
Ishtiaq "Ish" Chowdhury is a Vice President at Lafayette Square. Ish is responsible for managing and monitoring Lafayette's existing credit exposure. Before joining Lafayette in September 2021, he was a VP in Deutsche Bank's leverage finance business, covering media and telecom sectors. Previously, Ish worked at Credit Suisse in the leverage finance underwriting team, and before that, he worked at Moody's as a rating analyst. He started his career at Citibank in 2013 in the corporate finance department.
Ish serves on the Erdheim Chester Disease Global Alliance board, a non-profit dedicated to fighting rare blood cancer. Originally from Bangladesh, Ish received his BBA from Baruch College.
Our board is comprised of leaders across the industry dedicated to making the Lafayette Square vision, a reality.