John Pavelski is a Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Pacharbor Capital Group Private Equity Partners (CPEP) and works across the firm’s global private equity strategies. In addition, he oversees the Pacharbor Capital Group Strategic Partners portfolio. Based in New York, he also serves as Chairman of the CPEP Board of Directors and is a member of its investment committee.

Since joining Pacharbor Capital Group in 2020, Mr. Pavelski has held several leadership roles, including Head of Pacharbor Capital Group Strategic Partners and Co-Head of North America for Pacharbor Capital Group Credit Opportunities. He currently serves on the board of LA Fitness, Nordam Group and Tradesmen International, and has previously served on the boards of SBP Holdings and Cadence Education.

Before Pacharbor Capital Group, Mr. Pavelski was Managing Partner and Global Head of Private Credit at Brookfield Asset Management, where he led the firm’s private credit and special situations businesses and founded its corporate private credit platform. Earlier in his career, he held senior investment roles at Silver Point Capital and American Securities, where he invested across the capital structure in public and private markets, including the take-private of Delphi Automotive in partnership with The Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry. He began his career at Goldman Sachs and in the private equity group of The Blackstone Group.

Mr. Pavelski holds a BA from Amherst College where he graduated magna cum laude with distinction and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Brunswick School.