Leadership Team

Brigade

Donald E. Morgan, III, CFA
Founder/Managing Partner/Chief Investment Officer
Thomas O’Shea
Head of European Investments
Chris Chaice
Senior Director/Senior Counsel – Restructuring and Private Credit

Donald E. Morgan, III, CFA, Founder/Managing Partner/Chief Investment Officer

Mr. Morgan is the firm’s Chief Investment Officer, Managing Partner, and Portfolio Manager. Additionally, Mr. Morgan is a member of both the Investment and Risk Committees. Prior to forming Brigade in 2006, Mr. Morgan was a Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Fixed Income at MacKay Shields, LLC. During his leadership, the firm’s high yield products ranked in the top 10% of their peer groups. At the same time, Mr. Morgan grew the firm’s high yield assets to $17 billion and raised approximately $800 million in the long/short fund.  Mr. Morgan joined his predecessor firm in 1997 and co-managed its high yield funds until 2000, when he became the Lead Portfolio Manager of the High Yield Division. Mr. Morgan began his career in money management as a Research Associate, then High Yield Analyst, at Fidelity Management and Research Company. Mr. Morgan received a BS in Finance, magna cum laude, from New York University. Additionally, Mr. Morgan is a CFA charterholder.

Thomas O’Shea, Head of European Investments

Mr. O’Shea is the Head of European Investments, the European CLO Portfolio Manager in the Brigade London office, and a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to joining Brigade in 2017, Mr. O’Shea was a Partner at Castle Hill Asset Management in the U.S. since 2010. In that capacity, Mr. O’Shea was responsible for covering the industrial, healthcare, and gaming, lodging, and leisure sectors, as well as making event-driven investments across the capital structure in various industries. Additionally, Mr. O’Shea was a Partner and Portfolio Manager at GoldenTree Asset Management from 2000 to 2009, where he helped to found the firm’s European business and became the head of the European office. Prior to that, Mr. O’Shea spent five years in GoldenTree’s U.S. office, covering the industrial, chemical, aerospace and defense, and healthcare industries. Prior to that, Mr. O’Shea was an equity analyst at Value Line, Inc., covering the healthcare, leisure and aerospace and defense sectors.  Mr. O’Shea received a BA in English Literature at the University of Virginia, where he was an Echols Scholar, and an MBA in Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business. He currently serves on the board of Mannok, an EU-based building products company. Mr. O’Shea also sits on the UVA College Foundation European Regional Board.

Chris Chaice, Senior Director/Senior Counsel – Restructuring and Private Credit

Mr. Chaice is a Senior Director and Senior Counsel specializing in Restructuring and Private Credit. Prior to joining Brigade in 2012, Mr. Chaice worked at Covenant Review, a fixed-income research firm, where he analyzed debt covenants, complex capital structures, and bankruptcy issues.  Additionally, Mr. Chaice worked as an Analyst at Southpaw Asset Management, where he analyzed event-driven investment opportunities relating to bankruptcies, restructurings, mergers, liquidations, and litigation.  Prior to Southpaw, Mr. Chaice practiced law at Cahill Gordon & Reindel and Willkie Farr & Gallagher, where he specialized in capital markets transactions, primarily representing underwriters of high yield bonds and leveraged loans.  Mr. Chaice received a BA in Political Science from Syracuse University and a law degree, cum laude, from New York University School of Law.
Matthew Perkal
Senior Director/Portfolio Manager – Restructuring and Private Credit
Pavlin Kumchev
Managing Director

Matthew Perkal, Senior Director/Portfolio Manager – Restructuring and Private Credit

Mr. Perkal is a Senior Director and Portfolio Manager of Restructuring and Private Credit. In his previous role as a Senior Analyst, Mr. Perkal covered the gaming, retail and restaurant sectors. Prior to joining Brigade in 2010, Mr. Perkal worked at Deutsche Bank as an Analyst in the Leveraged Finance Group. In that capacity, Mr. Perkal also spent time on the Leveraged Debt Capital Markets Desk, selling both bank and bond deals. Mr. Perkal received a BS in Economics with a concentration in Finance and Accounting from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

