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(212) 213-2009John Capperella

Managing Director, Second Lien Group

Mr. Capperella joined American Capital in July 2006 in the New York office as Managing Director and head of the Second Lien Group.  Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Capperella was Senior Vice President at GE Capital Markets responsible for structuring and selling of all GE junior capital transactions.  Prior to GE, Mr. Capperella spent time at two mezzanine funds where he was responsible for originating, structuring and closing middle market deals.  Mr. Capperella began his leveraged lending career at Heller Financial where he spent 9 years underwriting, documenting, closing and monitoring asset-based and cash flow transactions.

Mr. Capperella holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Delaware and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.