Aquarian Holdings

Partner and Head of Underwriting at Aquarian Private Credit; previously a Vice President in Guggenheim Partners' integrated credit asset management platform leading the industrials/transportation and technology/telecom verticals.

Partner and Head of Origination for the Aquarian Private Credit team; formerly Head of Capital Markets and Managing Director at LBC Credit Partners, with prior roles at Guggenheim Credit Partners, Steel City Capital and Silvermine Capital Management.

General Counsel at Aquarian Holdings with over 25 years of legal and executive experience across regulated sectors. He was previously a partner at Olshan Frome Wolosky and an EVP at MacAndrews & Forbes.

Partner and President of Aquarian Investments; previously Partner and Deputy Investment Officer at Silverman Capital and affiliated real estate entities Athos Capital Partners and 54 Madison Capital, and earlier held roles at a single-family office and J.P. Morgan's Real Estate and Lodging Investment Banking group.

Chief Human Resources Officer at Aquarian Holdings responsible for talent; previously CHRO at safeXai and held HR leadership roles at Genpact, Bridgewater Associates, UBS and the State of New Jersey Civil Service Commission.

Operating Partner and CEO of Aquarian Insurance Holdings. He previously was Chief Strategy Officer at Advisors Excel, CFO at Security Benefit, and spent 20 years in senior roles at GE Capital.

Partner and Head of Aquarian Real Estate Partners; formerly a Founding Partner at Iviron Capital Partners and Vice President at Athos Capital Partners and 54 Madison Capital, with earlier experience at Deutsche Bank's Consumer Investment Banking Group.

Partner and Head of the Aquarian Liquid Credit team; previously Co-Portfolio Manager of CLOs and leveraged loans at Vibrant Capital Partners and a credit analyst at Guggenheim Partners.

Partner and Co-Head of Corporate Credit; formerly a Managing Director on the Private Investments Team at Guggenheim Partners, focused on directly originated debt and structured equity in middle-market companies.

Chief Financial Officer at Aquarian Holdings with over two decades in alternative investments; previously spent 18 years at TPG Angelo Gordon as Partner and CFO. He is a CFA charterholder and licensed CPA.

Partner and Co-Head of Corporate Credit; formerly a Director on the Private Investments Team at Guggenheim Partners focused on directly originated debt and structured equity in middle-market companies.

Handles fund financial reporting and daily fund operations. Previously a senior fund accountant at Alter Domus and an external auditor at EY and PwC Hong Kong.

Principal and Head of Loan Operations at Aquarian Liquid Credit; previously held similar roles at Gallatin Loan Management and Hildene Leveraged Credit and CLO compliance roles at Guggenheim Partners and Primus Asset Management.

Principal on the Aquarian Strategic Opportunities team focused on structuring solutions and ratings advisory; prior firms include RBC Capital Markets, SMBC Nikko Securities America, BMO Capital Markets and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Principal and Head of Client Services for Aquarian Investments; previously a consultant at Boston Consulting Group and spent five years at BlackRock's Financial Institutions Group.

Principal and Head of Loan Trading at Aquarian Liquid Credit; previously Head of Loan Trading at Gallatin Loan Management, founding partner and trader at Hildene Leveraged Credit, with earlier roles at Gleacher & Company, Z Capital Partners and Van Kampen Investments.

Principal on the Aquarian Strategic Opportunities team; previously Co-Founder and CFO of Voodoo Manufacturing and ran M&A and strategic partnerships for MakerBot, with earlier roles at Crossroads Partners, RockHill Global, Bank of America and Probitas Partners.

Principal on the Aquarian Private Credit team focused on credit research in healthcare/pharma, aerospace/defense and airline/transportation; previously at BlackRock in high-yield credit research and started at Barclays in leveraged finance credit risk.

Principal on the Aquarian Strategic Opportunities team; previously a Director at Castlelake working on asset-backed finance, structured finance and special situations, with earlier roles at H.I.G. Capital, Jefferies, JPMorgan Chase and Databank Financial Services.

Principal at Aquarian Liquid Credit focused on business services and industrials investments across syndicated corporate loans; previously at J.P. Morgan, Octagon Credit Investors and Hayfin Capital Management.

Principal on the Aquarian Strategic Opportunities team; previously a Vice President on the Distressed Credit & Special Situations team at Invesco and an investment professional at Oaktree Capital Management, having started at BNP Paribas' Merchant Banking Group.

David Porter is the Founding Partner at Apposite Capital, a firm that provides equity investment to healthcare and life science companies across Europe. His work focuses on supporting the growth of portfolio companies through operational support, strategic guidance, and capital.

