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SuperReturn North America
March 17-19, 2025
The InterContinental Hotel, Miami

Tim Lower
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer at Willow Tree Credit Partners
Panelist

Profile

Prior to founding Willow Tree, Timothy Lower, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, was a founding member of the direct lending business of Ares, which grew from $165 million in AUM at inception in 2004 to over $30.7 billion by 2016. He was a Partner and served on the investment committee for the firm’s flagship direct lending platform, Ares Capital Corporation. Prior to joining Ares in 2004, he was a member of the investment team at the Royal Bank of Canada where he focused on making senior and junior debt investments to private middle market companies across a wide variety of industries. Prior to Royal Bank of Canada, Mr. Lower worked in the Investment Banking division of Salomon Brothers/Citigroup. Mr. Lower graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University with a B.S. in Business Administration, Accounting and Finance.

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Agenda Sessions

  • LP sentiment for private credit: still a worthwhile investment?

    11:55am