About
Baily Dent is a Managing Director at Finepoint Capital LP, a Boston-based investment management firm, where he leads investment strategy and portfolio management for the firm’s clients. In his role, Dent is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and executing investment opportunities with a particular focus on deep-value, opportunistic strategies across public securities and special situations, aimed at achieving attractive, long-term risk-adjusted returns while emphasizing capital preservation.
Dent’s investment coverage spans sectors including distressed debt, equities, and opportunistic credit, drawing on his previous experience in related fields. Prior to Finepoint Capital, Dent served as Partner at New Generation Advisors, where he was actively involved in turnaround and restructuring investments, and began his career as an investment banking analyst at JP Morgan India Private, focusing on cross-border corporate finance and capital markets.
Baily Dent holds a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and has progressed through increasingly senior roles in the investment industry over two decades, including strategic consulting at NMG. His expertise in distressed and special situation investing, coupled with his broad background across multiple asset classes, distinguishes him as a key contributor to Finepoint Capital’s analytical rigor and fundamental value approach.
Career History
| Organization | Role | Date Range | Details | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Finepoint Capital | Managing Director | Nov 2021 to Present | — | 
| New Generation Advisors LLC | Partner | Jun 2006 to Oct 2021 | — | 
| NMG Consulting | Strategy Consultant | Jun 2002 to Jun 2004 | — | 
| J.P. Morgan | Investment Banking Analyst | Jun 2000 to Jun 2002 | — | 
Education
University of Virginia - Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
MBA, Business Administration
2004 — 2006
Yale University
BA
1996 — 2000
Woodberry Forest School
1993 — 1996
Others at Finepoint Capital LP (9)
| Name | Role | Location | 
|---|---|---|
| Investment Analyst | Boston, MA , United States | |
| JJustin Dancu | Analyst | Boston, MA , United States | 
| Partner | Boston, MA , United States | |
| RRebecca Nordhaus | Partner | Boston, MA , United States | 
| TTim Caflisch | Partner | Boston, MA , United States | 
| AAkinori Oshiro | Investment Analyst | Boston, MA , United States | 
| Analyst | United States | |
|  | Analyst | Japan | 
| ZZahir Zaveri | Managing Director | New York, NY , United States |