Full Name
Monty Cook
Job Title
Head of Private Credit
Company Name
Abacus Global Management
Bio
Monty Cook is Head of Private Credit at Abacus Global Management, having joined the firm in 2025. He joined Abacus from Varde Partners, where he was head of the asset-based finance lending business for North America. At Varde, Cook managed a team responsible for investing, underwriting, and monitoring a diversified portfolio of asset-based finance investments.
Prior to Varde, Cook spent eight years at THL Credit (credit affiliate of Thomas H. Lee Partners) and its successor First Eagle Alternative Credit, where he focused on asset-based finance lending and served as co-head of direct lending. He previously worked for Deutsche Bank in the Credit Solutions Group, focusing on private credit, specialty finance, and esoteric assets, and worked in the investment banking divisions of Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan.
Cook received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Northeastern University.
Prior to Varde, Cook spent eight years at THL Credit (credit affiliate of Thomas H. Lee Partners) and its successor First Eagle Alternative Credit, where he focused on asset-based finance lending and served as co-head of direct lending. He previously worked for Deutsche Bank in the Credit Solutions Group, focusing on private credit, specialty finance, and esoteric assets, and worked in the investment banking divisions of Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan.
Cook received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Northeastern University.
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