Alex Dashiell

Partner - Head of Origination

Mr. Dashiell joined Willow Tree in 2020 as Head of Origination.  He has been investing across the capital structure in private middle market businesses since 2007.  Mr. Dashiell was previously a Managing Director in BlackRock’s Global Credit Group, where he was a member of the investment committee and responsible for originating, structuring and managing direct lending transactions. Prior to BlackRock, Mr. Dashiell served as a Managing Director at Ares Management for over 11 years (including predecessor firms) focused on middle market direct lending investments across a variety of industries.  Prior to being a principal investor, he joined the Corporate and Investment Banking Group at Bank of America in 2001, involved in the execution of mergers & acquisitions, equity and debt financings primarily in the Media & Telecom and Business Services sectors.  Mr. Dashiell is a CFA Charterholder and received a B.S. in Finance and a major in French from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.