Bruce Spohler

Co-Founder at SLR Capital Partners

Mr. Spohler is a co-founder and managing member of SLR Capital Partners, LLC. He is a co-chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of SLR Investment Corp., SLR Senior Investment Corp., and SCP Private Credit Income BDC LLC.

Previously, Mr. Spohler was a managing director and a former co-head of U.S. Leveraged Finance for CIBC World Markets. He held numerous senior roles at CIBC World Markets, including serving in the U.S. Management Committee, Global Executive Committee, and the Deals Committee, which approves all of CIBC World Markets’ U.S. corporate finance debt capital decisions. During his tenure, he was responsible forthe senior loan, high yield and mezzanine origination and execution, as well as CIBC World Markets’ below investment grade loan portfolio in the U.S. As a co-head of U.S. Leveraged Finance, he oversaw over 300 capital raising and merger and acquisition transactions, comprising over $40 billion in market capitalization.

He joined CIBC World Markets in 1995 when it acquired The Argosy Group, of which Mr. Spohler was a founding member and managing director. Prior to The Argosy Group, Mr. Spohler was employed by Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated.

Mr. Spohler earned a B.S. from Syracuse University and an M.M. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

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  • Co-Founder

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