Bio

Mr. Rich joined Crestline in 2017 and is a Managing Director in the Fund Liquidity Solutions Group. Mr. Rich has more than 25 years of experience, including over 20 years focused in credit origination, structuring, underwriting, trading and risk management. Prior to joining Crestline, Mr. Rich was a Director with LStar Capital, a credit affiliate of Lone Star Funds which is a global private equity firm with over $70 billion in aggregate capital commitments. At LStar, he was the lead underwriter in an ~$1 billion portfolio purchase of 67 stressed/distressed middle market credit investments. In addition, Mr. Rich managed capital markets efforts including sourcing new investment opportunities, secondary trading, and developing new institutional relationships. Prior to joining LStar, Mr. Rich was a principal of Three Seas Capital which was focused on leveraged credit investing strategies. Before that, he was a portfolio manager at Highland Capital Management, a credit-focused alternative asset manager with $23 billion in AUM. Prior to Highland, he was with Banc of America Securities focused primarily in leveraged finance. Mr. Rich holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from Kansas State University and an M.B.A. from Fuqua School of Business, Duke University with a concentration in Finance.