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Randy Schwimmer
Vice Chairman, Chief Investment Strategist
About Randy
Randy is Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Strategist at Churchill. In his role, he leads the firm’s investment outlook and is dedicated to educating clients and audiences on private capital markets and portfolio strategy. Randy is the Founder and Publisher of The Lead Left, Churchill’s weekly newsletter reviewing deals and trends in the capital markets, and he also produces Private Capital Call, a monthly podcast. Additionally, Randy serves on Churchill’s Executive Committee and Senior Lending Investment Committee.
Randy has broad experience in middle market finance and is widely credited with developing loan syndications for middle market companies. Prior to joining Churchill, he served as a Senior Managing Director and the Head of Capital Markets and Indirect Origination at Churchill Financial, where he was responsible for all loan capital markets activities and managing the firm’s indirect origination platform. Before that, he was a Managing Director and the Head of Leveraged Finance Syndication for BNP Paribas. Randy spent 15 years at JP Morgan Chase in corporate banking and loan syndications, where he originated, structured, and syndicated leveraged loans.
Randy graduated, cum laude, from Trinity College with a B.A. in English, where he currently serves on its Board of Fellows, and received a M.A. in English Literature from the University of Chicago, where he is a member of the Humanities Advisory Council.
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