PitchBook’s news team

Alexander Davis, Editor-in-Chief at PitchBook News
Alexander “Alec” Davis is the editor-in-chief of PitchBook News, based in San Francisco. A native of Southern California, he has been a financial journalist since the mid-1990s. Alec previously was an editor at The Wall Street Journal and was a founding editor of MarketWatch. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history and journalism from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a master’s degree in international politics from American University.

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Heather West, Senior Managing Editor, Private Equity
Heather West is a managing editor for private equity coverage at PitchBook News. She has covered financial news in various roles from New York, Hong Kong and San Francisco, and has built teams of journalists globally. Heather previously worked at Mergermarket and Bloomberg and holds degrees from UC Berkeley and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. Read less «

Ron Prichard, Managing Editor, News Production & Operations
Ron Prichard is managing editor, news productions and operations for Pitchbook. A financial journalist for almost 25 years, Prichard has worked as markets reporter and investments editor for Microsoft’s MSN Money and for CNBC.com, and investments editor for Finder.com. He’s also been a frequent speaker at the World Money Shows. A California native, he holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Cal State Long Beach. Read less «

James Thorne, Managing Editor, Venture & Data Visualizations
James Thorne heads PitchBook’s team covering the global venture capital ecosystem, and he oversees data visualizations and other data-journalism initiatives. James joined PitchBook as a VC reporter in 2019. Previously he reported for GeekWire, Reuters, CNBC and Source Media. A native of Colorado, James graduated from Boston College and received his master’s degree in business journalism from New York University. He is based in Seattle.

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Andrew Woodman, London Bureau Chief
Andrew Woodman is PitchBook’s London Bureau Chief and oversees news coverage from Europe. Andrew, who joined PitchBook in 2019, has been reporting on the private markets since 2012. He was previously an editor with Private Equity International and with the Asian Venture Capital Journal. A Japanese speaker, he spent nearly a decade in Asia, living and working in both Japan and Hong Kong.

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Jordan Rubio, Data Visualizations Editor
Jordan Rubio is a Seattle-based data visualizations editor at PitchBook. He previously worked at the Houston Chronicle as a data journalist and at the Victoria Advocate as a digital editor. A native of Jacksonville, Fla., Rubio graduated from TCU.

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Tim Cross, Editor-in-Chief, LCD
Tim has been with LCD since 2001. He was the first to edit LCD’s news and analysis, and oversee the development of the lcdcomps.com news platform. He went on to manage the group’s IT team and application development, and he later directed LCD’s social media. Prior to joining LCD, Tim spent eight years as managing editor at LPC Reuters, where he edited the company’s flagship Gold Sheets publication, ran the US and London editorial groups, wrote news stories and oversaw league tables. Before LPC, Tim was managing editor of Bank Loan Report, where he wrote news and feature stories. He also contributed to its sister publication, Investment Dealers’ Digest. Read less «

Kate Rainey, Program Manager, News Operations
Kate Rainey provides operations support for PitchBook News, where she was previously a senior editor managing the copy desk and daily production workflow. Kate is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, and she holds a master’s degree from the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism and an MBA from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. Read less «

Michael Bodley, Senior Reporter
Michael Bodley is a senior venture capital reporter at PitchBook News, covering top fund managers and developments affecting limited partners. Based in New York, Michael previously led TheStreet.com’s crypto coverage. He also reported for Hedge Fund Alert after breaking into journalism at the San Francisco Chronicle. Originally from Baltimore, Michael graduated from Elon University. Read less «

Rosie Bradbury, Venture Capital Reporter
Rosie Bradbury is a reporter covering startups and venture capital for PitchBook News. Based in New York, she previously reported for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Business Insider and Wired. Rosie studied history and politics at the University of Cambridge.

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Jacob Robbins, Venture Capital Reporter
Jacob Robbins is a reporter covering venture capital and tech for PitchBook. Based in Seattle, Jacob is originally from Massachusetts and holds dual degrees in political science and cinema studies from the American University. His work has appeared in Air Mail and Business Insider.

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Madeline Shi, Senior Private Equity Reporter
Senior reporter Madeline Shi writes about private equity and the debt markets for PitchBook News. Previously she has written for news outlets including Debtwire, With Intelligence (formerly Pageant Media), Business Insider and CoinDesk. Madeline earned a graduate degree from New York University’s school of journalism and is a graduate of Northeast Normal University in China. She is based in Seattle.

