Bill Casperson

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OCM Mezzanine Investments Group

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Mr. William Casperson is a Managing Director & Co-Portfolio Manager at Oaktree Capital Management LP and at OCM Mezzanine Investments Group.
He joined Oaktree in May 2007 and currently serves as co-portfolio manager for the Middle-Market Finance Group.
His primary responsibilities include oversight of the Middle-Market Finance team, portfolio construction and overall management of the Mezzanine Finance and Middle-Market Direct Lending strategies.
Prior to joining Oaktree, Mr. Casperson worked in the Leveraged Finance and Global Syndicated Finance groups at J.P.
Morgan Chase where he was responsible for leading high yield deal teams in all phases of due diligence and one-stop financings including senior credit facilities, high yield bonds and bridge loans.
Prior to that, he was a member of Chase Manhattan’s Financial Sponsor Group, where he was responsible for managing relationships with a variety of buyout funds.
From 1989 to 1998, Mr. Casperson worked at NationsBank N.A., most recently as a principal in the High Yield Finance Group.
Prior to NationsBank, he was an auditor at Touche Ross & Co. Mr. Casperson holds a B.A. degree in accounting from Rutgers University and an M.B.A. from The University of Michigan School of Business Administration with a concentration in finance.

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OCM Mezzanine Investments Group OCM Mezzanine Investments Group Investment ManagersFinance OCM Mezzanine Investments Group seeks opportunities to provide capital for leveraged buyouts, existing portfolio company acquisitions, financings for growth and expansion and platform build-up strategies, especially where add-on mezzanine financing is being considered. The firm invests in a diversified portfolio of mezzanine debt and equity investments. They target companies with the following characteristics: sustainable cash flow, proven management teams, strong relative positions in the market and well-developed business strategies	Private Equity Investor	05/04/2011

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Oaktree Capital Management LP Oaktree Capital Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Oaktree manages assets across a wide range of investment strategies within four asset classes: Credit, Private Equity, Real Assets, and Listed Equities. The firm employs a bottom-up, fundamental approach to investing.	Portfolio Manager-Fixed Income	01/01/2023
Oaktree Capital Management LLC Oaktree Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Oaktree Capital Management (OCM) focuses on investments in less efficient markets and alternative investments. The firm employs a proprietary, bottom-up investment approach. They use overall portfolio structuring as a defensive tool to help avoid dangerous concentration. The firm tends to invest in companies in the energy minerals, consumer non-durables and finance sectors. OCM invests globally across all market-caps and maintains a medium turnover rate. Their strategies include: convertibles, high yield bonds, private equity, real estate, distressed debt and emerging markets listed equities. OCM's bottom-up approach to investing in convertibles emphasizes identifying those which are likely to capture a high percentage of the appreciation of the stocks into which they are convertible while exposed to a lower percentage of any declines which may occur. The firm manages three convertibles strategies that focus on different regions and market sectors: US, international and high income. The firm's approach to high yield bond seeks the potential high yields offered by these bonds with as little risk as possible. Their high yield portfolios purchase only the debt of solvent US and Canadian corporations with a focus on senior, cash-paying securities and thorough diversification. OCM offers strategies that focus on US and European high yield bonds, as well as a high yield plus strategy, senior bank loans strategy, a European senior loans strategy and a mezzanine finance strategy. All of OCM's strategies employ fundamental credit analysis with a bias toward risk control. OCM's distressed debt investment approach seeks to combine the protection against loss that comes from buying claims on assets at bargain prices with the substantial gains achievable from returning companies to financial viability through restructuring. The firm offers two distressed debt strategies: distressed opportunities and value opportunities. The firm's private equity strategies combine a traditional private equity approach with a distress-for-control approach. The firm invests at any level of the capital structure and the use of leverage is limited. In addition to their main private equity strategy, OCM also manages strategies that focus on investments in Europe, Asia and power infrastructure. The firm makes opportunistic, bargain-oriented real estate investments with emphasis on smaller, less prominent transactions. They diversify investments thoroughly and limit the use of leverage. OCM targets a variety of global opportunities including direct property investments, corporate investments, undervalued debt, real estate-related equity securities and real estate development. Their real estate strategies emphasize risk control while focusing on the following areas: distress, inefficiency, value added and long-term growth. OCM believes that inefficiencies and price volatility in emerging markets provide opportunities to invest in misvalued securities. Their emerging markets strategy seeks opportunities in the Asia Pacific region, Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Russia. OCM combines a bottom-up, value-driven approach with top-down risk management. The firm also employs a long/short investment strategy that seeks substantial absolute returns.	Portfolio Manager-Fixed Income	30/04/2007
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (Investment Management) JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (Investment Management) Investment ManagersFinance JPMorgan-IM helps clients protect and grow their wealth across generations, creating the potential for them to achieve the vision they seek for themselves, their families, their businesses and their legacies. Clients benefit from a range of expertise that spans investments, wealth structuring, trust and estate planning, credit, banking and risk management.	Corporate Officer/Principal	01/01/2001
The Chase Manhattan Corp. The Chase Manhattan Corp. Major BanksFinance National commercial bank	Corporate Officer/Principal	01/01/2001
NationsBank Corp. NationsBank Corp. Major BanksFinance Bank holding company	Corporate Officer/Principal	01/01/1998

