Kirsten Pickens serves as Managing Director and Co-Head of U.S. Distribution at FS Investments, where she oversees the firm’s National Accounts, Marketing, Investment Research and Fund Communications functions. Ms. Pickens was previously a Partner and Head of Distribution at Chiron Investment Management, the global multi-asset firm she helped launch in 2015 and which was acquired...

Lisa Detwiler is the Managing Director, General Counsel of FS Investment Solutions, FS Investments’ wholly owned broker-dealer subsidiary, and the Chief Compliance Officer of FS Investments’ registered investment advisers. Prior to joining FS Investment Solutions, Ms. Detwiler served as Senior Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon’s managed account business and General Counsel of Lockwood Advisors, a...

Chris Condelles serves as the Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer at FS Investments, a leading alternative asset manager. In this role, Mr. Condelles is responsible for defining the firm’s strategic direction and leading its corporate development and M&A activities to advance FS Investments’ growth initiatives, strengthen its competitive position and drive transformative change. He...

Stephen Sypherd serves as Managing Director and General Counsel at FS Investments and its investment adviser affiliates. In this role, he is responsible for legal and related compliance matters across FS Investments entities and investment funds. He also serves as an officer of the firm’s sponsored investment funds. Prior to joining FS Investments, Mr. Sypherd...

Marc Spilker is a Founding Member of GPS Investment Partners, LLC and an Executive Chairman of Merchant Investment Management, LLC. From 2010 to 2014, Mr. Spilker was President of Apollo Global Management and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. In 2010, prior to joining Apollo, Mr. Spilker retired from Goldman Sachs following a 20-year...

Troy Gayeski serves as the Chief Market Strategist for FS Investments. He is responsible for research generation, positioning and conveying the FS Investments suite of alternative investments in today’s marketplace. Since joining the firm, Mr. Gayeski has spearheaded “The Time for Alts is Now” and “Roll up the Capital Structure” campaigns. He also developed the...

Kyle Simpson serves as Executive Director, Corporate Business Development at FS Investments, where he focuses on distribution-related strategic projects and relationships.Over his more than ten years at FS Investments, Mr. Simpson has held roles in Sales strategy, Fintech strategy, Corporate Development and the Office of the CEO.  He is an active member of the Money Management...

Brian Cho, CFA, is a Managing Director at FS Investments where he also serves as Head of Quantitative Research for the firm’s FS Chiron Funds. Mr. Cho joined FS Investments in 2020 when the firm acquired Chiron Investment Management, where he was a Partner, Co-Portfolio Manager and Head of Quantitative Research since its launch in...

Christopher is a Director on the Fund Communications team at FS Investments, where he focuses on the U.S. commercial real estate market and the firm’s business development companies (BDCs). Previously, Christopher led the investment communications efforts at Delaware Investments, concentrating on the firm’s fixed income products. Christopher is an active member of his community, serving...

Mr. Heller is the Executive Chairman and CEO of Cozen O’Connor, where he also serves on the Management Committee. Mr. Heller was an early investor and remains a principal owner of The Beachbody Company, Inc., one of the leading connected fitness and direct marketing companies in the country, and he was one of the original...