
Nicholas Basso
Managing Director
Mr. Basso is a managing director in Oaktree’s Opportunities group in Los Angeles. Prior to rejoining the firm in 2023, he was a managing director at Peak Rock Capital where he led the credit and non-control investment strategy. Previously, Mr. Basso had worked at Oaktree from 2011 to 2020 primarily in the Strategic Credit strategy, of which he was a founding member. He has served as a director on numerous boards including Acumera, Air Pros USA, P97 Networks, Neo Performance Materials, and Edmentum, among others. Mr. Basso began his career at Citigroup in mergers & acquisitions. He received a Bachelor’s degree summa cum laude in business administration from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.