Andalusian Credit Partners scales with senior appointments

Mid-market direct lending platform Andalusian Credit Partners has appointed a new chief financial officer and senior advisor as it continues to scale its business.

Moses Awe – former senior director of finance at Hercules Capital – has been named chief financial officer; while media and entertainment industry veteran Sandy Climan has been named senior adviser.

Awe has more than 15 years of finance and public and private accounting experience in the asset management and direct lending industries.

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Meanwhile, Climan has more than 40 years of experience successfully investing in and operating media and entertainment businesses.

“We are thrilled to welcome Moses and Sandy to Andalusian as we continue building upon our strong infrastructural foundation and unmatched network of relationships,” said Aaron Kless, chief executive and chief investment officer of Andalusian Credit Partners.

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“With our world-class team and differentiated investment strategy in place, Andalusian is incredibly well positioned to deliver excellence to our investors while supporting non-sponsored and sponsor-backed companies across the large and underserved United States middle market.”

Andalusian Credit Partners focuses on diversified senior secured leveraged lending to non-sponsored and sponsor-backed companies in the US.

Kless added that the firm is interested in building its business in the media and entertainment, sports, and financial services ecosystems. Climan’s experience “will augment our existing sourcing and underwriting capabilities,” he said.

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