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Ryan has over 25 years of investment and advisory experience with much of that time spent managing private credit funds and working with private credit fund investors around the world. At Star Mountain, he is involved in all aspects of the firm’s investment and portfolio management activities in addition to business development and investor relations efforts. Ryan joined Star Mountain from the specialist private debt advisory firm Avebury Capital Partners (now known as Arbour Partners) where he established and ran its North American operations, helping to build, advise, and raise capital for mezzanine and other private credit investment funds as well as sourcing secondary investment opportunities.
Ryan was previously a partner at Ember Capital (formerly known as Nomura Mezzanine), an alternative investment fund manager that managed a ~$350 million mezzanine fund sponsored by Nomura in addition to approximately ~$200 million in other pools of capital for senior and mezzanine debt investments. For nearly a decade at Ember/Nomura, he was responsible for originating, executing, and managing senior debt and mezzanine investments. During his time at Ember/Nomura, Mr. McGovern was instrumental in making more than 25 private credit investments. Ryan also played a key role in structuring and raising the firm’s funds, as well as with investor relations on a global basis.
Before joining Nomura in early 2005 to help launch its mezzanine debt investment business, Ryan was an investment professional at AIG-MezzVest, a ~$750 million mezzanine fund sponsored by the global insurance company AIG. Earlier in his career, he was an investment banking associate at HSBC and an investment banking analyst at Stephens Inc. Ryan began his career as an associate portfolio manager in the asset management division of Dominick & Dominick in New York.
He completed his MBA at HEC Paris and London Business School and holds a BA from Vanderbilt University. Hea also holds active FINRA broker dealer licenses and is currently a board member of ACG Cleveland.