Ian Fowler is the Co-CEO and a founding director of Corinthia Global Management and is responsible for overseeing the investment team and strategy alongside fellow Co-CEO Adam Wheeler. He is also a member of Corinthia’s North American and European Investment committees.
Ian was formerly the Co-Head of Barings LLC’s Global Private Finance Group, a member of the group’s North American, European and Asia-Pacific Private Finance Investment Committees, and President of Barings BDC, Inc. At Barings he was responsible for leading a team that originates, underwrites, and manages global private finance investments. He was also CEO of Private BDC [BCIC] and Co-CEO of Private Perpetual BPCC. Ian has worked in the industry since 1991 and has experience in middle market commercial finance, including originating, underwriting, and managing senior secured and mezzanine loans. Prior to joining Barings in 2012, he was a Senior Managing Director at Harbour Group and co-founded Freeport Financial LLC. While at Freeport, he helped build the company into one of the top 5 non-bank affiliated middle market Sponsor finance companies in the U.S. Before Freeport, Ian was Managing Director and Global Group Leader for GE Capital’s Global Sponsor Finance Group. Prior to GE Capital, Ian held various leverage finance and investment positions with NationsBank and Mellon Bank.
Ian holds a B.A. (Honors) from the University of Western Ontario and is a member of the CFA Institute.