James Bragg

James Bragg Prior to joining Flat Rock Global, James served as Vice President in the US Private Credit Solutions for Allianz Global Investors after their acquisition of Sound Harbor Partners where James was a Principal and Analyst. In these roles, he underwrote primary and secondary broadly syndicated and middle market leveraged loan deals. At Allianz Global Investors, he was also a key contributor to the launch of a new middle market loan strategy partnering with a regional bank to source middle market loans directly on a secondary basis while underwriting the loans. Sound Harbor Partners was a private credit manager specializing in alternative investments in corporate loans, direct lending, distressed debt, and opportunistic credit.

During his tenure at Aladdin Capital, James underwrote and monitored high yield bonds and leveraged first and second lien loans across eleven CLO funds and five separate managed accounts representing $4.5b of AUM. James was a Director and Senior Analyst at Aladdin before their acquisition by Sound Harbor Partners. James was Vice-President at Denali Capital where he was an early contributor to the growth of this commercial loan asset management startup from inception to 8 CLO funds representing $2.5b of AUM. He also oversaw the successful development of three credit analysts at Denali.

James earned his Bachelors in History from Dartmouth College and his MBA from the University of Rochester. James is a CFA charterholder.