Professionals

Christine Wahl

Senior Vice President

New York

Christy is a senior vice president of portfolio originations at Antares Capital. She is responsible for developing private equity client relationships and generating deal flow from the existing portfolio.

Christy joined Antares in 2014, prior to which she was in credit & underwriting roles at lower middle market mezzanine firms, Praedsidian Capital and Parkway Capital Investors.

Christy graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of business administration degree from Loyola University Maryland.

Patrick Wallace

Managing Director

New York

Patrick is a managing director at Antares Capital, focused on secondary loan trading. Patrick joined Antares as part of the purchase in 2015 of the sponsor finance business of GE Capital.

Prior to joining GE Capital in August 2007, Patrick was the head loan trader at Societe General. Prior to that, Patrick worked at BNP Paribas and began his career at Bankers Trust in the High Yield Capital Markets group.

Patrick holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale University.

Patrick Watson

Vice President

Chicago

Patrick is a vice president at Antares Capital. He is responsible for structuring, underwriting, documenting, and managing private equity sponsored transactions.

Prior to joining Antares in 2018, Patrick held various credit roles in the Corporate Banking group at PNC.

Patrick earned a bachelor’s degree in finance and economics from the University of Alabama.

Ellen Weaver

Managing Director

Atlanta

Ellen is a managing director with the Credit Advisory Group of Antares Capital.

Prior to Antares, Ellen was with GE Capital and held positions in both finance and risk management. Prior to joining GE Capital, Ellen spent time in various finance roles with increasing responsibility at Nortel Networks, Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. and IBM Corporation.

Ellen holds an MBA from the College of William and Mary and a bachelor’s degree in finance from Indiana University.

Daniel Weishar

Vice President

Chicago

Dan is a vice president at Antares Capital and a member of the Asset Management & Funding team.

Previously, Dan worked in Antares’ Capital Markets group, responsible for structuring and syndicating Antares originated financings. Prior to joining Antares Capital, Dan began his career within the commercial banking division of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Dan earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Zachary Williams

Vice President

New York

Zack is a vice president at Antares Capital. He is responsible for structuring, underwriting, documenting, and managing private equity sponsored transactions.

Prior to joining Antares Capital, Zack completed GE’s Financial Management Program and held roles in the GE Asset Management and GE Capital businesses.

Zack earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from Penn State University.

Kathleen Wright

Senior Vice President

Atlanta

Kathleen is a senior vice president in the Portfolio Management team at Antares Capital. Prior to this role, Kathleen held positions in asset management as well as credit and underwriting responsible for structuring, underwriting, documenting and managing sponsor-backed leveraged loans.

Kathleen joined GE Antares in 2008 via the Merrill Lynch Capital acquisition and began her career in asset-based lending with GE Capital’s Corporate Lending Group.

She is a graduate of GE Capital’s Financial Management Program and received her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Wagner College in Staten Island, NY.

Rui Yang

Senior Vice President

New York

Rui is a Senior Vice President and Insurance Product Specialist in the Asset Management Group. Rui is responsible for helping to develop partnerships with insurance companies globally.

Rui brings more than a decade of insurance asset management experience to the role, having previously served as a vice president within the insurance strategy team at Goldman Sachs Asset Management where he advised insurers on strategic asset allocation and capital efficient investments.

Rui holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematical and computational sciences and a master’s degree in financial mathematics, both from Stanford University.

Donna Yip

Managing Director

New York

Donna is a managing director with Antares Capital’s Asset Management team. Prior to joining Antares, Ms. Yip was a managing director at PineBridge Investments LLC, where she worked in Global Fixed Income and Structured Products. Previously, Donna was a vice president at Oak Hill Advisors. Earlier in her career, Donna also spent time at Proskauer, Paul Hastings and PwC.

Donna received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Richmond and a JD degree from Emory University School of Law.

Menglin Zhang

Vice President

New York

Menglin is a vice president with the Asset Management team at Antares Capital. She is responsible for working with asset management clients and managing their funds and programs.

Prior to joining Antares in 2018, Menglin began her career at J.P. Morgan where she held roles in the Private Bank and Investment Bank.

Menglin graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Boston University and earned her MBA from New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

Brian Ziemer

Senior Vice President

New York

Brian joined Antares in 2013 as a member of the Capital Markets team.

Prior to Antares, Brian held positions in the Power and Utilities lending group at CIBC Capital Markets, and at Union Capital, a lower middle market private equity firm.

Brian has a bachelor's degree in economics from Villanova University.

John Zilko

Managing Director

New York

John is a managing director and Head of Americas Investor Coverage in the Asset Management Group at Antares Capital. John is responsible for developing and managing relationships with institutional investors, including public and private pensions, insurance companies, non-profits, and family offices.

Prior to joining Antares, John was the Head of US Institutional Sales at PineBridge Investments. He has also held investor coverage roles at PIMCO and Lord Abbett.

John earned his bachelor’s degree from University of South Florida. He is a CFA charterholder and is a member of the CFA Society of New York.