Vice President on the Aquarian Private Credit team; previously a Senior Associate on the Special Situations and Opportunistic Credit team at Charlesbank Capital Partners and an Investment Analyst at Guggenheim Partners.

Vice President on the Aquarian Strategic Opportunities team focused on fund and GP capital solutions and media, sports and entertainment; has been on Aquarian's investment team since the start of his career.

Head Economist at Aquarian Liquid Credit; previously a Partner at Gallatin Loan Management, an Investment Analyst at Elm Ridge Capital and VP of Restructuring at Greenhill & Co.

Vice President on the Aquarian Private Credit team focused on underwriting directly originated credit investments; previously a Senior Associate at Arrowhead Investment Management.

Vice President at Aquarian Holdings; previously a Senior Associate at Edison Partners, an Associate at Brighton Park Capital, and began her career in technology investment banking at Evercore.

Vice President on the Aquarian Private Credit team; previously a Senior Associate on the Direct Lending Investment team at Blue Owl Capital and an Investment Analyst at Guggenheim Partners.

Chief Compliance Officer at Aquarian Holdings overseeing the firm's compliance program; previously a Managing Director at Guggenheim Investments with earlier roles at Intertrust Group and Morgan Stanley.

Managing Director at Aquarian Private Credit originating and executing private credit investments; previously led originations for Sagard's private credit team with earlier roles at Sargon, Trimantium Capital, SpaceX and J.P. Morgan.

Principal and Deputy Chief Compliance Officer at Aquarian Holdings with over 20 years in alternative investments; previously a Senior Compliance Officer at BC Partners' Credit platform and CCO at Merion Investment Management.

Principal at Aquarian Holdings heading Investment Operations; previously a blockchain solutions expert for start-ups and institutions including BNY Mellon, part of the founding investments team at Security Benefit Life Insurance, and a VP at Guggenheim Partners.

Managing Director at Aquarian Private Credit focused on origination with over 30 years in private credit; previously a Managing Director at Centre Lane Partners with senior roles at Monroe Capital, KKR Private Credit, Blackstone/GSO Credit and Nomura Merchant Banking.

Vice President on the Aquarian Private Credit team focused on origination and sponsor relationships; previously worked in leveraged finance at SMBC Nikko Securities America and started at Stifel Financial Corp.

Vice President on the Aquarian Real Estate Partners team focused on sourcing and managing real estate investments; previously on Guggenheim Partners' Commercial Real Estate investments team.

Vice President on the Investment Operations team at Aquarian Holdings managing funding, onboarding and reporting of investments; previously an Associate on Jefferies' Direct Lending Operations team.

COO at Aquarian leading strategy, technology, marketing and operations. He was previously a Partner in Bain & Company's Financial Services practice and led Bain's Americas Financial Services M&A capability.

Vice President on the Aquarian Liquid Credit team focused on technology, media and telecommunications investments; began his career at Gallatin Loan Management (Puerto Rico) and joined Aquarian in 2021.

General Counsel of Aquarian Investments overseeing legal strategy across investment platforms; formerly advised an insurance-affiliated asset manager and was an attorney at Sidley Austin, with prior roles at Rothschild & Co, Vinson & Elkins and Kirkland & Ellis.

Managing Director on the Aquarian Strategic Opportunities team with over 20 years in equipment leasing and finance; formerly COO of North Mill Equipment Finance and PEAC Solutions with earlier senior roles at Xerox Financial Services.

Vice President of Investment Operations at Aquarian Holdings serving as a Program Manager over firmwide technology and operational initiatives; previously Head of Middle Office at A-CAP with earlier project management roles at Guggenheim Partners, MUFG and BNP Paribas.

Vice President at Aquarian Holdings building and overseeing the firm's Client Services function; previously a VP in BlackRock's Financial Institutions Group and started at J.P. Morgan focused on the U.S. insurance sector.

Vice President at Aquarian Real Estate Partners focused on commercial real estate investments within the CMBS portfolio; previously at Marathon Asset Management and a securitized products trader at StoneX Group.

Startup strategist with 11+ years in management and communications and former IT Committee lead of the American Chamber of Commerce; holds an LL.M. in European Law from Stockholm University.

Co-founder of Braemar in 2003, Bill leads the firm's power, resources, and infra-tech activities and serves on multiple portfolio boards. He was previously a partner at Mantis Holdings and an early team member at Sithe Energies, with over 30 years in energy innovation.