Erica Frontiero is a senior financial executive, advisor and operating partner, with over 20 years of deal experience in M&A, leveraged finance, capital markets, investor relations and broker-dealer management, having raised over $200BN in public and private debt and equity financings, including LBOs and IPOs.

She is a leading expert in direct lending and private capital markets, and has served on several industry boards, numerous panels and as a representative to government and regulatory agencies worldwide. Currently, Erica is the CEO of EF Advisors, serving as a Senior Advisor, Strategic Consultant, and Operating Partner, guiding fund managers, investors, trade organizations, and CEOs on M&A, growth strategy, capitalization, valuation and private capital. Erica was previously a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Carlyle Global Capital Markets and the Head of Capital Solutions, a $60MM business within Carlyle, and the head of Debt Capital Markets and a member of Investment Committee for Direct Lending within Global Credit at Carlyle, a $425BN Global Investment Firm. Prior to joining Carlyle, Erica spent 12 years with Antares/GE Capital and began her professional career at Banc of America Securities (Bank of America Merrill Lynch) in New York and London. She honed her corporate communication and negotiating skills working at NBCUniversal in national sales and business development.

Erica has been an active leader in several professional organizations and initiatives driving improvement in gender parity and diversity in finance and was recognized for these efforts as a recipient of the inaugural Women of Wall Street Award in 2019 and a Carlyle DEI Award in 2021. She chairs the Board of Directors of Dress for Success, a global charity focused on getting women back to work and previously served as a member of the Governance Board of the Wall Street Woman’s Alliance (WSWA) a network dedicated to promoting women to c-suite roles. She was elected to two terms of the Board of Directors of the LSTA (Loan Syndications and Trading Association) and was a Co-Chair for the Investor Manager Committee for ACC (Alternative Credit Council); a division of AIMA, (Alternative Investment Management Association).

Erica holds a B.A. in Economics from Wake Forest University with minors in Politics and International Studies and Series 24, 7, and 63 securities licenses. She resides in Manhattan and grew-up in Gloucester, MA.