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Interview with the Chairman, CEO and Chief Investment Officer: THL Credit, Inc. (TCRD)

Hunt, James K.
James K. Hunt serves as THL Credit, Inc.’s Chairman, CEO and Chief Investment Officer. He also serves as Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of THL Credit Advisors LLC and as a Director and Chief Executive Officer of THL Credit Senior Loan Strategies LLC. In 2007, Mr. Hunt founded and led THL Credit, Inc.’s predecessor entities in association with Thomas H. Lee Partners, LP. Mr. Hunt was most recently Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Bison Capital, which he cofounded in 2001. Previously, he was President of SunAmerica Corporate Finance and an Executive Vice President of SunAmerica Investments, Inc., subsequently AIG SunAmerica, through 2000. Mr. Hunt 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. Mr. Hunt currently serves on the board of directors of PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., and Lender Processing Services, Inc. Mr. Hunt is a former Chairman and member of the board of directors of Financial Pacific Leasing, LLC, formerly Lead Trustee for Falcon Financial, and a former member of the boards of directors of Primus Guaranty Ltd, LLC.; CLS Worldwide Services, LLC; GTS Holdings, Inc.; Helinet Aviation Services, LLC; Metagenics, Inc.; Fidelity National Information Services Inc.; 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 School. Profile
TWST: Let's begin with an introduction to THL Credit and its operations. 

Mr. Hunt: THL Credit was started in 2007. The firm was founded on the principle that, with a

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