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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 V10 Entertainment, Ad.Net, Premiere Digital and OpenRoad Lending. Marc previously served on the board of directors at Madison Logic, SQAD, Lenox Holdings, Moravia, Ametros, Cross Mediaworks, Crowe Paradis Servicing Corporation, Great Northwest Insurance Company, Hartmann, Reliant, Strategic Outsourcing Inc., and Oceanaire.

Marc 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 over 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. Robert also 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. 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 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.

Ho Hong is responsible for Clarion’s Structured Credit investment process.

Ho Hong joined Clarion in 2019 as an Associate. Prior to joining Clarion, Ho Hong began his career at CIFC Asset Management LLC in 2013, where he worked in the Structured Credit and Corporate Finance teams. Within these teams at CIFC, Ho Hong contributed to CLO tranche investing and trading activities, portfolio monitoring and investor reporting, and management of CIFC’s CLO business and reporting. Ho Hong holds a M.S. in Finance from the Ohio State University and a B.A. in Economics and History from Franklin & Marshall College.

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. He 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 Young President’s Organization.

Brian oversees the finance, HR & IT functions at Clarion. He also oversaw compliance from June 2021 to September 2024.

Brian joined Clarion in 2021 as CFO & CCO, prior to which he was Director of Finance at ORIX Capital Partners, a middle-market private equity firm focused on investments in industrial services, business services, and manufacturing. There he oversaw finance and investor relations. Previously, he served as the CFO 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 prominent Forbes 400 family. Before that, he served as the Controller/Head of Finance at Thrive Capital, an internet, media and technology venture capital firm with sample investments including Oscar Health, Instagram, Warby Parker, Harry’s, and Twitch, just to name a few. He also served as the Controller at Aquiline Capital Partners, a private equity firm investing globally in financial services enterprises in industries such as banking and credit, insurance, investment management and markets, and financial technology. Brian began his career in public accounting 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. Brian received both his bachelor’s and honor’s degrees in Accounting from the University of South Africa. He is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, a Certified Public Accountant (licensed in New York and Colorado) and a Chartered Accountant. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe.

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.