Jason Spaeth

Partner and Chief Investment Officer

Jason spent the vast majority of his career at Värde Partners where he was a Managing Partner working in its private credit strategies, investing in distressed business and household credit in North America and Europe. He opened and managed Värde's European office in London in 2004 and oversaw Värde's European private credit business until 2009. In 2008, Jason returned to the U.S. to lead Värde's North American private credit business that invested approximately $5 billion following the Great Financial Crisis.

Prior to joining Värde in 1997, Jason worked in the banking industry at Northern Trust and Bank of America in Chicago.

Jason graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and English from Lawrence University in 1992 and a MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 1996