Kat Gaiser

Ms. Gaiser is an Associate at Areté Capital Partners, where she supports both sponsor and fiduciary
investment activities. Her experience includes evaluating corporate credit performance and supporting the
underwriting and execution of complex financing transactions through financial modeling, portfolio
monitoring, and internal risk analysis across public, private, and sponsor-backed companies.

Prior to joining Areté, Kat was an Associate in the Investment Bank Credit Risk division at J.P. Morgan,
where she covered a portfolio of leveraged public, private, and sponsor-backed clients within the
Diversified Industries sector, with a focus on industrials and building materials. In this role, she
underwrote and managed credit exposure across Revolving Credit Facilities, Term Loans A/B, and bridge
loans supporting M&A and refinancing transactions. Kat executed numerous leveraged debt transactions
ranging from $225M to $2.5B and developed financial forecasting and DCF models to evaluate
transaction risk, business performance, and internal credit ratings. She worked closely with partners
across Global Corporate Banking, Debt Capital Markets, and Legal to structure and approve such
financings aligned with the firm’s risk standards. Before Diversified Industries, Kat covered insurance
companies within the Financial Institutions Group at J.P. Morgan, where she monitored portfolio risk and
contributed to the execution of multiple investment-grade and high-yield financings with global amounts
up to $3.5B.
Kat earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Fisher College of Business at The
Ohio State University, with a specialization in Finance, and graduated Magna Cum Laude with Honors.
While in school, she was a member of Fisher’s Finance Honors Cohort, served as a peer mentor through
Fisher Peer Mentor Program, advised as a career consultant in the Office of Career Management, and
held internships with J.P. Morgan, the Governor of Ohio, and The J.M. Smucker Company.
Kat resides in Chicago and enjoys reading, distance running, triathlons, watching college football, and
listening to 70s/80s music