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Jessica Hamlin, Senior Funds Reporter
Jessica Hamlin, a senior reporter, covers private equity, pensions and endowments for PitchBook News, based in New York. Previously she wrote about private equity for Institutional Investor in New York. Jessica is a graduate of the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.

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Janelle Bradley, Private Equity Reporter
Janelle Bradley is a private equity reporter covering leveraged buyouts for PitchBook News and is based in New York. Previously, she covered private credit at With Intelligence (formerly Pageant Media) and is a graduate of the City University of New York Brooklyn College.

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Leah Hodgson, Senior Venture Capital Reporter
Leah Hodgson is a senior reporter for PitchBook based in London, covering the European and Middle East venture capital ecosystem. Having graduated with a BA in international politics with French, she spent a year and a half reporting on the wealth management industry before turning to the private markets.

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Emily Lai, Private Equity Reporter

Emily Lai is a London-based reporter for PitchBook covering private equity across Europe and the Middle East. She has been covering the private markets since 2021, previously writing for AltAssets and With Intelligence. Prior to that, Emily was a TV news anchor with Hong Kong’s PCCW and a reporter for S&P Global Market Intelligence covering public markets. Emily is a journalism graduate with a master’s degree in communications and a Juris Doctor degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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John Moore, Senior News Editor, Production
John Moore is a Seattle-based senior editor supervising daily newsletter production at PitchBook News. He was previously a news and business reporter and editor in his native Texas, Nebraska and Colorado, including nearly a decade at Denver’s Rocky Mountain News. John is a double graduate of TCU, holding a bachelor’s degree in journalism and English and a master’s degree in media studies. Read less «

Clarinda Simpson, Senior News Editor, Production
Clarinda Simpson is a senior editor for daily newsletter production at PitchBook News in Seattle. She previously worked at the Bend Bulletin and Free Press Publishing as a copy editor and graphic designer. Clarinda is a graduate of Eastern Washington University, where she studied technical writing. Read less «

Nadine Manske, News Reporter
Nadine Manske is a reporter covering private markets for PitchBook News. She previously worked at the Minnesota Star Tribune and is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Read less «

Abby Latour, Managing Editor, US Private Credit
Abby currently writes about middle-market loans and private credit for LCD. She started at LCD in 2004, writing about high-yield bonds, later turning her attention to distressed debt during the credit crisis. From 2009 to 2013, she wrote about Asia-Pacific credit markets for LCD, while based in Hong Kong. Prior to S&P Global, she was with Reuters, first as a correspondent in the Nordic region and then as a copy editor based in London. Read less «

David Cox, Managing Editor, Europe
David Cox is based in London and helps head-up leveraged finance coverage for LCD’s European news desk. He joined LCD most recently in 2016 and has more than 20 years experience writing about debt markets in Europe, with a particular focus on syndicated loans. As well as a previous stint at S&P Global/LCD he has also worked at Thomson Reuters/IFR and Bloomberg. Read less «

John Atkins, Managing Editor, US High-Yield Bonds
John has written about the financial markets for more than 20 years, including coverage of the high-grade corporate bond markets since 1993. Prior to joining LCD in May 2011, John wrote for Reuters and Thomson prior to their merger, as well as IDEAglobal. Read less «

Jonathan Hemingway, Managing Editor, US Leveraged Loans
Jon has covered financial markets for over 20 years and has been with LCD since 2008. His main area of focus is the loan primary market, but he has also covered high-yield primary and secondary markets, as well as middle-market financing. Prior to joining LCD Jon covered the investment-grade and high-yield bond markets for Thomson IFR. Read less «

Alan Zimmerman, Sr. Editor, Bankruptcies
Trained as an attorney, Alan has more than 25 years of experience in financial journalism. He began covering bankruptcies in 1989 at Dow Jones where he founded and edited the newsletter, the Daily Bankruptcy Review. For seven years he was editor-in-chief for SNL Financial, a news and data company focused on the bank and thrift, financial services, real estate, energy, and media and communications sectors. In September 2008, he returned to the bankruptcy and distressed sector and to hands-on reporting, establishing and developing coverage for LCD. Since the financial crisis, he has covered almost all major Chapter 11 cases by companies including Chrysler, GM, LyondellBasell, Six Flags, Visteon, Dynegy, American Airlines and Kodak. Read less «

