Monroe Capital Hires Simon Wein as Director on Direct Originations Team

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Monroe Capital LLC (“Monroe”) today announced that Simon Wein has joined the firm as a Director on the direct originations team. Wein will be responsible for originating new business opportunities within the East Coast region and will be based in the firm’s New York office.

Wein brings over 10 years of experience in direct lending and structured finance. Prior to joining Monroe, he served as a Director in the Capital Structure Advisory Investment Banking group at Raymond James, where he advised on complex financing, restructuring, and M&A transactions.

“We are very excited to add Simon to the Monroe Capital originations team," said Jack Bernstein, Managing Director, Group Head, East Coast Direct Originations and Co-Head of the New York Office. “His experience in direct lending and structured finance along with his deep advisory background and track record of executing complex financing, restructuring, and M&A transactions make him an excellent addition to our team. Simon's expertise and market insight will further enhance our ability to serve sponsors and middle-market companies across the East Coast while continuing to grow our premier direct originations platform.”

Wein’s appointment reflects Monroe Capital’s ongoing commitment to expanding its reach and delivering tailored capital solutions to private equity sponsors and middle-market businesses nationwide.

About Monroe Capital

Monroe is a premier asset management firm specializing in private credit markets across various strategies, including direct lending, technology finance, venture debt, alternative credit solutions, structured credit, real estate and equity. Since 2004, the firm has been successfully providing capital solutions to clients in the U.S. and Canada. Monroe prides itself on being a value-added and user-friendly partner to business owners, management, and both private equity and independent sponsors. Monroe’s platform offers a wide variety of investment products for both institutional and high net worth investors with a focus on generating high quality “alpha” returns irrespective of business or economic cycles. The firm is headquartered in Chicago and has 14 locations throughout the United States, Asia, Australia, Europe, and Middle East.

Monroe has been recognized by both its peers and investors with various awards including GrowthCap Advisory’s 2025 Top Private Credit Firm List; Inc.’s 2025 Founder-Friendly Investors List; DealCatalyst as the 2025 Most Innovative Private Credit CLO Manager of the Year; Private Debt Investor as the 2025 CLO Manager of the Year, Americas and 2023 Lower Mid-Market Lender of the Decade; Global M&A Network as the 2024 Lower Mid-Markets Lender of the Year, Americas; Korean Economic Daily as the 2022 Best Performance in Private Debt – Mid Cap; Creditflux as the 2021 Best U.S. Direct Lending Fund; and Pension Bridge as the 2020 Private Credit Strategy of the Year. For more information and important disclaimers, please visit www.monroecap.com.