Nicole Waibel is a Managing Director at Crescent Capital Group, a leading global investor specializing in below investment grade debt. The firm, founded in 1991, manages approximately $48 billion and focuses on strategies such as direct lending, specialty lending, mezzanine, and debt capital markets activities, primarily in the US and Europe. Waibel's work involves investing across the debt capital structure in senior loans, unitranche, second lien, high yield, and mezzanine.