Team

P. Emery (“Pem”) Covington retired as an Executive Vice President and Head of Commercial Credit Risk at Truist Bank (formerly SunTrust Bank), leading a credit execution team from 2009 through 2020 spanning a diversified exposure of businesses across the SunTrust footprint. She also served as a member of the Senior Credit Committee. Prior to joining SunTrust, Ms. Covington was a Managing Director at NewStar Financial from 2004, creating the Portfolio Management platform. Prior to joining NewStar Financial, Ms. Covington served in various leadership and credit-oriented roles at Fleet Boston Financial Group over a period of 24 years, most recently as Executive Vice President. Ms. Covington began her career as part of the Corporate Bank loan officer and management training program at Chemical Bank. Ms. Covington holds an A.B. in English (cum laude with Honors) from Smith College. She previously served on the Board of Risk Management Associates, including as Chair of the Professional Development Council and the Specialized Lending Council, and on the Board of the Women and Infants Foundation Board in Providence, Rhode Island.

Hurley Doddy was elected a director of TSLX in January 2019. Mr. Doddy is a Managing Director, Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Emerging Capital Partners, a private equity fund manager focused on Africa. Mr. Doddy is an experienced chief executive and board director with over 38 years of investing for growth across international borders, over multiple business cycles and in many industries and has served on boards of companies listed in the US, Europe, and Africa. Prior to founding Emerging Capital Partners in 1999, Mr. Doddy was an Executive Director at Sumitomo Finance International in London. Mr. Doddy’s career in finance began at Salomon Brothers in 1984, lasting over 14 years with assignments in New York, Tokyo, and Sao Paulo where he gained a wealth of experience in bond trading, hedge management, fixed income & equity derivatives, and emerging markets investing Mr. Doddy holds an A.B. in Economics from Princeton University and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Mr. Doddy’s breadth of experience across financial markets and products, geographies, along with his focus on risk management, provides the Board with valuable insight and perspective in the credit sector.
Mr. Doddy’s career in finance began at Salomon Brothers in 1984, lasting over 14 years with assignments in New York, Tokyo, and Sao Paulo where he gained a wealth of experience in bond trading, hedge management, fixed income & equity derivatives, and emerging markets investing.

Joshua Easterly was appointed Chief Executive Officer of TSLX in January 2018 and elected a director and Chairman of TSLX in March 2011. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Easterly served as a Vice President of TSLX since March 2011 and as the Co-Chief Executive Officer of TSLX since December 2013, along with Michael Fishman.
Mr. Easterly is a Co-Founding Partner and Co-President of Sixth Street and the Co-Chief Investment Officer of the Adviser. Between 2008 and 2010, he was a Managing Director at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Americas Special Situations Group, which invested Goldman’s capital in both the public markets and private transactions in distressed and special situations. Between 2006 and 2008, he served as a Director, Management Committee Member and Co-Head of the Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group. Prior to joining Goldman, Sachs & Co. in March 2006, Mr. Easterly was Senior Vice President, Northeast Regional Originations Manager at Wells Fargo Capital Finance, or WFCF, formerly known as Wells Fargo Foothill and Foothill Capital Corporation, the commercial finance company of Wells Fargo and Company. Mr. Easterly graduated from California State University, Fresno with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, magna cum laude. Mr. Easterly’s depth of experience investing in a variety of distressed and special situations transactions as well as his extensive knowledge of the business and operations of Sixth Street provides the Board with valuable insight and expertise.

