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 has served as our President and Chief Investment Officer since October 2020 and as the President of Main Street since November 2018 and Chief Investment Officer since 2011. Mr. Magdol is also the chairman of Main Street’s management team’s investment committee and a member of Main Street’s management team’s executive committee. Previously, he served as Vice Chairman from 2015 until November 2018. Mr. Magdol has served in other senior executive positions at Main Street since prior to its IPO in 2007. Mr. Magdol co-founded and has served as a Senior Managing Director and in other executive positions of several Main Street predecessor funds and entities, which are now subsidiaries of ours, since 2002. Mr. Magdol joined Main Street from the investment banking group at Lazard Freres & Co. Prior to Lazard, 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 and has served in such roles since 2020, He also previously served as our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from 2021 until July 2024. Mr. Morris also serves as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Main Street, serves as a member of Main Street’s management team’s executive committee and has held various management roles since joining Main Street in July 2019. Mr. Morris has management responsibility over Main Street’s finance, treasury and internal operations. He 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 2020 and as our Chief Financial Officer since 2021. Prior to joining Main Street in 2019, 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. Mr. Arreola joined Main Street in 2023. His responsibilities include originating and executing on new investments for the firm. Mr. Arreola is also responsible for managing a portfolio of Lower Middle Market investments and assists those companies with various strategic initiatives, capital raises and M&A activity.

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. Mr. Arreola was responsible for all the origination, and negotiation of new investments as well as overseeing and monitoring of portfolio companies. Mr. Arreola previously served as 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. and as CEO of Excel Distribution, a specialty distributor of Hispanic food products.

Mr. Arreola began his career as a Brand Manager for Pepsico. Mr. Arreola holds a BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) in Monterrey, Mexico and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Colton Braud

Managing Director

K. Colton Braud, III is a Managing Director on our Lower Middle Market investment team. Since joining Main Street in 2012, Mr. Braud has previously served on our investment team in various roles from Associate to Director. Mr. Braud’s 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. He is also responsible for originating and executing on new investments for the firm.

Mr. Braud also currently serves as a Managing Director of MSC Income Fund, Inc., a business development company that is managed by MSC Adviser I, LLC, our wholly owned portfolio company and a registered investment adviser.

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. Prior to Wellspring, Mr. Braud served as an Analyst at J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. in the Financial Sponsor Group. Mr. Braud currently sits on the board of directors of The Children’s Fund, Inc. a non-profit charitable organization that serves underprivileged youth in the greater Houston Area.

Damian Burke

Managing Director

Damian Burke is a Managing Director on our Lower Middle Market investment team. Mr. Burke joined Main Street in 2019. 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. Burke is also responsible for originating and executing on new investments for the firm.

Mr. Burke also currently serves as a Managing Director of MSC Income Fund, Inc., a business development company that is managed by MSC Adviser I, LLC, our wholly owned portfolio company and a registered investment adviser.

Prior to joining Main Street, 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 services sectors. Mr. Burke previously served as VP Corporate Development for Kraton Corporation (NYSE: KRA) and an SVP Development and Strategy with Oldcastle Inc. (now known as CRH Americas), the North American division of CRH plc (NYSE: CRH). Mr. Burke began his career as an engineer with ExxonMobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM), serving 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. Since joining Main Street in 2012, Mr. Cashiola has previously served on our investment team in various roles from Analyst to Director, leading the firm’s technology leveraged finance effort. Mr. Cashiola’s responsibilities include managing a portfolio of Private Credit and Middle Market investments. He is also responsible for sourcing, originating and executing on new investments for the firm.

 Mr. Cashiola also currently serves as a Managing Director of MSC Income Fund, Inc., a business development company that is managed by MSC Adviser I, LLC, our wholly owned portfolio company and a registered investment advisor.

 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 e-commerce segments, and an Associate at T. Rowe Price Associates. Mr. Cashiola is an active supporter of Friends For Life, Houston’s first no-kill animal shelter, which saves animals regardless of their breed, age, or condition. He is also a CFA charterholder and is a member of the CFA Society of Houston.

Diego Fernandez

Managing Director

Diego Fernandez is a Managing Director on our Lower Middle Market investment team. Since joining Main Street in 2013, Mr. Fernandez has previously served on our investment team in various roles from Senior Analyst to Director. Mr. Fernandez’s 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. He is also responsible for originating and executing on new investments for the firm.

Mr. Fernandez also currently serves as a Managing Director of MSC Income Fund, Inc., a business development company that is managed by MSC Adviser I, LLC, our wholly owned portfolio company and a registered investment adviser.

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 our Managing Director and has served in this role since 2020. Mr. Meserve also serves as a Managing Director on Main Street’s private credit investment team. Mr. Meserve previously served on our Board of Directors from April 2016 until June 2020. Mr. Meserve’s responsibilities have included managing a portfolio of private loan and middle market investments. He is also responsible for sourcing, originating and executing new investments for the firm. 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.