Mr. McGann has 23 years of experience in accounting, operations, and financial reporting. Prior to joining CIFC, Mr. McGann held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Capstone Investment Advisors LLC. Previously, he was the Chief Financial Officer at Guggenheim Investment Management LLC and Guggenheim Corporate Funding LLC, where he was responsible for the accounting and finance functions of Guggenheim Partners’ structured credit division. Prior to his role at Guggenheim Investment Management, Mr. McGann performed various accounting and finance roles within Guggenheim Partners, as well as having worked as an audit senior at Deloitte. Mr. McGann holds a B.S. in Accountancy from Northern Illinois University. Mr. McGann is a licensed CPA in the State of New York, and is a member of AICPA and NYSSCPA.

Ms. Thomas is the Chief Accounting Officer at CIFC and has over 21 years of experience in accounting and financial reporting. Prior to joining CIFC in January 2013, Ms. Thomas spent four years at iStar Financial Inc. where she was responsible for financial reporting and accounting policy. Prior to that, Ms. Thomas was a Manager in the assurance and advisory services practice of Ernst & Young, LLP where she served clients in the real estate and financial services industries. Ms. Thomas holds a B.S. degree from St. John’s University. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the AICPA and the NYSSCPA.

Mr. Hager has 25 years of experience focused in accounting, taxation, financial reporting, and fund operations. Prior to joining CIFC, Chad held the position of Senior Controller at Diameter Capital Partners LP, where he was responsible for fund accounting, tax and regulatory compliance. Prior to Diameter, he spent a decade as CFO for Wilson Capital Management LLC, a boutique long/short equity hedge fund manager, and before that as Controller/CCO at Second Curve Capital. Mr. Hager started his career in public accounting, providing audit, tax, and advisory services to a variety of industry groups before focusing on the fund space as a Manager in the Alternative Investment Group at Marcum LLP. Mr. Hager holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from Hofstra University, and has been a licensed CPA in the State of New York since 1999.

Ms. Kanekar has 26 years of experience providing complex tax consulting, structuring and compliance services for hedge funds, private equity funds, and the investment strategies and products they employ. Prior to CIFC, she worked at credit focused investment firms, the Blackstone Group, Angelo Gordon, Cross Ocean Partners, and Silver Point. She specializes in credit, including distressed debt & special opportunities, and hedge/private equity asset classes. In addition, she has worked with public accounting firms PricewaterhouseCoopers and Arthur Andersen, in senior positions. While at PricewaterhouseCoopers, she was awarded the Chairman’s Award for being a team lead for the design and development of the curriculum for Learning & Education – Structuring and Strategy: Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds. Ms. Kanekar holds a B.Com degree from University of Pune, India, graduating first class with distinction.

Mr. Soysouvanh is the Controller at CIFC and has 15 years of accounting, tax, audit experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining CIFC, Mr. Soysouvanh served as the Controller at the family office for the co-founders of Fortress Investment Group. Previously, he held accounting and finance positions at hedge funds, ExodusPoint Capital Management, Third Point and MSD Capital. Mr. Soysouvanh holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from Baruch College.

Ms. Huang has 9 years of experience in fund structuring, tax compliance, tax provision and tax audit. Prior to joining CIFC, Ms. Huang was at Ernst & Young, LLP, where she served clients in the private equity, credit and debt fund industries. There she also performed tax provision services to banking clients and assurance services to mutual funds. Ms. Huang holds a M.S. in Tax and a B.S. in Accountancy from Bernard M. Baruch College.