Jason W. Reese is 54 years old and has been Executive Co-Chairman of our Board of Directors since February 2020. Mr. Reese is the Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Imperial Capital Asset Management, LLC and the Co-Founder and Executive Committee Member of Imperial Capital, LLC, both founded in 1997. Imperial Capital Asset Management is a registered investment advisor that manages or has managed various hedge funds, investment partnerships, a private REIT and a private equity fund. Imperial Capital, LLC is a registered broker-dealer. Combined, the Imperial Capital Group companies employ approximately 200 employees. Prior to Imperial Capital, Mr. Reese was a principal with Gordon Investment Corporation, a merchant banking firm in New York and Dallas, where he focused on investing in distressed real estate transactions, high yield securities and leveraged buyouts. Prior to Gordon, Mr. Reese worked in the Corporate Finance Group at PaineWebber in New York. Mr. Reese graduated with honors from Yale University with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering.

Mr. Reese brings to our Board of Directors investment expertise and extensive experience in capital markets.

Matt Kaplan has been our Chief Executive Officer and President since March 2022. Mr. Kaplan has served as a Portfolio Manager for GECM, since October 2020, as well as a Managing Director of ICAM focused on investment opportunities across the capital structure. Mr. Kaplan joined ICAM in 2020 after spending four years at Citadel LLC from 2015 to 2019 investing in special situations and event-driven credit and equities. Mr. Kaplan previously worked in Research with Imperial Capital US from 2007 to 2014 and moved to Imperial Capital UK from 2014 to 2015. Mr. Kaplan earned a B.S. in Managerial Economics from the University of California, Davis and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation from the CFA Institute.

Adam M. Kleinman has been our Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary since September 2017. Mr. Kleinman has served as GEG’s President and Chief Operating Officer since March 2018, and as GECM’s Chief Operating Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel since November 2016. Mr. Kleinman was a Partner, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of MAST Capital from March 2009 to September 2017. Prior to joining MAST Capital, Mr. Kleinman was an associate in the Banking and Leverage Finance group at Bingham McCutchen LLP, where he represented financial institutions, hedge funds and corporate borrowers in a broad range of commercial finance transactions. He holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and a B.A. in History from Haverford College.

Michael P. Keller has been President of Great Elm Specialty Finance, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GECC, since November 2021. Prior to joining Great Elm, Mr. Keller was previously a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Credit Value Partners, LLC where he oversaw the company’s Direct Lending and Investment Platform. Previously, Mr. Keller was a member of CapitalSource Finance’s senior management team where he led many different areas including head of the Restructuring Group where he was responsible for the management of the Company’s stressed loan portfolio, including Cash Flow, ABL and Real Estate Loans. He also oversaw CapitalSource’s special situation lending initiatives and spearheaded a $300 million opportunistic credit fund. Prior to this, Mr. Keller headed up restructuring efforts for the $1.8 billion Healthcare Finance Division of FINOVA on behalf of Berkadia, LLC; a joint venture between Berkshire Hathaway and Leucadia National Corporation. Mr. Keller has also held various senior, financial/investment positions at PNC Bank and Household International. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame.