Leadership

James Hunt

James Hunt

Non-Executive Chairman

Mr. Hunt presently consults and invests from Tournament Capital Advisors LLC. From November 2015 until August 2016, Mr. Hunt served as the managing partner and CEO, middle market credit at Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, LLC, an alternative investment firm in the areas of energy, real estate, credit, and specialty growth capital.

From August 2014 to November 2015, Mr. Hunt served as non-executive chairman of the board of THL Credit, Inc., an externally-managed, non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. Mr. Hunt was a founder and served as chief executive officer and chief investment officer of THL Credit, Inc. and of THL Credit Advisors, a registered investment advisor that provides administrative services to THL Credit, Inc.  Previously, Mr. Hunt was chief executive officer and managing partner of Bison Capital Asset Management, LLC, a multi-fund private equity firm. Prior to co-founding Bison Capital, Mr. Hunt was the SunAmerica Corporate Finance president and executive vice president of SunAmerica Investments (subsequently, AIG SunAmerica). Mr. Hunt was with Citibank/Citicorp from 1975 through 1989, with his last responsibilities serving as Far West Area Head of Leveraged Capital and with Senior Credit Officer's designation. Mr. Hunt serves as Lead Director of PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: PFSI.) Additionally, he serves on the boards of Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund Inc (NYSE: ARDC) and CION Ares Diversified Credit Fund, both of which are closed-end management investment companies. Mr. Hunt formerly served on the boards of THL Credit, Inc., THL Credit Advisors, Primus Guaranty, Ltd., Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., Lender Processing Services, Inc. and Falcon Financial, Inc. Mr. Hunt received a BBA from the University of Texas at El Paso and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.