Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 2, 2015

Interview with the CEO and President: Full Circle Capital Corporation (FULL)

Gregg J. Felton is Chief Executive Officer and President of Full Circle Capital Corporation, and is primarily responsible for overall investment strategies and portfolio management. Mr. Felton is also a managing member and Chief Investment Officer of Full Circle Advisors, and a managing member of Full Circle Service Company. Mr. Felton joined Full Circle Capital in November 2013. Prior to joining Full Circle Capital, from 2006 to 2013, Mr. Felton was a Partner and Managing Director of Goldman Sachs, and the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Liberty Harbor, Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s credit alternatives platform. He oversaw various investment vehicles, including hedge funds, mutual funds and institutional managed accounts, and facilitated the launch of Goldman Sachs’ business development company, Goldman Sachs BDC. From 2009 to 2010, Mr. Felton was Head of Credit for Goldman Sachs Asset Management, overseeing approximately $60 billion in assets. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Mr. Felton was a senior portfolio manager at Amaranth Advisors, a multistrategy hedge fund located in Greenwich, Connecticut. He led Amaranth’s global corporate credit investment team from 2000 to 2006. Prior thereto, Mr. Felton was a vice president at Chase Manhattan Bank, where he served as a portfolio manager and senior analyst for Chase’s Special Situations Fund. Mr. Felton began his career in the high yield finance department of Chase’s Global Investment Bank. In 2013, Mr. Felton partnered with an investment management firm to form Altus Power America, an investment vehicle that focuses on solar-power-generation assets. In addition, Mr. Felton serves as a director of Rye Country Day School. Mr. Felton’s broad experience managing investment vehicles and funds provides the board of directors with industry expertise and a valuable perspective on a variety of credit transactions. Mr. Felton received a B.A. from Tufts University in 1992, a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1996 and an MBA from Georgetown University School of Business in 1996. Profile
TWST: Full Circle Capital Corporation is governed as a business development company, or BDC. What makes that structure attractive for Full Circle? 

Mr. Felton: Prior to joining