Nicole Bruno
Executive Director
Ms. Bruno is an Executive Director at HPS Investment Partners. Prior to joining HPS in 2024, Ms. Bruno was a Senior Credit Analyst at Guardian Life Insurance, where she was responsible for healthcare and pharmaceutical investments across the firm’s leveraged loan and high yield portfolios. Prior to joining Guardian, Ms. Bruno was a Director in the Leveraged Finance group at UBS, with a focus on healthcare transactions. Prior to UBS, Ms. Bruno was an Associate at Gordian Group, a distressed advisory firm, and an Associate in the Leveraged Finance group at Merrill Lynch. Ms. Bruno began her career as a healthcare strategy consultant for Computer Sciences Corporation. Ms. Bruno holds a BA from Princeton University in Philosophy and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, with a double major in Finance and Health Care Management.