Michael Fishman was elected a director of Sixth Street Specialty Lending in April 2011 and appointed a Vice President in January 2018. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Fishman served as the Chief Executive Officer of Sixth Street Specialty Lending since April 2011 and as the Co-Chief Executive Officer since December 2013, along with Joshua Easterly. Mr. Fishman is a Partner at Sixth Street. Mr. Fishman has been an executive in corporate lending for more than 30 years with senior management experience in credit, portfolio management and primary loan originations. Prior to joining Sixth Street, Mr. Fishman was the Executive Vice President and National Director of Loan Originations for Wells Fargo Capital Finance (“WFCF”), formerly known as Wells Fargo Foothill and Foothill Capital Corporation. In this role, Mr. Fishman sat on the senior investment committee and was responsible for primary and secondary lending, loan distribution and syndications, strategic transactions and new lending products. From 2000 to 2007, he built the team that grew WFCF’s assets under management from approximately $2 billion to over $10 billion. Mr. Fishman has also contributed to various industry publications and panel discussions, and has sat on the board of the American Bankruptcy Institute. He holds a degree in Finance from Rochester Institute of Technology. Mr. Fishman’s extensive experience in the credit markets provides the Board with valuable industry-specific knowledge.

Jennifer Gordon was elected a director of TSLX in January 2019. Ms. Gordon is a Vice President of TSLX and is a Partner, Co-Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of Sixth Street. Until Ms. Gordon’s election to the Company’s Board, she also served as the Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of the Company since 2015. Prior to joining Sixth Street, from 2004 to 2014, she held various positions at Goldman, Sachs & Co., including most recently as a Managing Director co-heading Americas Securities Division Compliance. Ms. Gordon was previously an associate at the law firm of White & Case LLP. Ms. Gordon holds a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and B.A. in International Relations from the University of Michigan. Ms. Gordon’s regulatory and operational knowledge provides the Board with valuable insight in the financial services sector.

Richard Higginbotham was elected a director of Sixth Street Specialty Lending in March 2011. From September 2010, he was a director of Healthcare Finance Group LLC until its sale in 2013. Between July 2008 and March 2010, he was a director and then chairman of Tygris Commercial Finance Group, Inc., where he also served on the risk committee. From 2004 to 2005, Mr. Higginbotham was the President of Asset Based Lending and Leasing at Bank of America. Prior to that, he worked for 35 years, including in various senior executive positions, at Fleet Bank, Fleet Financial Group, Inc. and FleetBoston Financial, Inc. Mr. Higginbotham holds a B.A. in Political Science from Brown University. Mr. Higginbotham’s depth of experience in senior executive positions in the financial sector provides the Board with valuable experience, insight and perspective in the credit sector.

John Ross was elected a director of Sixth Street Specialty Lending in March 2011. From 2003 to 2011, Mr. Ross was a director and member of the board risk management committee of DBS Bank Ltd., Singapore as well as Chairman of its Nominating Committee between 2008 and 2011. In addition, between 2009 and 2011, he was Non-executive Chairman of DBS Bank China Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of DBS Bank Ltd. where he also served as Chairman of its Audit Committee from 2009 to 2010. From 1992 to 2002, Mr. Ross worked at Deutsche Bank Group, where he served as Corporate Chief Operating Officer from 2001 to 2002. Mr. Ross holds a B.A. in American History from Hobart & William Smith Colleges and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Ross’s experience serving as a director of a regulated bank, as well as his past experience as a chief operating officer, provides the Board and, specifically, the Audit Committee, which he chairs, with valuable knowledge and insight in the financial services sector as well as experience in financial and accounting matters.

Judy Slotkin was elected a director of Sixth Street Specialty Lending in September 2019. Ms. Slotkin retired as a Managing Director from Bank of America in 2015, where she most recently led business development and relationship management for the New York market as part of the Market Executive team in private wealth management. Prior to joining Bank of America in 2010, Ms. Slotkin served as the Chief Risk Officer at Everspan Financial Guaranty. Prior to joining Everspan, Ms. Slotkin served various leadership roles at Citigroup, including Department Head of the Corporate Finance Division, where she led origination, trading and sales of asset-backed securities, commercial paper on an agency basis, loan note trading and investment grade loan syndications. During her career at Citigroup, Ms. Slotkin also served as the Credit Head of the Corporate Finance Division and Municipal Credit Head of the Public Finance Department. Ms. Slotkin holds a B.S. in Accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University and an M.B.A. in Finance from Fordham University. She previously served as a director, chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee and a member of the audit committee for Siga Technologies, Inc. and a director and chair of the audit committee for Nephros, Inc. Ms. Slotkin’s numerous management positions and broad experiences in the financial sector make her well qualified to serve on the Board.

