Kristen Jones

Head of US Private Credit and Senior Private Markets Investment Due Diligence Research Analyst, Partner Albourne Partners

Kristen Jones is a Partner, Head of US Private Credit and Senior Private Markets Investment Due Diligence Research Analyst. Kristen holds primary responsibility for maintaining coverage on a range of Private Credit sub-strategies including US stressed and distressed (including control, non-control, asset-backed and distressed lending), US direct lending, and multi-strategy credit. She also covers US Turnaround (i.e., distressed equity) and a number Esoteric strategies, such as drug royalties and litigation finance. In addition to providing intensive onsite due diligence, strategy forecasts, written manager evaluations and investment recommendations, Kristen directly supports the Albourne Head of Private Markets and Albourne COO as a project manager and function liaison for Private Markets initiatives. Before joining Albourne in 2009, Kristen worked at Waycrosse, Inc. Cargill and MacMillan Family Office (2006-2008) and Lacrosse Global Fund Services in the cash and collateral group (2008). Kristen is based in Minnesota and reports through Albourne's San Francisco office. Kristen holds a BSB Finance with High Distinction from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Curtis L. Carlson School of Management.