Harlan Cherniak

Harlan Cherniak

Director
KKR

Harlan Cherniak (New York) joined KKR in 2013 as a member of the Special Situations team within KKR Credit. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Cherniak was a senior investment professional at Venor Capital Management, an event-driven, credit opportunities fund. At Venor, he was actively engaged in the oversight of investments across the capital structure with a focus on the building materials, energy, financials, healthcare, power, and utilities industries. In addition, he served on the informal creditor committees for a number of large U.S. restructurings. Mr. Cherniak previously worked at Longacre, JLL Partners and Credit Suisse. He received a B.S. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and currently serves on the board of directors of KKR Energas, Longview Power, Preferred Proppants, and YRF Darca.