David Stiepleman was elected a director of TSLX in September 2019. Mr. Stiepleman is a Vice President of TSLX. He is a Co-Founding Partner, Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of Sixth Street. Mr. Stiepleman has been a cross-border corporate lawyer, senior executive and business builder for over 20 years, starting and running businesses, and representing clients, in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Mr. Stiepleman is a strategic advisor to Concrete Rose, an early stage investment platform deploying financial and social capital to underrepresented founders of color. He also serves on the Advisory Council for Mt. Tamalpais College (f/k/a Prison University Project), a college-degree awarding program at San Quentin Prison. Mr. Stiepleman received a B.A. in French and Political Science from Amherst College and a J.D. from Columbia University. Mr. Stiepleman’s legal, regulatory and operational experience provides the Board with valuable knowledge and guidance.

Ronald Tanemura was elected a director of TSLX in March 2011. Since 2012, Mr. Tanemura has served as a director of post-reorganization Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in New York. Also, from 2012 to 2019, he served as a non-executive director of ICE Clear Credit in Chicago and, from 2009 to 2019, he served as a non-executive director of ICE Clear Europe in London, both wholly owned subsidiaries of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Tanemura was an Advisory Director and Partner at Goldman, Sachs & Co. from 2000 to 2006 where he was the Global Co-Head of Credit Derivatives and a member of the Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities Risk Committee and Firmwide Credit Policy Committee. In addition, Mr. Tanemura has led a variety of fixed income businesses, working at Deutsche Bank from 1996 to 2000 and at Salomon Brothers from 1985 to 1996. Mr. Tanemura holds an A.B. in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley and currently serves on the Board of Talcott Resolution Life Insurance Company and certain affiliates. Mr. Tanemura’s extensive experience in the financial markets provides the Board with valuable industry-specific knowledge.

Anton Brett is the Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of the Company and a Vice President of Sixth Street. Prior to joining Sixth Street, from 2017 to 2020, he was a Senior Associate at Scopia Capital Management, LP. From 2014 to 2017, Mr. Brett was an Associate at the law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. From 2009 to 2011, he was an Analyst, and later a Senior Analyst, at the law firm of Kobre & Kim LLP. Mr. Brett holds a J.D. from Duke University School of Law and B.A. in International Relations and Slavic Studies, magna cum laude, from Brown University.

Joshua Easterly was appointed Chief Executive Officer of TSLX in January 2018 and elected a director and Chairman of TSLX in March 2011. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Easterly served as a Vice President of TSLX since March 2011 and as the Co-Chief Executive Officer of TSLX since December 2013, along with Michael Fishman.
Mr. Easterly is a Co-Founding Partner and Co-President of Sixth Street and the Co-Chief Investment Officer of the Adviser. Between 2008 and 2010, he was a Managing Director at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Americas Special Situations Group, which invested Goldman’s capital in both the public markets and private transactions in distressed and special situations. Between 2006 and 2008, he served as a Director, Management Committee Member and Co-Head of the Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group. Prior to joining Goldman, Sachs & Co. in March 2006, Mr. Easterly was Senior Vice President, Northeast Regional Originations Manager at Wells Fargo Capital Finance, or WFCF, formerly known as Wells Fargo Foothill and Foothill Capital Corporation, the commercial finance company of Wells Fargo and Company. Mr. Easterly graduated from California State University, Fresno with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, magna cum laude. Mr. Easterly’s depth of experience investing in a variety of distressed and special situations transactions as well as his extensive knowledge of the business and operations of Sixth Street provides the Board with valuable insight and expertise.

