Our team has over 23 years of investment experience and has been responsible for over $40 billion in principal investments. The team has worked together extensively in the past and has invested through multiple business and credit cycles, investing across the entire capital structure with the objective of generating attractive, long-term, risk-adjusted returns.
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James K. HuntChairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of THL Credit and THL Credit Advisors -
Mr. Hunt was most recently Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Bison Capital which he co-founded in 2001. Previously, he was President of SunAmerica Corporate Finance and an Executive Vice President of SunAmerica Investments, Inc. (subsequently, AIG SunAmerica) through 2000.
At SunAmerica, Mr. Hunt was responsible for high-yielding investments including private placements, acquisition financing, term loans and portfolio purchases, structured finance and corporate acquisitions. The asset portfolio managed by Mr. Hunt exceeded $8 billion, with total investments of more than $19 billion during his tenure. Investments were partially made through five CDOs (collateralized debt obligations) exceeding $3.5 billion. He was President and CEO of the Anchor Pathway Funds and SunAmerica Series Trust with assets exceeding $11 billion. For SunAmerica, Mr. Hunt was the executive responsible for the acquisition of First City Texas Leasing in 1991, Southeast Bank Leasing in 1993 and Imperial Premium Finance in 1994 and served as the senior officer managing these finance companies. Mr. Hunt joined SunAmerica in 1990 from the Davis Companies, a private equity investment firm, where he was responsible for acquisitions.
Prior to that he worked at Citicorp for over 14 years, where he held a variety of leveraged lending, credit and finance positions, culminating in the role of Senior Credit Officer and Vice President / Area Head for the Far West U.S. leveraged lending group. At Citicorp, Mr. Hunt also had responsibilities for various workout transactions and the Western asset based lending group.
Mr. Hunt currently serves on the board of directors of Lender Processing Services, Inc. (NYSE: LPS). Mr. Hunt is a former Chairman and member of the board of directors of Financial Pacific Leasing, LLC, formerly Lead Trustee for Falcon Financial (Nasdaq: FLCN), a former member of the boards of directors of Primus Guaranty Ltd, LLC. (NYSE: PRS), CLS Worldwide Services, LLC, GTS Holdings, Inc., Helinet Aviation Services, LLC, Metagenics, Inc., Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (NYSE: FIS) and Mobile Storage Group.
Mr. Hunt earned his BBA in economics from the University of Texas at El Paso and an MBA in finance and accounting from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Graduate School of Business. -
Terrence W. OlsonChief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
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Mr. Olson was previously at Highland Capital Partners ("Highland"), a venture capital firm, where he served as Director of Finance and was responsible for the financial, tax and operational matters for Highland's funds as well global activities in Europe and China. Before joining Highland, Mr. Olson was a Senior Manager at the accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where he worked with public and private companies in the financial services and technology sectors.
Mr. Olson holds a BS in accounting from Boston College. -
Sam TillinghastCo-President
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Mr. Tillinghast was formerly the head of the Private Placement Group for AIG where he was responsible for investment grade and high yield private placements, project finance transactions and private asset-backed securitizations. Mr. Tillinghast joined AIG with the acquisition of SunAmerica Inc. in January 1999, and successfully integrated the private debt investment groups of SunAmerica, AIG and American General (acquired by AIG in 2001). Mr. Tillinghast led the growth of the AIG private debt portfolio from approximately $14 billion in 2001 to approximately $28 billion in 2006.
Mr. Tillinghast was an executive vice president of American General Investment Management Corporation and was named Head of AIG Global Investment Group in Houston, Texas. While at SunAmerica, where he joined in 1988, Mr. Tillinghast was Executive Vice President of SunAmerica Corporate Finance and his investment experience included corporate bonds, securitizations, leveraged loans, CDOs, portfolio acquisitions, and equipment leasing. He is a former member of the board of directors of Falcon Financial, LLC.
Mr. Tillinghast received his BS in finance at the University of South Alabama and his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. -
W. Hunter StroppCo-President
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Mr. Stropp served as a Vice President and Investment Manager in the Private Equity Group of GE Asset Management Inc. from 2000 to 2007. Mr. Stropp previously served in private equity and business development at Koch Industries, Inc. Mr. Stropp has served on the boards of directors of Octane Fitness LLC, HB&G Building Products, Inc., Homegrown Natural Foods, Inc. and Coast Crane Company, Inc. Mr. Stropp began his career as a consultant at Arthur Anderson LLP.
Mr. Stropp holds an MBA from Texas A&M University and BA's in economics and political science from the University of Texas at Austin. -
Stephanie Paré SullivanGeneral Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
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Ms. Stephanie Paré Sullivan, age 37, is General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of THL Credit, Inc. and THL Credit Advisors LLC, positions she has held since April 2010.
Previously, Ms. Sullivan was a partner in the law firm of Goodwin Procter LLP from 1998 to 2010, primarily focusing on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and the representation of early- and later-stage growth companies. She was instrumental in the development of the firm's private equity practice group, and contributed to the firm's hiring, mentoring and pro bono initiatives.
Ms. Sullivan received her BA from Williams College and her JD from New York University School of Law. Ms. Sullivan is admitted to the Massachusetts and New York bars.
