GENERAL PARTNER

Kate O’Connor Gardner

Kate is a General Partner and member of the Investment Committee at Kilonova. She is a public and private markets investor with 25+ years of experience across distressed credit, private equity, and venture capital.

Prior to joining Kilonova, Kate helped launch Livello Capital, a fund focusing on deep value, event-driven situations. In her role as Managing Director at Livello, she invested in global companies with headquarters across North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Kate was one of three members of senior management that managed a roughly $250 million portfolio.

Prior to launching Livello Capital, Kate was a Senior Vice President and Corporate Credit Research Analyst within AllianceBernstein’s high-yield research group, focusing on the energy sector. She oversaw all energy-related investments for traditional high yield portfolios with $35 billion in assets under management. She was also an Investment Committee Member for the Energy Opportunity Funds at AllianceBernstein. Prior to joining AllianceBernstein in 2016, Kathryn was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank where she covered industries including energy, automotive and aerospace & defense.

Kate was profiled by Forbes as working parent, champion of workplace diversity and advisor to diverse founders.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor of Science from University of California, Berkeley in Economics

• Bachelor of Arts University of California, Berkeley in Business Administration