Managing Director and Co-Portfolio Manager
Mr. Casperson joined Oaktree in 2001 and currently serves as co-portfolio manager for the Middle-Market Finance Group. His primary responsibilities include oversight of the Middle-Market Finance team, portfolio construction and overall management of the Mezzanine Finance and Middle-Market Direct Lending strategies. Prior to joining Oaktree, Mr. Casperson worked in the Leveraged Finance and Global Syndicated Finance groups at J.P. Morgan Chase where he was responsible for leading high yield deal teams in all phases of due diligence and “one‐stop” financings including senior credit facilities, high yield bonds and bridge loans. Prior to that, Mr. Casperson was a member of Chase Manhattan’s Financial Sponsor Group, where he was responsible for managing relationships with a variety of buyout funds. From 1989 to 1998, Mr. Casperson worked at NationsBank N.A., most recently as a principal in the High Yield Finance Group. Prior to NationsBank, he was an auditor at Touche Ross & Co. Mr. Casperson holds a B.A. degree in accounting from Rutgers University and an M.B.A. from The University of Michigan School of Business Administration with a concentration in finance.