on providing private credit solutions to high quality companies in the large cap and middle market space. Brinley’s first flagship fund, Brinley Private Debt Fund I, closed in 2021 with ~$3 billion total capital inclusive of leverage. The firm currently has ~$4.5 billion assets under management and directly originates performing credit and preferred equity investments in transactions primarily backed by private equity sponsors. Brinley lends across the capital structure including secured credit, unsecured credit and preferred equity while focusing on top tier, resilient companies in defensive sectors of the market.

Prior to Brinley, Kirsten spent 20 years with Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., where she most recently was Head of Americas Senior Debt in the Private Credit Group, overseeing the leveraged loan investing strategy in North America and closely involved in the mezzanine debt and preferred equity investing businesses. Kirsten served on the Goldman Sachs Bank USA Management Committee and the Goldman Sachs Bank USA Client and Business Standards Committee. Before spending almost 15 years in the Principal Investment Area, Kirsten held various positions in the Leveraged Finance Group and the Investment Banking Division. She has over 20 years of investing and leveraged finance experience and has invested over $25 billion across the capital structure.

Kirsten previously served on the Board of Directors of Avantor, American Tire Distributors, FullBeauty Brands, Signature Hospital and H20+. Kirsten currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Lehigh Valley Health Network where she is a member of the executive, audit, nominating and governance, finance, and strategy committees.