Karina Convers

Karina has 10 years of experience across fixed income, investment banking and corporate finance. At Armory, Karina manages the Credit Opportunity Fund of 30 middle market leveraged loans, as well as Distressed Opportunity Fund which contains post restructuring debt and equity positions. Armory focuses on fundamentally strong companies whose distressed debt prices do not reflect their intrinsic values, with a focus on companies with sustainable competitive advantages in niche markets, attractive underlying free cash flows, supportive asset coverage and "reasons to exist". 

Prior to Credit Opportunity Fund, Karina supported Armory's investment banking arm, advising middle market companies on their capital needs. Karina's transactions included debt refinance for publicly traded technology company, and preferred equity and debt raise for a military supplier.

Prior to Armory, Karina worked in corporate development at US Bank supporting credit card portfolio acquisitions in Chicago. Prior to US Bank, Karina worked in corporate finance for Citigroup in New York, supporting the annual capital stress testing process for the bank across its Asia and EMEA regions. Karina started her career in the Finance Rotation Program at Capital One in McLean, Virginia, where her roles included Corporate Strategy, Funds Transfer Pricing, and Liquidity and Balance Sheet Management.

Karina holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA in Finance from the University of Florida.