Michael Fishman was elected a director of Sixth Street Specialty Lending in April 2011 and appointed a Vice President in January 2018. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Fishman served as the Chief Executive Officer of Sixth Street Specialty Lending from April 2011 to December 2013 and as the Co-Chief Executive Officer from December 2013 to December 2017, along with Joshua Easterly. Mr. Fishman is a Partner at Sixth Street. Mr. Fishman has been an executive in corporate lending for more than 30 years with senior management experience in credit, portfolio management and primary loan originations. Prior to joining Sixth Street, Mr. Fishman was the Executive Vice President and National Director of Loan Originations for Wells Fargo Capital Finance (“WFCF”), formerly known as Wells Fargo Foothill and Foothill Capital Corporation. In this role, Mr. Fishman sat on the senior investment committee and was responsible for primary and secondary lending, loan distribution and syndications, strategic transactions and new lending products. From 2000 to 2007, he built the team that grew WFCF’s assets under management from approximately $2 billion to over $10 billion. Mr. Fishman has also contributed to various industry publications and panel discussions, and has sat on the board of the American Bankruptcy Institute. He holds a degree in Finance from Rochester Institute of Technology. Mr. Fishman’s extensive experience in the credit markets provides the Board with valuable industry-specific knowledge.

Jennifer Gordon was elected a director of TSLX in January 2019. Ms. Gordon is a Vice President of TSLX and is a Partner, Co-Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of Sixth Street. Until Ms. Gordon’s election to the Company’s Board, she also served as the Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of the Company since 2015. Prior to joining Sixth Street, from 2004 to 2014, she held various positions at Goldman, Sachs & Co., including most recently as a Managing Director co-heading Americas Securities Division Compliance. Ms. Gordon was previously an associate at the law firm of White & Case LLP. Ms. Gordon holds a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and B.A. in International Relations from the University of Michigan. Ms. Gordon’s regulatory and operational knowledge provides the Board with valuable insight in the financial services sector.

Michael Graf is a Vice President & Deputy Chief Financial Officer of Sixth Street Specialty Lending. Mr. Graf has been the Company’s Controller since 2013. From 2010 to 2013, Mr. Graf was a Vice President in Alternative Investments at U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC. From 2006 to 2010, Mr. Graf was an Accounting Manager at GSC Group, Inc., a private investment firm. Prior to working at GSC Group Inc., Mr. Graf worked in public accounting at KPMG from 2004 to 2006. Mr. Graf received his BS in Finance and Accounting from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Craig Hamrah is a Vice President of TSLX, Senior Credit Underwriter of the Adviser and Partner of Sixth Street. Mr. Hamrah was previously with Silver Point Capital, where he was a senior deal underwriter and oversaw the portfolio in the private finance group. From 2004 to 2005, Mr. Hamrah was a Senior Vice President at the Royal Bank of Scotland. From 1997 to 2004, Mr. Hamrah was an Executive Vice President at Emigrant Business Credit Corp, a subsidiary of Emigrant Savings Bank. Mr. Hamrah started his career at The CIT Group in 1990 working in the commercial finance and equipment finance divisions. He holds a B.A. in Business Economics from Brown University.

Joshua Peck is a Vice President of the Company and a Partner and General Counsel of Sixth Street. Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2015, Mr. Peck was an Associate with Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, focused on private equity and mergers and acquisitions. He holds a J.D. from Fordham Law School and a B.A. in Government from Cornell University. Mr. Peck serves on the Board of Directors of Legal Aid at Work, a non-profit legal services organization that has been assisting low-income, working families for one than 100 years. He also serves on the Advisory Council of the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance, which brings together law firms and legal services organizations to identify and dismantle structural and systemic racism in the law.

Steven Pluss is a Vice President of the Company. He is also a Co-Founding Partner of Sixth Street and has been the Chief Risk Officer of Sixth Street since 2013, as well as the Chief Financial Officer from 2013 to 2016. Prior to joining Sixth Street, Mr. Pluss was a Managing Director and co-head of the Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he worked from 2004 to 2013. From 1999 to 2004, Mr. Pluss was a Partner, Founder and Managing Member of RTV Ventures, a special situations lending joint venture with Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Pluss received a B.B.A from Texas A&M University and an M.B.A from Southern Methodist University.

