George R. Creel

Mr. Creel is the Co- Founder/Managing Partner of Decision Medical Ventures as well as the Managing Partner of Colesbury Capital. He co-founded Decision Medical Ventures, a New York and California-based life sciences investment firm, with Samantha Surrey. Colesbury Capital was launched in January 2008 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Colesbury® is an alternative investment platform that makes direct public and private company investments through its small cap long/short hedge fund and its middle market private equity investment vehicles. Colesbury also engages in merchant banking activities through its affiliate Colesbury Capital Markets and actively invests in U.S. land-based oil & gas drilling projects through Colesbury Energy Partners.

Prior to founding Colesbury, Mr. Creel was a partner and Managing Director at H.I.G. Capital, a Miami based private equity firm with over $7B in management, and a co-founder of Brightpoint Capital, H.I.G.’s public securities investment affiliate. Prior to joining H.I.G. Capital, Mr. Creel was a partner with a New York based registered investment advisory firm with over $2B in assets under management.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Creel held senior positions in institutional investment banking and brokerage, with the firms of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. and Deutsche Bank. Mr. Creel received his B.A. from Auburn University and is a member of the Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) Institute and the New York Society of Security Analysts. Additionally, he has participated in post-graduate executive programs at both the Columbia and Harvard Business Schools.