White Oak Healthcare Finance, LLC announced that Michael Won has joined the team as a Senior Director. Won will focus on supporting the expansion of White Oak’s origination efforts across all healthcare subsectors.

“We are very excited that Mike is joining our team,” said Ross Eldridge, Managing Director at White Oak. “With the flexible capital White Oak has raised coupled with Mike’s expertise and background, we look to continue to become a major player in the healthcare lending marketplace.”

Won joins White Oak from Cantor Fitzgerald where he was a senior member of the healthcare team and was responsible for the build-out of the Financial Sponsor coverage effort. Prior to Cantor Fitzgerald, Won spent 10 years with Jefferies in the leveraged finance group and at Societe Generale on the high yield team in roles that included client coverage, structuring and underwriting.

Won’s experience includes key healthcare segments such as multi-site healthcare facility companies, pharma services, skilled nursing facilities, and pharmaceuticals. He has closed over 60 debt transactions raising over $20 billion of capital.