President

Brent Humphries

President and Founding Member

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Brent Humphries

Brent Humphries joined AB in 2014 as a founding member and President of AB Private Credit Investors, where he has primary responsibility for overseeing all aspects of the business, including chairing the investment committee, fundraising, investor relations, investment originations, structuring and underwriting, as well as ongoing portfolio management and compliance. He previously held the same position with Barclays Private Credit Partners. Prior to joining Barclays, Humphries served as group head, generalist financial sponsor coverage for Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, and later led its structured private equity initiative. Before that, he served as a partner and managing director of the Texas Growth Fund, a middle market private equity firm. Humphries previously worked in leveraged finance with NationsBank and J.P. Morgan, and as a financial analyst with Exxon. He holds a BBA in finance with an emphasis in accounting from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Location: Austin

Wesley Raper

Chief Operating Officer and Founding Member

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Wesley Raper

Wesley Raper joined AB in 2014 as a founding member and Chief Operating Officer of AB Private Credit Investors, where he is involved in strategy and planning, operations, financing, accounting, portfolio analyses, cash management and compliance. He formerly held the same role at Barclays Private Credit Partners. Prior to that, Raper was a vice president in the Information Technology Group at Barclays, where he was responsible for building the technology platform for the leveraged-finance business. He holds an MEng from the University of Bristol and an MS in finance from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College. Location: Austin

Virginia Kocher, CPA

Chief of Staff

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Virginia Kocher

Virginia Kocher joined AB in 2016 as the Chief of Staff for AB Private Credit Investors, where she is involved in various strategic, operational and administrative aspects of the business. Before joining AB, she was the chief operating officer and head of operational due diligence at Gapstow Capital Partners, an alternative investment advisor. Prior to that, Kocher was an operational due diligence analyst at Barclays Wealth Americas and Barclays Global Investors. She began her career as an auditor at Ernst & Young. Kocher holds a BBA and MPA from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a registered Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in New York State. Location: Austin

Liz Pyeatt

Head of Office Administration

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Liz Pyeatt

Liz Pyeatt joined AB in 2015 as the Head of Office Administration with AB Private Credit Investors, where she is involved in executive support and administration management. Previously, she was the operations manager for LookNook and a senior associate at Austin Asset. Pyeatt holds a BS in financial planning from Texas Tech University. Location: Austin