Tom Gregory, Managing Director

Tom has over a decade's experience in private equity preceded by extensive work in leveraged lending, including 15 years leading turnarounds, and restructuring middle market companies. He has successfully led investments in leveraged buyout transactions aggregating more than $5 billion in enterprise value.

Prior to forming Maranon Capital, Tom was at American Capital Strategies, Ltd. from January 2002 through June 2006. He was a Managing Director responsible for the Midwest office and served on the American Capital Investment Committee. While at American Capital, Tom served on the boards of directors of Bridgeport Machines; Flexi-Mat Holdings; Fosbel Global Services; Hygenic Holdings; Swank Audio Visuals; Starcom Holdings; and Weber Nickel Technologies.

Before joining American Capital, Tom was a Founding Managing Member of Catalyst Equity Partners, LLC, a private equity fund that specialized in distressed and turnaround investing. From 1991 to 1996, he was at Heller Financial, Inc., where he advanced to Senior Vice President and Principal, leading the origination and management of equity investments. His other experience includes work in Citicorp North America's Leveraged Capital Division.

Tom earned an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University and a B.S.B.A. from the University of Missouri-Columbia.