Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> December 9, 2016

Interview with the Co-Founder, President and CEO: Harvest Capital Credit Corporation (NASDAQ:HCAP)

Buckanavage, Richard P.
Richard P. Buckanavage is the Co-Founder and serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Harvest Capital Credit Corporation. Prior to co-founding Harvest Capital Credit, Mr. Buckanavage co-founded, in 2003, and served as President and Chief Executive Office and as a member of the board of directors of Patriot Capital Funding, Inc., a publicly traded BDC, until its sale in 2009. Prior to co-founding Patriot Capital Funding, Mr. Buckanavage held several positions with GE Capital Corporation between 1999 and 2003, most recently as a managing director and head of debt capital markets where he was responsible for all domestic debt syndication and private placement activities for GE’s Global Sponsor Finance and Commercial Finance business units. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Buckanavage was a senior vice president and Midwest region manager for Creditanstalt Corporate Finance, Inc., or CCFI. During that time, he was also a senior investment officer at Creditanstalt Small Business Investment Corporation, or CSBIC, CCFI’s private equity group that originated and managed a portfolio of noncontrolling equity investments. While at CSBIC, Mr. Buckanavage was also a member of the board of directors of several of CSBIC’s portfolio companies. His professional experience also includes various business development and portfolio management roles in the leveraged finance groups at Bank of America, and Fleet Bank and its predecessors. Mr. Buckanavage received a B.S. degree in finance from Central Connecticut University and an MBA with a concentration in finance from Syracuse University. Mr. Buckanavage’s experience in managing BDCs and overseeing investment portfolios, as well as his familiarity with the operations of the company, provides the board with a valuable perspective. Profile
TWST: Tell us about the history of Harvest.

Mr. Buckanavage: Harvest Capital Credit was formed in 2011 officially. I started to have conversations with potential