Investment Team

Dwayne Hyzak

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Hyzak has been a member of our Board since June 2020 and has served as our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman since October 2020. Since 2018, Mr. Hyzak has also served as Main Street’s Chief Executive Officer and as a member of Main Street’s board of directors. Mr. Hyzak also serves as a member of Main Street’s management team’s executive and investment committees. Previously, he served as Main Street’s President (2015 until November 2018), Chief Operating Officer (2014 until November 2018), Chief Financial Officer (2011 until 2014) and Senior Managing Director since 2011 and also served in other senior executive positions at Main Street prior to 2011. Prior to its IPO in 2007, Mr. Hyzak served as a Senior Managing Director and other executive positions of several Main Street predecessor funds and entities, which are now subsidiaries of Main Street. Mr. Hyzak joined Main Street in 2002, becoming one of the founding members of the firm. Prior to joining Main Street, Mr. Hyzak was a Director of Acquisitions and Integration with Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE: PWR), which provides specialty contracting services to the power, natural gas and telecommunications industries, where he was principally focused on the company’s mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance activities. Previously, Mr. Hyzak was a Manager with Arthur Andersen in its Transaction Advisory Services group. Mr. Hyzak currently serves on the board of directors of Child Advocates, a non-profit organization that trains and supports advocates to serve the interests of abused or neglected children in the greater Houston area.

David Magdol

President and Chief Investment Officer

David Magdol is our President and Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Magdol also serves as a member of our management team’s executive and investment committees. He was promoted to the role of President in November 2018 and has served as Chief Investment Officer since 2011. Previously, he also served as Vice Chairman and Senior Managing Director and in other senior executive positions at Main Street. Prior to our IPO in 2007, Mr. Magdol served as a Senior Managing Director and other executive positions of several Main Street predecessor funds and entities, which are now our subsidiaries. Mr. Magdol joined Main Street in 2002, becoming one of the founding members of the firm. Since October 2020, Mr. Magdol has also served as the President and Chief Investment Officer of MSC Income. Prior to joining Main Street, Mr. Magdol was a Vice President in the investment banking group at Lazard Freres & Co. Previously, he managed a portfolio of private equity investments for the McMullen Group, a private investment firm/family office capitalized by Dr. John J. McMullen, the former owner of the New Jersey Devils and the Houston Astros. Mr. Magdol began his career in the structured finance services group of JP Morgan Chase.

Jesse Morris

Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Managing Director

Jesse Morris is our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Morris also serves as a member of Main Street’s management team’s executive committee. He has management responsibility over Main Street’s internal operations and is also a Senior Managing Director on Main Street’s lower middle market investment team where his responsibilities include managing a portfolio of lower middle market investments where he is an active board member and assists those companies with various strategic initiatives, capital raises and M&A activity. Mr. Morris is also responsible for originating and executing new investments for the firm. Mr. Morris has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since October 2020 and previously served as Chief Financial Officer from 2021 until July 2024. Mr. Morris has also served as Main Street’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since joining Main Street in 2019 and previously served as Main Street’s Chief Financial Officer from 2021 until August 2024. Prior to joining Main Street, Mr. Morris served in various roles of increasing responsibility with Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE: PWR) from 2014 to 2019 including most recently as Executive Vice President – Finance and President – Infrastructure Solutions. In this position, he oversaw the accounting, treasury, tax and financial planning and analysis activities and led Quanta’s public-private partnership (P3) concession and private infrastructure investment activities. Prior to joining Quanta, Mr. Morris served in various financial and accounting positions of increasing responsibility with Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY) including as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer – Foodservice Operations and Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer – Broadline Operations. Mr. Morris began his career as a certified public accountant and was an Experienced Manager with Arthur Andersen.

Jaime Arreola

Managing Director

Jaime Arreola is a Managing Director on our lower middle market investment team and has served in this role since joining Main Street in January 2023. Prior to joining Main Street, Mr. Arreola was a Managing Director at Alloy Capital, a private credit firm that invests in growing companies in the middle market in Mexico. At Alloy Capital, Mr. Arreola was responsible for the origination and negotiation of new investments as well as overseeing and monitoring portfolio companies. Prior to joining Alloy, Mr. Arreola served as a Principal of Pinto America Growth Fund L.P. (“PAGF”), a private equity fund focused on investing in fast growing companies in the Hispanic market in the U.S. During his tenure in PAGF, Mr. Arreola served as the CEO of Excel Distribution for 6 years, a specialty distributor of Hispanic food products, until Excel’s successful sale. Prior to joining PAGF, Mr. Arreola worked for PepsiCo, McKinsey and Co. and Femsa Cerveceria in Mexico.

Colton Braud

Managing Director

Colton Braud, III is a Managing Director on our lower middle market team. Mr. Braud has served as a Managing Director since January 2017 and in various other roles from Associate to Director roles since joining Main Street in 2012. He has also served as a Managing Director of MSC Income since October 2020. Prior to joining Main Street, Mr. Braud spent two years as an Associate at Wellspring Capital Management, a middle market private equity firm based in New York. While at Wellspring, Mr. Braud’s responsibilities included evaluating leveraged buyout opportunities, conducting due diligence across a wide array of industries and portfolio management. Prior to Wellspring, Mr. Braud served as an Analyst at J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. in its Financial Sponsor Group.

Damian Burke

Managing Director

Damian Burke is a Managing Director on our lower middle market team. Mr. Burke joined Main Street in September 2019 and has also served as a Managing Director of MSC Income since October 2020. Prior to joining Main Street, from 2016 to 2019, Mr. Burke served as Chief Financial Officer of Melior Innovations, Inc., a Houston, Texas based company focused on commercializing new technologies in the semiconductor, coatings and oil field service sectors. Prior to joining Melior, from 2011 to 2016, Mr. Burke served as VP Corporate Development for Kraton Corporation (NYSE: KRA), a leading global specialty chemicals company, where he created and built out the corporate development group and led the execution of an acquisition program that doubled the size of the company. Prior to joining Kraton, from 2006 to 2011, Mr. Burke served as an SVP Development and Strategy with Oldcastle, Inc. (now known as CRH Americas), the North American division of CRH plc (NYSE: CRH), a leading global building materials business, where he led the acquisition of numerous privately held businesses in the building materials and products sectors. Mr. Burke began his career as an engineer with ExxonMobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) and served in roles of increasing responsibility in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Sammy Cashiola

Managing Director

Sammy Cashiola is a Managing Director on our private credit investment team. Mr. Cashiola has served as a Managing Director since January 2019 and in various other roles since joining Main Street in 2012 and has also served as a Managing Director of MSC Income since October 2020. Mr. Cashiola’s responsibilities include managing a portfolio of private loan and middle market investments. He is also responsible for sourcing, originating and executing on new investments for the firm. Prior to joining Main Street, Mr. Cashiola was an Associate Analyst on Morgan Keegan’s Internet & e-Commerce Equity Research team, which focused on companies in the digital media and ecommerce segments, and an Associate at T. Rowe Price Associates.

Diego Fernandez

Managing Director

Diego Fernandez is a Managing Director on our lower middle market investment team. Mr. Fernandez has served as a Managing Director since August 2021 and in various other roles from Senior Analyst to Director since joining Main Street in 2013. Since August 2021, Mr. Fernandez has also served as a Managing Director of MSC Income. Before joining Main Street, Mr. Fernandez worked for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he was involved in the origination, structuring and execution of leveraged loans and high yield bonds for various industries.

Nick Meserve

Managing Director

Nick Meserve is a Managing Director on our private credit investment team. Mr. Meserve’s responsibilities include managing a portfolio of private loan and middle market investments. He is also responsible for sourcing, originating and executing on new investments for the firm. Since October 2020, Mr. Meserve has also served as a Managing Director of MSC Income. Prior to joining Main Street in 2012, Mr. Meserve was at Highland Capital Management, LP, a large alternative credit manager, and certain of its affiliates, where he managed a portfolio of senior loans and high yield bonds across a diverse set of industries. Prior to Highland, he was a Credit Analyst at JP Morgan Chase & Co.