Ian Simmonds is the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and a Partner of Sixth Street. From 2005 to 2015, Mr. Simmonds was a member of the Financial Institutions Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Global Investment Bank in New York, most recently as a Managing Director. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Simmonds was Managing Director at Principal Global Investors, the asset management unit of The Principal Financial Group, based in Singapore. Prior to this role, Mr. Simmonds was a Senior Vice President at Bankers Trust Australia from 1995 to 2000 (acquired by Principal in 1999), and worked in public accounting at KPMG from 1989 to 1995. Mr. Simmonds received a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales, a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University, and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Chartered Accountant.

Robert (“Bo”) Stanley is President of the Company, a Partner at Sixth Street and co-head of Sixth Street's growth investing business. Mr. Stanley was previously with Wells Fargo Capital Finance, a provider of specialized senior secured financing to companies throughout the U.S. and Canada, from 2000 to 2011. While at Wells Fargo, Mr. Stanley served in multiple roles in an underwriting and origination capacity. From 2006 to 2011, Mr. Stanley was a Director of Loan Originations where he was responsible for lead development and generation of commercial loans ranging from $15 to $500 million. During this time, Mr. Stanley sourced and closed transactions representing $1.2 billion of credit lines and $850 million of new financings. From 2000 to 2006, Mr. Stanley served in multiple credit focused roles including Vice President responsible for loan underwriting activities as well as multiple underwriting and portfolio management support positions. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from the University of Maine.

David Stiepleman was elected a director of TSLX in September 2019. Mr. Stiepleman is a Vice President of TSLX. He is a Co-Founding Partner, Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of Sixth Street. Mr. Stiepleman has been a cross-border corporate lawyer, senior executive and business builder for over 20 years, starting and running businesses, and representing clients, in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Mr. Stiepleman is a strategic advisor to Concrete Rose, an early stage investment platform deploying financial and social capital to underrepresented founders of color. He also serves on the Advisory Council for Mt. Tamalpais College (f/k/a Prison University Project), a college-degree awarding program at San Quentin Prison. Mr. Stiepleman received a B.A. in French and Political Science from Amherst College and a J.D. from Columbia University. Mr. Stiepleman’s legal, regulatory and operational experience provides the Board with valuable knowledge and guidance.

Alan Waxman is a Vice President of TSLX. Mr. Waxman is a Co-Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Sixth Street. Prior to co-founding Sixth Street, Mr. Waxman was a Partner at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Chief Investment Officer of its largest proprietary investing business, the Americas Special Situations Group. Sixth Street continues an investment philosophy Mr. Waxman and Sixth Street’s founding partner group began developing over 20 years ago while building complementary businesses to invest Goldman’s capital in public and private markets across the capital structure in companies, assets, and idiosyncratic opportunities. Mr. Waxman is a Founding LP and Strategic Advisor to Concrete Rose, an early stage investment platform deploying financial and social capital to underrepresented founders of color. He and other Sixth Street team members began advising Concrete Rose leadership on the firm’s formation in 2018 and Sixth Street is a Founding Strategic Partner. Mr. Waxman holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania and currently serves on the Board of Overseers for the University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences. He is a Board Member Emeritus for Tipping Point Community and serves on the Advisory Council for the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula, which are both focused on fighting poverty and inequality of opportunity in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Baron Birkhofer is a Principal of the Adviser. Prior to joining Sixth Street, Mr. Birkhofer was a Director at Credit Suisse from 2013 to 2022, where he focused on financial sponsor coverage and executed leveraged finance, equity and M&A transactions. Mr. Birkhofer began his career in the venture debt group of Square One Bank, followed by Chaparal Investments, a Los Angeles-based family office. Mr. Birkhofer received a BA in Business/Finance from University of San Diego, and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management, where he majored in Finance.

Christine Campanelli is a Managing Director and Senior Credit Underwriter of the Adviser. Ms. Campanelli was previously a Managing Director at Aves Capital Management where she was focused on special situation-oriented private equity and credit investments. From 2010 to 2020, she was a Principal in the credit group of Ares Management Corporation where she underwrote and originated senior debt, junior debt and non-control equity investments. From 2008 to 2010, she was an Associate at GTCR where she executed private equity investments in the technology and information services sectors. Ms. Campanelli started her career at Deutsche Bank in the leveraged finance group. Ms. Campanelli received a B.S. in Business and an MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

Conor Dorgan is a Principal and Senior Credit Underwriter of the Adviser. Prior to joining Sixth Street, Mr. Dorgan worked in the Financial Restructuring Group at Houlihan Lokey. Mr. Dorgan received a BA in International Economics from the University of Notre Dame.”

