2020 Debt Market Update

Panelist John McCarty leads the Atlanta office for Star Mountain Capital and is responsible for originating, executing and managing direct debt and equity investments.  John has 20 years experience in the lower middle market and was previously a Partner with Peachtree Equity Partners, an Atlanta-based SBIC fund.  John began his career in the New York M&A groups of Banc of America Securities and DLJ / CSFB.  John has a B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

Panelist Matt Schilpp is a Director in the Syndicated & Leveraged Finance group at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.  Matt has primary Syndicated & Leveraged Financed coverage of Truist's Commercial Banking clients as well as the Entertainment Industries Group, and Commercial Aerospace & Defense and Government Contracting teams.  Matt has 15 years of experience advising, structuring, and arranging debt financing transactions for a diverse set of Syndicated & Leveraged Finance clients in the Middle Market.  Prior to his current role, Matt worked on the Syndicated & Leveraged Finance teams covering Corporate Banking, Media & Communications, Industrials, Business Services, and Asset Based Lending. Matt Schilpp received a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University in New York.

Panelist Kenneth Saffold is a Director and South Region Head of the U.S. Private Capital Group at BlackRock, the largest institutional asset management firm in the United States. In this role Kenneth provides private equity and debt to middle-market companies for M&A transactions throughout the region. He was part of the team at Tennenbaum Capital Partners that sold to BlackRock in 2018. Prior to his current role Kenneth spent 8 years as a Senior Vice President at GE Capital and prior to that worked in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup where he started his career. Kenneth currently serves as a Member of the Atlanta Zoo Council and serves on the Board of Directors for Northside Youth Organization (NYO). He has formerly served on the Emory Board of Visitors (Chair) and a Member of Leadership Atlanta. Kenneth is a frequent speaker and panelists for various finance organizations including the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), HealthSouth Connect, and Capital Roundtable of New York. Kenneth received his MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his BA from Morehouse College. Kenneth lives in Atlanta with his wife Akilah and two kids, Kenneth (KJ) and Eva, age 10 and 6.

Panelist Mark Veach has been in commercial banking since 1986, serving middle-market clients.  Today, Mark manages the Atlantic Region for CIBC Bank USA.  This region includes the commercial banking offices in Atlanta, Boston, and New York City.  All three offices provide full service banking products to commercial clients that range from senior debt, treasury management, foreign exchange, derivatives and other capital markets solutions. CIBC is one of the largest banks in North America with its headquarters in Toronto, Canada.  CIBC is a leading capital markets bank with assets over $400 billion and a market cap of nearly $40 billion. Prior to CIBC, Mark developed with other former LaSalle Bank colleagues The PrivateBank.  The PrivateBank began as a $4 billion commercial bank in 2008 and was subsequently was grown to over $20 billion in assets, with organic growth of approximately $1 billion per year.  The PrivateBank was successfully sold to CIBC. Mark graduated from Indiana University – Bloomington in 1985 with a double major in Finance and English.

Moderator John “JR” Halliday is responsible for developing Accord's Southeastern market presence by building mutually-beneficial relationships with independent sponsors, funded sponsors, investment banks, and other deal intermediaries—simplifying access to capital so their clients and portfolio companies can thrive. For the past five years, JR has immersed himself in the Southeast financial marketplace as an active member of the Association of Corporate Growth (ACG), Turnaround Management Association (TMA), Secured Finance Network (SFNet) and Southern Capital Forum (SCF). Prior to joining Accord, JR served in a variety of managerial roles in the retail sector. He holds a BS in history from Edinboro University in Pennsylvania.Accord Financial Corp. is a publicly-traded (TSX:ACD) company founded in 1978 that provides a broad spectrum of asset-based lending solutions up to $20 million—serving clients throughout the US and Canada across a wide range of industries