Tommy Ryan
Managing Director at Deerpath Capital
Tommy Ryan
Managing Director at Deerpath Capital
Greater Chicago Area
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Director
2024 - Current
Since its inception in 2007, Deerpath Capital has deployed over $10.3 billion of invested capital in ~1,000 investments, across a broad range of industries and transaction types. Deerpath Capital has direct origination and execution capabilities throughout the United States with origination offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale and Los Angeles. In addition, Deerpath has offices in London, Seoul, Tokyo, Germany and Australia to support international investors. Deerpath’s more than 80 employees bring deep, specialized expertise in lower middle market direct lending.
Managing Director - Healthcare
2019 - 2024
Monroe’s middle market lending platform provides senior and junior debt financing to middle market companies. Investment types include unitranche financings, cash flow and enterprise value based loans, acquisition facilities, mezzanine debt, second lien or last-out loans and equity co-investments.
Director
2017 - 2019
Twin Brook Capital Partners is a finance company focused on providing cash-flow based financing solutions for the middle market private equity community. Twin Brook’s flexible product suite allows for tailored financing solutions for leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, add-on acquisitions, growth capital and other situations for companies that typically have EBITDA between $3 million and $50 million. Responsible for originating, structuring and closing middle market leveraged finance transactions for private equity backed companies on a generalist (all industry) basis.
Director, Healthcare Services
2015 - 2017
Focused primarily on originating leveraged loan opportunities and developing and cultivating relationships with private equity sponsors, management teams and other healthcare focused intermediaries.
Senior Vice President
2013 - 2015
Healthcare Finance Group, LLC (HFG), a portfolio company of Fifth Street Finance Corp., offered senior secured credit facilities up to $500 million for healthcare middle market companies and private equity sponsors. HFG portfolio sold to MidCap/Apollo in June '15. Was responsible for managing the business development effort for HFG in the western U.S. region with specific focus on private equity sponsors throughout the entire western U.S. region and on direct company origination efforts in the northwestern and mountain states.
Senior Vice President
2003 - 2013
Originated, structured and documented senior secured and subordinated debt financing solutions primarily for private equity firms raising capital for leveraged buy-outs or growth capital for add-on acquisitions. I was responsible for covering private equity groups in western U.S. region. Tenure includes time at Merrill Lynch Capital (acquired by GE Capital in February 2008).
Associate
2000 - 2003
Worked in Piper Jaffray's Technology and Communications Investment Banking Group. Assisted in multiple transactions including public and private equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions, fairness opinions, and other corporate finance transactions.
Education
Bachelor of Arts
1997 - 2000