Anthony R. Clemente

CEO

Anthony has over 34 years of experience in the credit markets, having worked early in his career in various credit and credit underwriting capacities for Fidelity Union Bank, Marine Midland Bank and Security Pacific Merchant Bank. In 1989, Anthony was a founding member of Merrill Lynch Asset Management’s leveraged loan business which offered one of the first retail mutual funds investing in this asset class.

After growing the Merrill Lynch business to nearly $8.5 billion assets under management, he joined INVESCO, where he was a Global Partner and head of the Bank Loan and CDO businesses. He also grew the INVESCO business to nearly $8.5 billion assets under management encompassing 17 structures and accounts that invested in leveraged loans, asset backed securities, high yield bonds and investment grade bonds.

As one of the principal advocates for the credit industry, Anthony served on the Board of Directors of the Loan Syndications and Trading Association in the mid and late 1990’s. He contributed extensively to the development of industry standard agreements and the standardized market procedures that facilitated asset trading and the expansion of secondary markets. Anthony holds a BA in Economics from St. Lawrence University.

Richard D. Levinson

Richard Levinson works closely with Canaras in the development of structured solutions for clients. He is the founder and managing director of a number of Canaras partner initiatives including Sage Group Limited, Croton Enterprise Limited and Phoenix Energy.

Richard Levinson has 40 years of experience in structured finance, risk management, asset management and private banking. He specializes in the creation and execution of complex cross border structured transactions and related advisory services. He has served as a board member of several investment corporations, hedge funds and CDOs and was appointed by the US Bankruptcy Court as a member of the Creditors Committee for the resolution and liquidation of Refco Inc, a global financial institution embroiled in a major fraud.

Previously, he spent 18 years with Citibank in a variety of treasury, risk management and asset management positions. In 1988, he became Citibank’s U.S. Country Treasurer, a founding member of its Market Risk Policy Committee and Chairman of the US Asset Liability Committee. In 1994, he became global treasurer and head of structured finance for the Citibank Private Bank.

Richard Levinson holds a B.A. in Economics and an M.S. in Operations Research from Union College and an M.A. in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where completed course work and passed qualifying exams for a PhD in Finance.. He served as adjunct faculty at the Wharton School and other business schools and provided seminars for central banks and other regulatory agencies in several countries.

Simon P. Airey

Senior Partner (Canaras Management Limited)

Simon Airey, a resident of Jersey, Channel Islands, is a non-executive director of several collective investment funds, hedge funds and related management companies and CDO managers. He trained as an accountant with Coopers & Lybrand and subsequently worked at Citibank in Jersey where his responsibilities included financial control, corporate banking and asset management structured products. He left Citibank Jersey in September, 1995, and continues to be a non-executive director of a number of companies established in Jersey, the Cayman Islands and Luxembourg.

Trevor H. Brookes

Chief Operating Officer

Trevor joined Canaras Capital Management in 2013 as Chief Operating Officer, with 14 years of leadership experience in commercial loan operations. Previously, Trevor was the Director of CLO and CDO operations at Halcyon Asset Management, overseeing 14 structures totaling $6B in value. Prior to Halycon, Trevor worked at Citigroup Alternative Investments for 8 years, where he was the Head of Leveraged Loans and Bonds, CLO, CDO, TRS, and Settlement Group. Trevor's extensive operational career began during his 10 years at Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company and DG Bank.

Trevor graduated from The City University of New York, Lehman College, in 1989 with a B.A. in Economics.

Andrew J. Heller

Managing Director

Prior to joining Canaras Capital Management, LLC in 2006, Andrew Heller worked at Houlihan, Lokey, Howard & Zukin, where he was an integral part of the Financial Restructuring Group advising on restructuring, distressed M&A and valuation. He has also held various positions at Citigroup related to leverage loans, recovery management, structural finance and asset-based lending.

Andrew Heller received a B.A. in Economics from Duke University as well as an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.

Benjamin S. Steger, CFA®

Managing Director

Benjamin Steger joined Canaras Capital Management, LLC in 2006 with a strong background in fundamental credit research. Prior to Canaras, he worked for INVESCO as a bank loan research analyst. He received his credit training during his tenure as an investment analyst at Prudential Financial.

Benjamin Steger received a B.S. in Finance from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst® professional designation in 2005.

Benjamin received his Executive M.B.A. from Columbia Business School graduating with honors with distinction.

Richard J. Vratanina, CFA®

Managing Director

Richard Vratanina joined Canaras Capital Management, LLC in 2008 with over 14 years experience in investment banking and financial services. Most recently, he spent 4 years in Morgan Stanley's Leveraged Finance group specializing in the Energy sectors. Prior to that Richard Vratanina worked for 5 years in the Power and Energy credit group at TD Securities. Before graduate school Richard spent 4 years with Accenture in their Financial Services group.