Pavlin Kumchev, Managing Director

Mr. Kumchev is a Managing Director, covering the Healthcare and Industrials sectors in the Brigade London office. Prior to joining Brigade in 2019, Mr. Kumchev worked at Carlyle Strategic Partners, where he focused on majority control investments and operational turnaround of European corporates, facing financial and operational distress. Prior to joining Carlyle, he worked at Blackstone's Restructuring and Reorganization Group in London. Mr. Kumchev started his career in 2005 as a Managing Director in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group of Morgan Stanley in New York and later served as an Associate at Behrman Capital, a middle-market private equity fund based in New York, where he focused on investments in the Healthcare and Industrial sectors. Mr. Kumchev’s professional experience includes over 20 successful M&A, restructuring and recapitalization transactions. Throughout his investment career, he has served on a number of creditors’ committees as well as on the board of a number of private and publicly listed companies. Mr. Kumchev earned his B.A. in Mathematical Economics and minor in German, summa cum laude, from Colgate University in the U.S. and has an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD in France and Singapore.

M3 Partners

Mohsin Y. Meghji
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Charles H. F. Garner
Executive Vice President
William Gallagher
Executive Vice President

Mohsin Y. Meghji, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

  • 25+ year career focusing primarily on maximizing and realizing value of companies experiencing financial, operational or strategic transitions
  • Experienced SPAC sponsor
  • Managing Partner, M3 Partners, LP, 2015 – Present

Charles H. F. Garner, Executive Vice President

  • 30+ years of legal, advisory and operational management experience across a range of industries
  • Experienced SPAC sponsor
  • Managing Director, & General Counsel of M3 Partners, LP, 2015 – Present

William Gallagher, Executive Vice President

  • 35+ years of experience in finance and investment, with deep expertise in credit analysis
  • Managing Director, M3 Partners, LP, 2019 – Present

Brigade

Donald E. Morgan, III, CFA
Founder/Managing Partner/Chief Investment Officer
Thomas O’Shea
Head of European Investments
Chris Chaice
Senior Director/Senior Counsel – Restructuring and Private Credit

Donald E. Morgan, III, CFA, Founder/Managing Partner/Chief Investment Officer

Mr. Morgan is the firm’s Chief Investment Officer, Managing Partner, and Portfolio Manager. Additionally, Mr. Morgan is a member of both the Investment and Risk Committees. Prior to forming Brigade in 2006, Mr. Morgan was a Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Fixed Income at MacKay Shields, LLC. During his leadership, the firm’s high yield products ranked in the top 10% of their peer groups. At the same time, Mr. Morgan grew the firm’s high yield assets to $17 billion and raised approximately $800 million in the long/short fund.  Mr. Morgan joined his predecessor firm in 1997 and co-managed its high yield funds until 2000, when he became the Lead Portfolio Manager of the High Yield Division. Mr. Morgan began his career in money management as a Research Associate, then High Yield Analyst, at Fidelity Management and Research Company. Mr. Morgan received a BS in Finance, magna cum laude, from New York University. Additionally, Mr. Morgan is a CFA charterholder.

Thomas O’Shea, Head of European Investments

Mr. O’Shea is the Head of European Investments, the European CLO Portfolio Manager in the Brigade London office, and a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to joining Brigade in 2017, Mr. O’Shea was a Partner at Castle Hill Asset Management in the U.S. since 2010. In that capacity, Mr. O’Shea was responsible for covering the industrial, healthcare, and gaming, lodging, and leisure sectors, as well as making event-driven investments across the capital structure in various industries. Additionally, Mr. O’Shea was a Partner and Portfolio Manager at GoldenTree Asset Management from 2000 to 2009, where he helped to found the firm’s European business and became the head of the European office. Prior to that, Mr. O’Shea spent five years in GoldenTree’s U.S. office, covering the industrial, chemical, aerospace and defense, and healthcare industries. Prior to that, Mr. O’Shea was an equity analyst at Value Line, Inc., covering the healthcare, leisure and aerospace and defense sectors.  Mr. O’Shea received a BA in English Literature at the University of Virginia, where he was an Echols Scholar, and an MBA in Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business. He currently serves on the board of Mannok, an EU-based building products company. Mr. O’Shea also sits on the UVA College Foundation European Regional Board.

