Bio

Mr. McGowan joined Crestline in 2020 and is the Deputy Chief Compliance Officer. He is also a member of the ESG Committee. Mr. McGowan was previously the Deputy Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Surveillance at Carlson Capital in Dallas from 2016 – 2020 overseeing the firm’s transactional compliance program and serving as a member of the firm’s Best Execution and Soft Dollar Committee and the Compliance Committee. From 2008 – 2016, Mr. McGowan had worked on the Equities Compliance Advisory Teams of UBS, Deutsche Bank, and JP Morgan in New York providing compliance coverage and guidance to the cash equities, derivatives, and capital markets business lines. Mr. McGowan was a regular representative of his firms in various industry groups including SIFMA and FIF and served as the chairperson for JP Morgan’s Equities Best Execution Committee. Mr. McGowan is admitted to practice law in New York and Texas. Mr. McGowan received his JD at St. John’s University in 2006 and BA at the College of the Holy Cross in 2003.