Catherine Frey
Catherine joined the Runway Growth Finance Corp. Board of Directors in 2025.
She is the founder of F2P Ventures, where she collaborates with management teams during periods of pivotal transition to redefine operating models, cultivate strategic partnerships, and raise capital to scale and drive profitability. Catherine brings over 30 years’ experience accessing private and public markets to source investment opportunities and partner with companies and capital providers to drive shareholder value.
Previously, Catherine was a Partner and Head of Credit Investment Solutions at MatlinPatterson leading specialized teams to execute business development strategies globally for the firm’s $14 billion in private equity and alternative investment assets. Prior to that, she founded Frey Capital Advisors to execute the entire arc of business development strategy for credit focused hedge fund managers. In an active leadership role at her clients’ firms, she leveraged a deep understanding of capital markets and credit risk to cultivate long-term institutional investor relationships and raise over $1.5 billion.
As a Managing Director at Bear Stearns and Morgan Stanley, Catherine held senior positions in the High Yield and Distressed Debt Sales & Trading Groups, steering debt financing in the public and private markets for the firms’ largest corporate clients. She began her career as an investment banker at Drexel Burnham Lambert and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette where corporate restructuring, risk mitigation, and M&A became the foundation of her financial engineering skills.
Catherine holds a BSE from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and played Division 1 tennis. She is a proud mentor for American Corporate Partners serving US veterans transitioning from the military and for Wharton Women guiding students on their career journey.