Chris Chaice, Senior Director/Senior Counsel – Restructuring and Private Credit

Mr. Chaice is a Senior Director and Senior Counsel specializing in Restructuring and Private Credit. Prior to joining Brigade in 2012, Mr. Chaice worked at Covenant Review, a fixed-income research firm, where he analyzed debt covenants, complex capital structures, and bankruptcy issues.  Additionally, Mr. Chaice worked as an Analyst at Southpaw Asset Management, where he analyzed event-driven investment opportunities relating to bankruptcies, restructurings, mergers, liquidations, and litigation.  Prior to Southpaw, Mr. Chaice practiced law at Cahill Gordon & Reindel and Willkie Farr & Gallagher, where he specialized in capital markets transactions, primarily representing underwriters of high yield bonds and leveraged loans.  Mr. Chaice received a BA in Political Science from Syracuse University and a law degree, cum laude, from New York University School of Law.
Matthew Perkal
Senior Director/Portfolio Manager – Restructuring and Private Credit
Pavlin Kumchev
Managing Director

Matthew Perkal, Senior Director/Portfolio Manager – Restructuring and Private Credit

Mr. Perkal is a Senior Director and Portfolio Manager of Restructuring and Private Credit. In his previous role as a Senior Analyst, Mr. Perkal covered the gaming, retail and restaurant sectors. Prior to joining Brigade in 2010, Mr. Perkal worked at Deutsche Bank as an Analyst in the Leveraged Finance Group. In that capacity, Mr. Perkal also spent time on the Leveraged Debt Capital Markets Desk, selling both bank and bond deals. Mr. Perkal received a BS in Economics with a concentration in Finance and Accounting from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

Pavlin Kumchev, Managing Director

Mr. Kumchev is a Managing Director, covering the Healthcare and Industrials sectors in the Brigade London office. Prior to joining Brigade in 2019, Mr. Kumchev worked at Carlyle Strategic Partners, where he focused on majority control investments and operational turnaround of European corporates, facing financial and operational distress. Prior to joining Carlyle, he worked at Blackstone's Restructuring and Reorganization Group in London. Mr. Kumchev started his career in 2005 as a Managing Director in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group of Morgan Stanley in New York and later served as an Associate at Behrman Capital, a middle-market private equity fund based in New York, where he focused on investments in the Healthcare and Industrial sectors. Mr. Kumchev’s professional experience includes over 20 successful M&A, restructuring and recapitalization transactions. Throughout his investment career, he has served on a number of creditors’ committees as well as on the board of a number of private and publicly listed companies. Mr. Kumchev earned his B.A. in Mathematical Economics and minor in German, summa cum laude, from Colgate University in the U.S. and has an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD in France and Singapore.

M3 Partners

Mohsin Y. Meghji
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Charles H. F. Garner
Executive Vice President
William Gallagher
Executive Vice President

Mohsin Y. Meghji, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

  • 25+ year career focusing primarily on maximizing and realizing value of companies experiencing financial, operational or strategic transitions
  • Experienced SPAC sponsor
  • Managing Partner, M3 Partners, LP, 2015 – Present

Charles H. F. Garner, Executive Vice President

  • 30+ years of legal, advisory and operational management experience across a range of industries
  • Experienced SPAC sponsor
  • Managing Director, & General Counsel of M3 Partners, LP, 2015 – Present

William Gallagher, Executive Vice President

  • 35+ years of experience in finance and investment, with deep expertise in credit analysis
  • Managing Director, M3 Partners, LP, 2019 – Present

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