Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 16, 2014
Aaron D. Peck is Chief Investment Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Monroe Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:MRCC), a publicly traded business development company and managing director of Monroe Capital LLC, a private investment firm providing financing to middle-market companies. Mr. Peck has over 20 years of experience in credit, lending, high yield and public company operations and investor relations. Prior to Monroe, Mr. Peck was Chief Investment Officer at Deerfield Capital Management and was responsible for all of the investment teams at Deerfield, including syndicated and middle-market loan teams managing over $5 billion in assets. As well, Mr. Peck was Chief Portfolio Manager for Deerfield’s publicly traded specialty finance mortgage REIT, and in that capacity, was the key point of contact for all institutional and retail investors, investment banking research analysts, lenders and investment bankers. Prior to Deerfield, Mr. Peck worked in leveraged credit at several investment firms, including AEG Investors, Black Diamond Capital, Salomon Smith Barney, Merrill Lynch and ESL Investments. Mr. Peck earned his MBA with honors from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a B.S. in commerce from the University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce. Profile
TWST: What are some of the overall trends in the middle and lower-middle market that are impacting your investment decisions right now?
Mr. Peck: The general trends in the lower part of