Tram Foster is a Principal and Senior Credit Underwriter of the Adviser. Ms. Foster was previously a Managing Director in Wells Fargo Capital Finance’s Technology Finance Group where she led a team that managed credit investments and client relationships. Prior to that, she was a Director at UBS Investment Banking in their Financial Institutions Group providing financing and strategic advisory services to financial institutions. Ms. Foster received a BA in Economics at Tufts University and an MBA from Cornell University.

Grace Garfunkel is a Principal of the Adviser. Prior to joining Sixth Street, Ms. Garfunkel began her career at Morgan Stanley where she focused on providing financing and strategic advisory services to corporates across industry verticals. Ms. Garfunkel received a BS in Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Gage Gilmore is a Managing Director and Senior Credit Underwriter of the Adviser. Mr. Gilmore was previously a Managing Director in Wells Fargo Capital Finance’s technology finance group where he underwrote senior secured credit investments since 2007. From 2003 to 2007, he was a Vice President at Silicon Valley Bank where he underwrote and managed a portfolio of credit facilities to early and late stage growth companies. Mr. Gilmore started his career as an analyst at a boutique private equity firm, TSG Equity partners, assisting with the execution of the firm’s investment strategy and portfolio management activities. Mr. Gilmore graduated from Boston University with a degree in Finance in 2000.

Zubin Jariwala is a Principal and Senior Credit Underwriter of the Adviser. Mr. Jariwala was previously a Director and Head of Credit Opportunities in the Structured Credit Trading Group at Deutsche Bank. From 2009 to 2014, he was a Senior Vice President at Macquarie Corporate & Asset Finance. From 2003 to 2009, Mr. Jariwala was a Senior Analyst in Principal Finance at Silver Point Capital. From 2002 to 2003, he was an Associate in High Yield Bonds at Oaktree Capital Management. Mr. Jariwala started his career at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in Los Angeles. Mr. Jariwala graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in International Relations and a BS in Economics.

Alex Kneapler is a Managing Director of the Adviser. Prior to joining Sixth Street, Mr. Kneapler was an analyst with Houlihan Lokey from 2013 to 2015. While at Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Kneapler was responsible for deal execution of private capital raises, including privately placed debt & equity. Prior to 2013, Mr. Kneapler was an analyst at Chatham Capital, a mezzanine investment fund where he executed and monitored private & public credit investments. Mr. Kneapler received a BA in Finance and Marketing from Emory University.

Matt Lillard is a Principal of the Adviser. Prior to joining Sixth Street, Mr. Lillard worked at Elm Park Capital Management sourcing, executing, and managing flexible debt and non-control equity investments in companies and funds in the lower middle market. Mr. Lillard began his career as a credit analyst at BMO Harris Bank and graduated with honors from University of Texas at Austin with a BA in Economics and minors in Math, Accounting, and Music.

Sean Z. Liu is a Principal of the Adviser. Prior to joining Sixth Street, Mr. Liu was a Director in Investment Banking at Citi where he focused on financial sponsor coverage and executed leveraged finance, equity and M&A transactions from 2014 to 2023. Mr. Liu began his career at Axcel Management, a middle market private equity firm based in Denmark. Mr. Liu received a BSc in International Business from Copenhagen Business School, and an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business, where he specialized in Finance, Accounting and Business Law.

Ari Mazo is a Principal and Senior Credit Underwriter of the Adviser. Prior to joining Sixth Street, Mr. Mazo was an Associate with J.P. Morgan from 2014 to 2016. While at J.P. Morgan, Mr. Mazo was responsible for underwriting and execution of private, customized credit facilities in multiple end markets across the United States and North America. Prior to 2014, Mr. Mazo was an Analyst at J.P. Morgan, focused on execution of private credit facilities to Financial Sponsor clients. Mr. Mazo received a BA in Economics with minors in Mathematics and Business from Brandeis University and is a CFA Charterholder.

