Charley M. W. Barrett

Vice President

Charley Barrett is vice president of private credit for Western & Southern Financial Group. He joined the company in 2023 to support business development, structuring and portfolio monitoring for the company’s private credit business.

Barrett has 15 years of experience in lending and capital markets. Before joining Western & Southern, he was in business development at Fifth Third Bank, where he focused on off-the-run middle market lending opportunities. Formerly, he was a workout officer at First Financial Bank with primary responsibility for the restructuring of troubled commercial loans. He began his career in securitization at Barclays Investment Bank.

He has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Finance from Fordham University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Cincinnati.

He and his wife reside in Cincinnati with their four children.