Matt Shehorn serves as Head of Underwriting & Portfolio Management at Northwest Sponsor Finance. Prior to joining Northwest Sponsor Finance, Matt was a Managing Director at Fidus Investment Advisors, LLC, the advisor to Fidus Investment Corporation, a publicly traded business development company with over $1.0 billion in assets under management.  While at Fidus, Matt invested across the capital structure, including senior debt, subordinated debt, and non-control equity securities within lower middle market businesses. Prior to Fidus, Matt was a Senior Associate with Allied Capital where he focused on subordinated debt and control equity investments. Prior to Allied, Matt was an analyst in Credit Suisse First Boston's Global Industrial & Services practice. Matt earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration from the University of Richmond and a master of business administration degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Matt resides in Chicago with his wife and two children.

David Thompson serves as Vice President at Northwest Sponsor Finance, where he focuses on originating, analyzing, and underwriting new deal opportunities, as well as monitoring existing portfolio companies. Before joining Northwest Sponsor Finance, David was a Senior Associate at Northleaf Capital Partners where he focused on underwriting and executing middle market private credit investments across sponsor, non-sponsor and specialty finance verticals. Prior to Northleaf, David was an investment banking associate in Baird’s Global Industrial Group where he focused on executing sell-side M&A mandates as well as equity and debt capital raises on behalf of Sponsors. Prior to Baird, David held credit analyst positions in Citi Banks commercial asset-based lending group as well as Credit Suisse leveraged finance group. David graduated from the Pennsyvania State University with a major in Finance and minor in Economics. He resides in Chicago, Illinois with his wife and son.

Derek Kuns serves as Vice President at Northwest Sponsor Finance, where he focuses on originating, analyzing, and underwriting new deal opportunities, as well as monitoring existing portfolio companies. Before joining Northwest Sponsor Finance, Derek was Vice President at Eads Bridge Holdings, an independent sponsor firm, overseeing new investment activity and portfolio company management. He has also worked in middle market direct lending with Comvest Credit Partners and Maranon Capital, and in investment banking with Houlihan Lokey’s Financial Restructuring Group. Derek graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame with a double major in Finance and Philosophy. He resides in Dublin, Ohio with his wife  

Chris Buehler serves as Vice President at Northwest Sponsor Finance where he focuses on originating, analyzing, and underwriting new deal opportunities, as well as monitoring existing portfolio companies. Chris has more than 15 years of diverse experience in banking, corporate development, commercial finance, and private equity. Prior to joining Northwest Sponsor Finance, Chris was previously with Nationwide as well as Stonehenge Partners, a lower middle market private equity firm in Columbus, Ohio. He has also held finance and banking roles with Procter & Gamble, Huntington Bank, and KeyBanc Capital Markets. Chris earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from The Ohio State University, and an MBA in Finance from OSU’s Fisher College of Business. He resides in Dublin, Ohio with his wife and two daughters.