Priya Kaftan

Priya Kaftan is Head of Investor Relations and Product Strategy at Heard Capital where she oversees client relations, client communications, business development and product strategy.

Prior to joining Heard Capital LLC in 2019, Ms. Kaftan was a Senior Associate at Silver Point Capital, L.P., a credit and distressed focused hedge fund. Her responsibilities included managing relationships with Silver Point Capital’s existing and prospective investors, product strategy, reporting, credit market research and communications.

Prior to Silver Point Capital, L.P., Ms. Kaftan was a Vice President in JPMorgan’s Syndicated and Leveraged Finance group. In that role, she structured leveraged loan and high yield transactions for clients in the energy, metal, mining, packaging and chemical sectors. Ms. Kaftan also served as an Associate and Analyst in the group.

Ms. Kaftan holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Boston University where she was a magna cum laude graduate. She is the Chair of 100 Women in Finance’s 2023’s Global FundWomen Week, a member of the 100 Women in Finance Chicago Leadership Committee, a Board Member of Ten Thousand Villages Oak Park and on the Sponsorship Committee of Women Investment Professionals.