Stephen Granstrand serves as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Heard Capital LLC and is responsible for the Firm’s key corporate functions.

His responsibilities include overseeing the Firm's middle and back-office functionality; managing firm policies, positions and cash reconciliations and counterparty relationships; and maintaining the Firm’s books and records. Mr. Granstrand also has an active role in the Firm’s budgeting, liquidity and cash management.

Prior to joining Heard Capital LLC in 2019, Mr. Granstrand was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs in Prime Services and Clearing where he was responsible for client services, sales and relationships management. Mr. Granstrand also served as a Vice President in Prime Brokerage Sales and previously held other roles within Prime Brokerage. In those roles, Mr. Granstrand helped build and develop processes and procedures for some of the largest hedge funds and broker dealers in the financial services industry.

Mr. Granstrand earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Lehigh University.

Priya Kaftan is the Head of Investor Relations and Product Strategy at Heard Capital LLC where she oversees client relations, client communications, business development and product strategy.

Prior to joining Heard Capital LLC in 2019, Ms. Kaftan was a Senior Associate at Silver Point Capital, L.P., a credit and distressed focused hedge fund. Her responsibilities included managing relationships with Silver Point Capital’s existing and prospective investors, product strategy, reporting, credit market research and communications.

Prior to Silver Point Capital, L.P., Ms. Kaftan was a Vice President in JPMorgan’s Syndicated and Leveraged Finance group. In that role, she structured leveraged loan and high yield transactions for clients in the energy, metal, mining, packaging and chemical sectors. Ms. Kaftan also served as an Associate and Analyst in the group.

Ms. Kaftan holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Boston University where she was a magna cum laude graduate. She served as the Chair of 2023’s 100 Women in Finance Global Fund Women Week and serves on the Dean’s Advisory Committee of Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. She also serves on the Chicago leadership committee of 100 Women in Finance.

Erin Casey is the General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary at Heard Capital LLC where she is responsible for overseeing the Firm’s legal, compliance and regulatory matters.

Prior to joining Heard Capital LLC in 2022, Ms. Casey was a Lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School, where she taught courses and seminars in secured transactions, lender rights and remedies, and artificial intelligence.

Prior to the University of Chicago Law School, Ms. Casey was a Principal at Goldberg Kohn Ltd. in Chicago and an Associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York. In these roles, she represented lenders in all aspects of corporate bankruptcy cases and commercial workouts throughout the country, as well as in the documentation of asset-based and cash-flow commercial finance transactions.

Ms. Casey received her law degree from the University of Chicago Law School and her Bachelor of Arts in Economics, with honors, from the University of Chicago. She is admitted to the bar in Illinois and in New York.

Tyler Williams-Sinclair is Co-Head of Heard Capital’s Credit Opportunity strategy. Mr. Williams-Sinclair has nearly a decade of investing experience across the credit spectrum, spanning performing to distressed credit and in public and private markets.

Prior to joining Heard Capital LLC in 2024, Mr. Williams-Sinclair was a Director at Brigade Capital where he focused on originating, underwriting, and monitoring investments for the firm’s private credit strategy. During his time at Brigade, Mr. Williams-Sinclair also covered the technology, telecommunications, business services and transportation sectors investing across Brigade’s CLO, long only and hedge fund strategies.

Prior to joining Brigade, Mr. Williams-Sinclair was an Analyst at J.P. Morgan in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications investment banking coverage group, where he advised clients on a variety of debt and equity offerings, as well as M&A transactions.

Mr. Williams-Sinclair received a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Baruch College.

Shomo Sinha is the Co-Head of the Heard Capital’s Credit Opportunities strategy. Mr. Sinha has nearly 25 years of experience investing in credit markets, including high yield, leveraged loan and stressed/distressed opportunities.

Prior to joining Heard Capital LLC in 2024, Mr. Sinha was a Senior Analyst at Moore Capital Management, where he was responsible for identifying and investing in credit opportunities. Previously, he was a Director at Citigroup in Leveraged Credit as a Credit Sector Specialist focused on High Yield investments and a Managing Director at Jefferies LLC in its Special Situations Group. Prior to Jefferies, Mr. Sinha was at Silver Lake Partners, where he was a founding member of Silver Lake Credit, a credit fund focused on technology and technology-enabled credit opportunities. Mr. Sinha began his career at JPMorgan Chase in its Credit Portfolio team and later, in the firm's CLO Group.

Mr. Sinha holds a Bachelor of Science from New York University Stern School of Business. He is a CFA Charterholder.