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NationsBank Corp. NationsBank Corp. Major BanksFinance Bank holding company	Finance
Oaktree Capital Management LLC Oaktree Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Oaktree Capital Management (OCM) focuses on investments in less efficient markets and alternative investments. The firm employs a proprietary, bottom-up investment approach. They use overall portfolio structuring as a defensive tool to help avoid dangerous concentration. The firm tends to invest in companies in the energy minerals, consumer non-durables and finance sectors. OCM invests globally across all market-caps and maintains a medium turnover rate. Their strategies include: convertibles, high yield bonds, private equity, real estate, distressed debt and emerging markets listed equities. OCM's bottom-up approach to investing in convertibles emphasizes identifying those which are likely to capture a high percentage of the appreciation of the stocks into which they are convertible while exposed to a lower percentage of any declines which may occur. The firm manages three convertibles strategies that focus on different regions and market sectors: US, international and high income. The firm's approach to high yield bond seeks the potential high yields offered by these bonds with as little risk as possible. Their high yield portfolios purchase only the debt of solvent US and Canadian corporations with a focus on senior, cash-paying securities and thorough diversification. OCM offers strategies that focus on US and European high yield bonds, as well as a high yield plus strategy, senior bank loans strategy, a European senior loans strategy and a mezzanine finance strategy. All of OCM's strategies employ fundamental credit analysis with a bias toward risk control. OCM's distressed debt investment approach seeks to combine the protection against loss that comes from buying claims on assets at bargain prices with the substantial gains achievable from returning companies to financial viability through restructuring. The firm offers two distressed debt strategies: distressed opportunities and value opportunities. The firm's private equity strategies combine a traditional private equity approach with a distress-for-control approach. The firm invests at any level of the capital structure and the use of leverage is limited. In addition to their main private equity strategy, OCM also manages strategies that focus on investments in Europe, Asia and power infrastructure. The firm makes opportunistic, bargain-oriented real estate investments with emphasis on smaller, less prominent transactions. They diversify investments thoroughly and limit the use of leverage. OCM targets a variety of global opportunities including direct property investments, corporate investments, undervalued debt, real estate-related equity securities and real estate development. Their real estate strategies emphasize risk control while focusing on the following areas: distress, inefficiency, value added and long-term growth. OCM believes that inefficiencies and price volatility in emerging markets provide opportunities to invest in misvalued securities. Their emerging markets strategy seeks opportunities in the Asia Pacific region, Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Russia. OCM combines a bottom-up, value-driven approach with top-down risk management. The firm also employs a long/short investment strategy that seeks substantial absolute returns.	Finance
The Chase Manhattan Corp. The Chase Manhattan Corp. Major BanksFinance National commercial bank	Finance
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (Investment Management) JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (Investment Management) Investment ManagersFinance JPMorgan-IM helps clients protect and grow their wealth across generations, creating the potential for them to achieve the vision they seek for themselves, their families, their businesses and their legacies. Clients benefit from a range of expertise that spans investments, wealth structuring, trust and estate planning, credit, banking and risk management.	Finance
Rutgers State University of New Jersey Rutgers State University of New Jersey Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
University of Michigan University of Michigan Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
OCM Mezzanine Investments Group OCM Mezzanine Investments Group Investment ManagersFinance OCM Mezzanine Investments Group seeks opportunities to provide capital for leveraged buyouts, existing portfolio company acquisitions, financings for growth and expansion and platform build-up strategies, especially where add-on mezzanine financing is being considered. The firm invests in a diversified portfolio of mezzanine debt and equity investments. They target companies with the following characteristics: sustainable cash flow, proven management teams, strong relative positions in the market and well-developed business strategies	Finance
Touche Ross & Co.	Commercial Services
Oaktree Capital Management LP Oaktree Capital Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Oaktree manages assets across a wide range of investment strategies within four asset classes: Credit, Private Equity, Real Assets, and Listed Equities. The firm employs a bottom-up, fundamental approach to investing.	Finance