Michael Neruda is a Partner of Sixth Street, a leading global investment firm that offers flexible capital solutions to companies across all stages of growth. Mr. Neruda leads Sixth Street’s cross-platform investing in businesses where a combination of public markets expertise and private capital financing may be utilized to improve a company’s balance sheet. Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2015, Mr. Neruda was a Director at Watershed Asset Management, where he led that firm’s investments in the consumer and energy sectors. Mr. Neruda was previously an investment analyst at MHR Fund Management, Silver Point Capital and Merrill Lynch. He received a B.S. in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University, is a CFA Charterholder and currently serves on the Board of Governors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco.

Michael Roth is a Managing Director of the Adviser. Prior to joining Sixth Street, Mr. Roth was a Managing Director in Investment Banking at Citi, where he covered financial sponsors, and executed a combination of credit, equity and M&A transactions between 2009 and 2022. Mr. Roth started his career at Bear Stearns in the securitization group, and then went on to Deutsche Bank as an Associate in Debt Capital Markets. Mr. Roth received a B.A. in Political Economy from Princeton University, and an MBA from Wharton, where he majored in Finance and Real Estate.

Adam Salter is a Managing Director of the Adviser. Prior to joining Sixth Street, Mr. Salter was the Head of Underwriting and Portfolio Management, and a co-founder of the Junior Capital Division within Wells Fargo Capital Finance. Prior to 2010, Mr. Salter was Director at GB Merchant Partners, LLC (division of Gordon Brothers Group), where he was responsible for underwriting and managing junior capital investments. Mr. Salter began his career in audit and portfolio management at Wachovia Capital Finance Corp., Wachovia Bank N.A. Mr. Salter received a BA from Bentley College and an MBA from Boston College.

Mr. Sweeney is a Managing Director of the Adviser. Prior to joining Sixth Street, Mr. Sweeney was the Northeast Market Manager of Bridge Bank’s Technology Banking Division in Boston, responsible for all loan origination activity. Before Bridge Bank, he was Head of Equity and Debt Capital Markets at America’s Growth Capital, a boutique investment bank focused on the technology sector. He began his career in capital markets, having worked at Bank of America, JP Morgan, and Datek Securities in Boston and New York. Mr. Sweeney received a BA in Government from Dartmouth College.

Charlie Wehr is a Principal of the Adviser. Prior to joining Sixth Street, Mr. Wehr was previously a Principal at Hercules Capital from 2016 through 2020 where he underwrote and originated secured credit investments. Prior to Hercules, he served in various underwriting and origination roles at Bridge Bank from 2011 to 2016. Mr. Wehr began his career as a consultant in Grant Thornton’s public sector practice. Mr. Wehr graduated from Duke University with a B.A. in Public Policy and a minor in Economics, and from The Johns Hopkins University with an M.A. in Applied Economics and a graduate certificate in Financial Management from the Carey Business School.

Oliver Zhang is a Principal of the Adviser. Prior to joining Sixth Street, Mr. Zhang worked in the Financial Restructuring Group of Houlihan Lokey. Mr. Zhang received a double B.A. in Economics and Health & Societies from the University of Pennsylvania.

Jon Ziebarth is a Managing Director of the Adviser. Prior to joining Sixth Street, Mr. Ziebarth was a Senior Vice President with Golub Capital from 2009 to 2017. While at Golub Capital, Mr. Ziebarth was responsible for underwriting, executing and monitoring leveraged finance investments for middle market private equity sponsors. Prior to 2009, Mr. Ziebarth was an Associate at Saybrook Capital, where he executed private equity investments in middle market companies. From 2005 to 2007, he worked at Deutsche Bank in the M&A Group of the Investment Banking division, where he advised clients on mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Ziebarth began his career in the Investment Banking division at Robert W. Baird. Mr. Ziebarth received a BA in Finance and Political Science from University of Wisconsin - Madison and an MBA in Finance from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.