Derek is a Senior Managing Director at Churchill and the Head of Direct Investments for the Junior Capital & Private Equity Solutions (PEJC) investment team. In his role, he is responsible for capital raising, sourcing and underwriting investments, as well as portfolio management for the firm’s junior debt, structured capital and equity co-investment strategies. Derek also serves as a member of the PEJC Investment Committee, as well as Churchill’s Operating Committee.

Prior to Churchill, Derek was a Senior Director on the PEJC team at the firm’s parent company, TIAA, and subsequently Nuveen, since 2013. Previously, he was a Senior Associate at Chrysalis Ventures, a venture capital firm, and an investment team member at BIA Digital Partners, where he was an active mezzanine capital and equity investor in middle-market companies. Derek began his career in investment banking with SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.

Derek graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.S. in Business Administration from the Kenan-Flagler Business School.