Gayatri Iyer, Sr. Reporter
Gayatri covers the high-grade corporate bond market for LCD. She has worked in online, broadcast, and print media in five countries, covering finance, international affairs, and the arts. Prior to joining LCD, Gayatri reported on the private placement market for SourceMedia. She has also covered M&A and risk management in various sectors. Read less «

Jack Hersch, Sr. Reporter
Jack is a senior reporter covering the distressed beat at LCD. Prior to that, he spent nearly 30 years on Wall Street. He was a distressed securities analyst at Lehman Brothers, head of distressed debt research at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and eventually a portfolio manager investing in distressed and bankrupt companies at Scoggin Capital, Canyon Capital Advisors, and then for over a decade at his own hedge fund. He is also the author of two nonfiction books. Read less «

Jakema Lewis, Sr. Reporter
Jakema reports on the US high-yield corporate bond market. Prior to joining LCD, Jakema covered leveraged finance, traditional private placement debt, and defined-benefit pension fund investments for SourceMedia. Read less «

Jean-Marc Poilpré, Sr. Reporter, Restructuring, Special Situations and Distressed Debt
Jean-Marc joined LCD in April 2024, as a senior reporter. He covers European distressed debt and special situations. He also writes a weekly roundup on the European CLO secondary market. Prior to joining LCD, he covered the Structured Finance markets at Structured Credit Investor, CapitalStructure and IFR. Read less «

Mairin Burns, Sr. Reporter
Mairin covers the US secondary high-yield corporate bond market. Prior to joining LCD, she wrote about private equity and hedge funds for Harrison Scott Publications and initiated coverage of the European high-yield market for Thomson IFR. Read less «

Michael Rae, Sr. Editor, Europe CLOs
Michael is a reporter for LCD in London, with a specific focus on European collateralized loan obligations.

Prior to joining LCD in June 2020, Michael worked for various publications covering syndicated loans—spanning leveraged, investment-grade, project and property financing—across EMEA and the US. Read less «

Nishant Sharma, Reporter, Leveraged Finance
Nishant reports on the European private credit market for LCD in London. He joined from With Intelligence, where he covered private equity, focusing on the EMEA and US regions. Prior to that, he was with Bloomberg’s erstwhile India partner BloombergQuint, now BQ Prime, as a special correspondent covering the mobility sector and startups/tech in the venture capital ecosystem. Read less «

Richard Kellerhals, Sr. Reporter
Richard has covered the U.S. leveraged loan market since 2007 and has been with LCD since 2011, focusing specifically on new-issue speculative-grade and investment-grade pro rata bank loans, amendments to existing credit facilities, and bridge financings. Prior to joining LCD, he covered the primary and secondary institutional loan markets, CLOs, DIP financings and distressed loans for Leveraged Finance News, with occasional posts in American Banker. And prior to LFN, he covered defined contribution plans for Institutional Investor. Read less «

Thomas Beeton, Sr. Reporter, Europe
Tom covers European high-yield bonds for LCD, having joined the company in 2021. Prior to joining LCD, Tom covered both investment-grade and speculative-grade debt at Bond Radar and has additional experience in legal journalism. Read less «

Tyler Udland, Sr. Reporter
As a senior reporter for LCD, Tyler covers the institutional leveraged loan market including new issue deals and secondary trading activity for loans. In addition to covering new term loans throughout the syndication process, he covers events affecting outstanding debt of loan issuers that affect their debt prices, including ratings changes, earnings results and acquisition news. Prior to joining the editorial staff of LCD, Tyler spent over 2.5 years with the research group as a leveraged loan analyst, focusing on the leveraged loan index. Read less «

Brenn Jones, Sr. News Desk Manager
Brenn has been editing and designing news stories and analytical reports for LCD since 2007. He also has written about broader economics, sports, and literature. His articles have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Cloud259 and other outlets. Read less «

Jamie Tebaldi, Sr. Copy & Production Editor
Jamie has been editing, designing and publishing US and European news stories and analytical reports for LCD since joining the company in 2015. Prior to that, she held a number of editorial positions and managed production processes for both print and digital publications. Jamie holds a master’s degree in linguistics and cognitive science from the University of Delaware. Read less «

Katie Dowd, Copy & Production Editor
Katie joined LCD in 2022. Prior to that, they worked in book publishing, first as a production editor on the trade side at HarperCollins Publishers and then as a copy editor in the educational publishing division at Scholastic. As a kid, Katie spent countless evenings in the newsroom where their parents worked. Read less «