Bio

Cornelia Cheng is a Managing Director on the Investments Team with a focus on the western region of the United States. She is based in Brightwood’s Los Angeles, CA office. Prior to joining Brightwood, Cornelia was regional head of the greater Los Angeles Investment Team for Prudential Capital Group, where she spent 15 years sourcing, executing and managing a portfolio of private placement senior debt, mezzanine debt and minority equity investments in middle-market companies across a range of industries. She previously held positions in the high yield, leverage finance, sponsor coverage and debt capital markets groups at CIBC World Markets in New York and San Francisco. She was also previously part of the M&A team, Internal Consulting Group and Economics Department at First Interstate Bank. Cornelia is a former board member of the Archer School for Girls and is actively involved with several leadership and development groups, including being a founding committee member of ACG 101’s Women in Corporate Growth, and active involvement with the Riordan Fellows Program at UCLA. Education: BA, cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, University of California, Riverside; MBA, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.