Our Team

Our seasoned team operates in a collaborative environment led by a management team with an average of 20+ years experience.

Our Team

Our seasoned team operates in a collaborative environment led by a management team with an average of 20+ years experience.

"We strive to maintain a setting that encourages intellectual curiosity and entrepreneurial mindsets."
- Ted Goldthorpe, Chief Executive Officer
SENIOR MANGEMENT
Ted Goldthorpe
CEO & Chairman of the Board
Currently Partner and Head of BC Partners Credit

Experience

  • Currently Partner and Head of BC Partners Credit
  • Previously President at Apollo Investment Corporation, Chief Investment Officer of Apollo Investment Management, and Senior Portfolio Manager, U.S. Opportunistic Credit.

Education
B.A. in Commerce, Queen’s University

Matthias Ederer
Co-President
Currently Partner of BC Partners Credit

Experience

  • Currently Partner of BC Partners Credit
  • Previously Partner and founding team member of Wingspan Investment Management

Education
MPhil in Economics, Oxford University
BSc in Economics, University of Warwick

Henry Wang
Co-President
Currently Partner of BC Partners Credit

Experience

  • Currently Partner of BC Partners Credit
  • Previously Partner at Stonerise Capital Partners

Education
MBA, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
BSBA, Boston University

Nikita Klassen
CFO & Corporate Secretary
Currently Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary of MLC

Experience

  • Currently Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary of MLC
  • Previously held various roles in the financial services
    industry, at Silicon Valley
    Bank, Galaxy Digital (TSX:
    GLXY), and American
    Express (NYSE: AXP)

Education
BComm (Honours), Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba
Chartered Professional Accountant (Canada)

Our Professionals
Jotty Allen
Senior Fund Accountant

Experience

  • oPreviously Audit Senior at KPMG US LLP

Education
B.B.A. In Accounting (Baylor University)

Savannah Boettcher
Assistant Controller

Experience

  • Previously audit senior at PricewaterhouseCoopers

Education
Master in Accounting (Texas Christian University)
B.B.A. in Accounting and in Business Information Systems (Texas Christian University)
Active CPA license holder

Ted Breen
Director, Credit Investor Relations

Experience

  • Previously held various roles in the financial services industry at mutual fund and alternative investment firms including Colonial Funds, John Hancock and Wells Real Estate Funds

Education
B.S. in Business Administration (Northeastern University)
Active Series 6, 7, 24 and 63 license holder

Josh Bullock
Managing Director

Experience

  • Formerly senior vice president in Capital One’s Specialty Finance Lender Group
  • Held various commercial credit and business development roles during banking career

Education
B.S. in Finance (Louisiana State University)
Harvard Business School General Management Program

Jeremy Burkhalter
Principal

Experience

  • Previously worked on the investments team of a publicly traded REIT, and prior to that worked for a capital markets firm in Dallas.

Education
M.S. in Finance (The University of Texas at Dallas)
B.A. in Economics (The University of Texas at Austin)

Laura Dalton
Principal

Experience

  • Previously Assurance Senior in EY's Financial Services Organization Department
  • Previously Controller at Fintech lending startup

Education
M.S. in Accounting (The University of Missouri-Kansas City)
B.S. in Accounting (The University of Kansas)
Active CPA license holder

Ben Dillon
Director, Credit Investor Relations

Experience

  • Previously held various sales and leadership roles in the financial services industry at Allianz and boutique alternative investment companies

Education
B.A. (Concordia College)
Certified Financial Planner
Active Series 6,7 & 63 License Holder

Anna Elliott
President, Ability Insurance Company

Experience

  • Chief Risk Officer at ACAP
  • Corporate Secretary & Treasurer for HayMarket Insurance Company
  • Deputy Chief Examiner at the Nebraska Department of Insurance

Education
MBA in International Business and Marketing (University of Nebraska at Lincoln)
B.S. in Business Administration with emphasis in Accounting (University of Nebraska at Lincoln)

Haley Haustein
Associate, Investor Relations

Experience

  • Previously associate at The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research

Education
B.B.A. in Business Management
(Texas State University)
Series 65 license holder

AJ Jarrett
Director

Experience

  • Previously VP in Capital One’s Specialty Finance Lender Group

Education
MBA in Corporate Finance and Internal Audit (Louisiana State University)
M.S. in Accounting and Finance (Tulane University)
CPA license holder

Keith Lam
Director

Experience

  • Formerly Senior Vice-President of Corporate Development at ECN Capital, a specialty finance asset origination platform

Education
Master of Accounting (University of Waterloo)
Bachelor of Mathematics with Distinction (University of Waterloo)
Active Chartered Professional Accountant (Canada)
Active CFA Charterholder

Sean Madden
Analyst

Experience

  • Previously worked on the credit team at Southside Bank

Education
B.B.A. in Finance (Texas Christian University)

Melissa McCarthy
VP of Finance and Accounting

Experience

  • Previously audit senior manager at KPMG US LLP

Education
Master in Professional Accounting
(The University of Texas at Austin)
B.B.A. (The University of Texas at Austin)
Active CPA license holder

Sydney Nguyen
Actuarial Analyst

Experience

  • Previously Actuarial Associate on the Risk Modeling Services Team at PricewaterhouseCooopers

Education
BBA in Finance, Quantitative track (The University of Texas at Austin)

Allison Nolton
Operations and Human Resources Manager

Experience

  • Previously served as Healthspottr’s operations manager

Education
B.S. in Corporate Communications (The University of Texas at Austin)
Business Foundations Certificate (The University of Texas at Austin)

Taylor Pousson
Director of Finance and Accounting

Experience

  • Previously audit manager at KPMG US LLP

Education
M.P.A. in Business (The University of Texas at Austin)
B.B.A. (The University of Texas at Austin)
Active CPA license holder

Troy Ritter
Senior Director

Experience

  • Previously SVP in Capital One’s Specialty Finance Lender Group

Education
M.S. in Accounting (Louisiana State University)
B.S. in Accounting (Louisiana State University)
Center for Internal Auditing program alumnus (Louisiana State University)

Mike Rovner
Managing Director

Experience

  • Founded Ovation Partners and Vida Capital
  • Formerly led the financial services team at Austin Ventures; Previously led mergers and acquisitions at Mission Critical Software (NASDAQ: MCSW)

Education
B.A. in English
(University of California at Los Angeles)

Shaan Saigol
Director, Credit Investor Relations

Experience

  • Previously an Account Manager at Context Summits, at the time the largest conference for Alternative Asset Managers and Institutional/Family Office Investors
  • Prior to this, he was a Regional Director for a $76B alternative investment manager

Education
B.A. in Finance
(University of Florida)
Active Series 7 and 63 license holder

Ted Segal
Director, Credit Investor Relations

Experience

  • Previously held various investor relations and sales roles at Resource Securities, most recently Executive Vice President and Head of Sales
  • Prior to this, he was a Financial Advisor at Ameriprise Financial

Education
B.A. in Business Management and Economics
(Gettysburg College)
Active Series 7, 24, and 63 license holder

Jack Shepherd
Director, Credit Investor Relations

Experience

  • Previously held various roles in the financial services
industry, at Leavenworth Capital (Founder), Jensen Investment Management and Deutsche Bank

Education
B.A. University of Arizona
Active Series 6,7,63 & 65 License Holder

Drew Williamson
Principal

Experience

  • Previously worked on the risk management team at Prudential Financial

Education
B.A. in Economics (Colby College)