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Clarion Capital Partners

Marc founded Clarion in 1999 and provides the firm’s strategic vision and leadership.

Marc was previously a Managing Director and Co-Head of the MET Group, the Leveraged Finance Group, and the Retail Group at Wasserstein Perella & Co. In addition, he has held senior positions at BT Securities, Kent Capital Partners, and Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc.

Marc serves on the board of directors at Ad.Net, Madison Logic, and Premiere Digital and OpenRoad Lending. Marc previously served on the board of directors at SQAD, Lenox Holdings, Moravia, Ametros, Cross Mediaworks, Crowe Paradis Servicing Corporation, Great Northwest Insurance Company, Hartmann, Reliant, Strategic Outsourcing Inc., and Oceanaire.

He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a BSE in 1980 and an MBA in 1981.

Robert leads Clarion’s Structured Credit group.

Robert has 30 years of experience in investment banking, credit portfolio management, and structured finance. He previously was Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of Structured Credit Funds at CIFC LLC, a leading CLO manager. Prior to CIFC, Robert was lead portfolio manager at Prospect Capital where he led the firm’s CLO investments, building CLO AUM at two registered vehicles that grew to $1.5 billion in investments.

Prior to founding the CLO business at Prospect, Robert worked at American Capital, Ltd. where he was a Managing Director and led the New York private equity and financial sponsor lending teams, leading numerous debt and equity investments.

Prior to American Capital, he worked at American Securities and American Industrial Partners, both active middle-market private equity firms. Robert began his career in the Mergers and Acquisitions groups at First Boston and Morgan Stanley.

He holds a JD with Distinction from Stanford Law School and a BA summa cum laude from Yale College where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He has been admitted to the California bar (inactive status). He serves on the Board of Trustees of Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester and on the Committee for Ancient and Byzantine Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. He is a past Professional Fellow of the New York University Center for Law and Business.

Prior to joining Clarion Capital Partners, he served as Director of Finance at ORIX Capital Partners, a middle-market private equity firm, where he oversaw finance and investor relations.

Prior to ORIX, he served as Chief Financial Officer at Dubin & Co., a private investment company/single-family office that actively managed a diversified portfolio of operating businesses and other investments, in addition to the financial and personal activities of a Forbes 400 family.

Previously, Mr. Chibwe was the Controller at Thrive Capital, a venture capital investment firm focused on internet and software investments. While there, he was responsible for all financial aspects of the business, which included the management company and four active funds.

Before his time at Thrive Capital, Mr. Chibwe was the Controller at Aquiline Capital Partners, a $2 billion private equity firm investing globally in middle-market financial services businesses. He began his career at Deloitte’s Harare, Zimbabwe, office in 1999 before moving to its New York branch in 2004, where he was an Audit Manager focused on the private equity industry.

Mr. Chibwe is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, a Certified Public Accountant (licensed in New York and Colorado) and a Chartered Accountant. He earned an Honors Bachelor of Accounting Sciences degree from the University of South Africa.

Doug is responsible for Clarion’s sourcing and investor relations.

Doug joined the firm in 2013 from Palm Ventures where he was a Managing Director. An avid entrepreneur, Doug is a founder of numerous groups and organizations including Foundation Source, the nation’s leading provider of outsourced services for private foundations and Enherent, a global software development company.

Doug graduated from Syracuse University where he created his own degree in Entrepreneurship and afterward founded the Young Entrepreneurs Organization. He is a longtime member of the YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization). Doug’s personal interests include his family, golf, reading, Peloton, and relaxing by the water. He also enjoys lecturing on: “Deploying Capital to Make a Difference” and using “The Practice of Philanthropy to Make a Difference with Families.”

Sakura is responsible for Clarion’s marketing, communications, and investor relations.

Sakura joined Clarion Capital Partners in 2021 after 7 years at CIFC Asset Management, where she was a Managing Director in Investor Solutions responsible for global institutional investor relations and business development. Prior to CIFC, Sakura was at Avenue Capital Group and was responsible for business development, investor relations, and marketing activities in distressed and direct lending strategies, specifically focusing on Japanese institutional investors and North American distribution platforms.

Previously, she worked at the Yucaipa Companies, which she joined in 2008 at the founding of its Corporate Governance Fund. Between 2005 to 2008 she worked with the same founding partners at Prentice Capital Management.

Sakura graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts with a B.F.A. and B.A. in Film and Television and Economics from New York University, and launched her career with Salomon Smith Barney in Equity Research covering the gaming and lodging industry.

Bryan Kelley joined Clarion Capital Partners in 2023 as Managing Director of Investor Relations. Bryan brings over 20 years of experience in private equity and credit markets as a pension consultant, in-house business developer, and capital raiser. During his career, he has focused on sales and relationship management with a broad range of U.S. institutional investors, including public and private pension plans, insurance companies, endowments and foundations, family offices, fund of funds managers, and consultants.

Bryan began his private markets career at Wilshire Associates, a U.S. pension consulting and investment management firm, where he assisted clients in committing to more than 20 private equity, credit, and venture capital managers. He moved to Merrill Lynch to serve as a Director in private funds advisory and next worked for Deutsche Bank as Managing Director of the alternatives funds group before leaving to launch his own firm in 2004.

During his 15 years as a Principal and Managing Director at NovaFund Advisors, Bryan originated new business; assisted private equity, private credit, and real asset managers in go-to-market preparations; and was responsible for U.S. institutional sales, primarily covering West coast investors. Under his leadership, the firm raised more than $6 billion in committed capital. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President at Azimut Alternative Capital Partners in the Affiliate Development Team, where he was responsible for raising capital for private equity, credit, and real asset managers with institutional investors.

Bryan earned his B.A. at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, and his M.B.A. in Finance and Accounting at the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz Graduate School of Business.

Hubert Kang has 19 years of professional experience in structured finance and tax. Prior to joining Clarion as Controller for Structured Credit, Hubert worked as a controller at Torchlight Investors, LLC, where he worked extensively on funds investing in structured finance products and real estate related debt investments.

His previous professional experience includes high net worth tax compliance and planning, as well as private equity tax compliance. Hubert is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California and holds an MBA and an MS from Northeastern University and a BA from Columbia University.

Ho Hong is responsible for providing analytical, trading, and due diligence support to Clarion’s Structured Credit investments.

Mr. Lau has 6 years of experience in structured and corporate finance. Prior to joining Clarion Capital Partners, he worked in the Structured Credit and Finance teams at CIFC Asset Management LLC. Mr. Lau holds a M.S. in Finance from the Ohio State University and a B.A. in Economics and History from Franklin & Marshall College.

Sam has three years of experience working in Structured Finance.

Prior to joining Clarion Capital Partners, he worked in the CLO Structuring and Origination group at MUFG Securities. Mr. Rosenberg holds a BSM in Finance and Marketing from Tulane University, A.B. Freeman School of Business. His personal interests include golf, skiing, and supporting the New York Yankees.