Richard Vratanina received an M.B.A. from New York University's Stern School of Business, as well as a B.S. in Industrial Management/Computer Science from Purdue University. He was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst® professional designation in 2015.

Marc H. McAfee

Managing Director

Marc McAfee joined Canaras Capital Management, LLC in 2012. Previously, he was a member of the Special Situations Group at MBIA focused on distressed credit workouts and restructurings. Additionally, he was an analyst in the Leveraged Finance Group at Banc of America Securities.

Marc McAfee graduated from Washington and Lee University and holds an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia.

Jeffrey C. Aborn

Analyst

Jeffrey Aborn joined Canaras Capital Management, LLC in 2009. He previously worked at US Bank where he was a Structured Finance Analyst focusing on cashflow and synthetic CLO's and resecuritizations. Prior to US Bank, he interned at the US Department of Commerce and the New Hampshire Division of International Commerce.

Jeffrey Aborn received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of New Hampshire and his M.B.A. from Southern New Hampshire University.

Peter B. Bastian

Analyst

Peter Bastian joined Canaras Capital Management, LLC in 2012 from Duke University, after working as an intern with the firm in the summer of 2011.

Peter Bastian received a B.S. in Statistical Science from Duke University.

Igor Matic

Analyst

Igor Matic joined Canaras Capital Management, LLC in 2014 from CIT Group, where he spent four years between restructuring and underwriting middle market credit transactions. Prior to that, he worked at Citigroup.

Igor Matic received a B.S. in Mathematics and B.A. in Economics from St. Lawrence University.

Nicholas E. Chretien

Junior Analyst

Nicholas Chretien joined Canaras Capital Management, LLC in 2015 from St. Lawrence University after working as an intern with the firm in the spring and summer of 2014.

Nicholas Chretien received a B.A. in Economics from St. Lawrence University.

Tonisha D. Kerr

Junior Analyst

Tonisha Kerr joined Canaras Capital Management, LLC in 2015 from St. Lawrence University after working as an intern with the firm in the spring and summer of 2014.

Tonisha Kerr received a B.A. in Economics from St. Lawrence University.

Claudio Chappell

Senior Operations Specialist

Claudio Chappell is a Senior Operations Specialist at Canaras Capital Management, LLC. Claudio joined Canaras Capital Management, LLC in July 2017, with 9 years of leadership experience in loan operations. Previously, Claudio was a Vice President of Middle Office Operations at GSO Capital/Blackstone, monitoring 17 funds with a total AUM of $5 billion. Prior to his work in operations, he worked as a Loans Sales and Trading Analyst as well as a Syndication Officer at The Bank of Nova Scotia for over 10 years.

Claudio Chappell received his B.S. in Business Administration from Fordham University and his M.B.A. from New York Institute of Technology.

Michael T. Pagliuca

Operations Specialist

Michael T. Pagliuca is an Operations Specialist at Canaras Capital Management, LLC. Michael joined Canaras Capital Management, LLC in 2017, with over 10 years of experience in Loan Operations for Blackrock Financial Management and Societe Generale, specializing in the settlement of par and distressed trades in the primary and secondary syndication loan markets. Michael received his B.A. in Economics from Rutgers University.

Omolara O. Oloruntuyi

Administrative Receptionist

Omolara Oloruntuyi joined Canaras Capital Management, LLC in 2014. Prior to that, she interned as an Administrative Assistant at Petrogap Oil and Gas.

Omolara Oloruntuyi received a B.S. in Economics from Obafemi Awolowo University.

David E. McClean, Ph.D.

Chief Compliance Officer

David McClean joined Canaras Capital Management, LLC as Chief Compliance Officer in 2007. Since 1992 he has been Principal of the DMA Consulting Group, a regulatory and business consultancy to the financial services industry. David serves or has served as Chief Compliance Officer for several client firms, including Aladdin Capital Management and Sailfish Capital Partners. Prior to DMA, he served as an officer in various legal compliance positions at Van Eck Global, BV Capital Management and National Securities & Research Corporation.

David McClean studied at Hunter College (B.A., 1986), NYU (M.A., 1996), and The New School for Social Research, M.A. (2003) and Ph.D. (2009). He holds FINRA's Series 7, 24, 27, 63, 79 and 82 licenses. Additionally, he is a Lecturer at Rutgers University (Newark) and teaches several courses in business ethics, including ethics in financial services.

Gregory E. Deveault

Accountant

Gregory Deveault joined Canaras Capital Management, LLC in 2014. He has previously worked in the financial services industry for Fidelity Management Research, Pine Capital, and independently for high net worth individuals.

Gregory Deveault received a B.S. in Business Administration and Finance with a minor in Global Economics from The University of Maine.