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Ben Schenkman

Investor

Director, Debt Finance at OakNorth

New York, New York, United States

About

Director of Debt Finance specializing in leveraged financing for US middle-market businesses, previously a Senior Associate and Head of Business Development at Prospect Capital.

Experience

  1. OakNorthDirector; Debt Finance (US)current2026 — presentNew York, United States
  2. UJA-Federation of New YorkBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  3. Prostate Cancer FoundationBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentSanta Monica, California, United States
  4. Children's Museum of ManhattanBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentNew York, United States
  5. Private Credit/Equity BDCOriginations/ Investment Team2020 — 2025New York, New York, United States
  6. Middlemarch PartnersInvestment Banking Associate2016 — 2020New York City Metropolitan Area
  7. Dana Holdings BDA Ltd.Private Equity Analyst2015 — 2016Princeton, NJ
  8. The Buonopane GroupPricing Analyst- Intern2014Red Bank, NJ
  9. RBCWealth Management Intern2014Bethesda, MD
  10. U.S. Department of the TreasuryIntern2013Washington D.C

Education

  1. The George Washington UniversityBachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)
  2. Sciences PoBusiness and European Economics
  3. The Hun School of PrincetonHigh School Diploma

Skills & more

Public Speaking2Leadership1StrategyCommunicationMicrosoft Office10Microsoft Excel7PowerPoint8Microsoft Word2Photoshop1OutlookMicrosoft PowerPoint1Research1
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  • Series 66 — FINRA
  • Series 7 — FINRA
  • Series 79 — FINRA

From Ben's professional profile.

Colleagues at OakNorth

Adam Ehrenreich
Associate Director, Debt Finance at OakNorth
Alex Gursky
Director, Debt Finance at OakNorth
Ben Barbanel
Chief Lending Officer / Head of Debt Finance at OakNorth
Casey DeFluri
Associate Director, Debt Finance at OakNorth
Christopher Stephens
Associate, Debt Finance at OakNorth
Connor Bieling
Director, Debt Finance (C&I) at OakNorth
Dylan Jagjivan
Director, Debt Finance (CRE) at OakNorth
James Nelson
Senior Director, Credit at OakNorth

Frequently asked questions

Where does Ben Schenkman work?
Ben Schenkman is Director, Debt Finance at OakNorth.

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Also attended Sciences Po233

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Also attended The Hun School of Princeton2

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Shared employers

Also worked at Middlemarch Partners1

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Also worked at RBC76

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Also worked at U.S. Department of the Treasury40

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