Professionals

Harry Dittrich

Vice President

New York

Harry is a vice president with Antares Capital.

He is responsible for structuring, underwriting, documenting and managing private-equity sponsored transactions.

Harry graduated summa cum laude from Syracuse University and with a degree in finance and accounting.

Anthony Díaz

Managing Director

New York

Anthony is a managing director at Antares Capital, focused on leveraged loan sales and trading for syndicated transactions. Anthony joined Antares as part of the purchase in 2015 of the sponsor finance business of GE Capital.

Prior to joining GE Capital in 2003, Anthony held several controllership positions at Cantor Fitzgerald, Nikko Securities and UBS.

Anthony earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from St. John’s University and an MBA in finance from The Lubin School of Business at Pace University.

Amy Ecker

Managing Director

New York

Amy is a managing director in Antares’ Liquid Credit Group, where she is responsible for the research and analysis of investments in senior secured loans and high yield bonds across the media, telecom, automotive, industrials, metals & mining and transportation sectors.

Amy joined Antares in 2023 after twelve years with HPS Partners, where she was a managing director responsible for investments in the loans and bonds of corporate borrowers across several sectors. Before her tenure at HPS, Amy held a similar role at Stanfield Capital Partners focusing on investments in various sectors. Prior to Stanfield, Amy was in the High Yield department at JP Morgan.

Amy graduated from Hofstra University with a BBA in Finance and is a CFA Charterholder.

Michael Elizondo

Vice President

New York

Michael is a vice president at Antares Capital, where he is responsible for loan syndication, sales, and trading.

Previously, Michael was a member of the Antares portfolio originations team, where he worked to develop private equity client relationships and generate opportunities from the existing portfolio. Prior to joining Antares, Michael began his career at J.P. Morgan.

Michael earned his bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at Austin and his M.S. Finance from Southern Methodist University – Cox School of Business.

James Esposito

Senior Vice President

New York

James is a senior vice president on the Structured Products team at Antares Capital.

Prior to joining Antares in 2023, James was a director at Credit Suisse in the Global Credit Products division, holding positions on the Corporate Asset Finance and Credit Strategy teams.

James graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Yale University and received an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business.

Joe Ghergurovich

Vice President

New York

Joe is a vice president with Antares’ Liquid Credit Group. He is responsible for the research and analysis of investments in senior secured loans and high yield bonds across the consumer, retail, packaging and energy sectors.

Joe joined Antares in 2024. Prior to Antares, Joe was a credit research analyst at Sixth Street Partners on the performing credit team. He also held similar roles at Assured Investment Management, Pretium Partners and Prudential Global Investment Management. Joe started his career as a sales & trading analyst at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.

Joe graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Biochemistry and is a CFA Charterholder.

Helen Guo

Senior Vice President

New York

Helen is a senior vice president in the Asset Management Group at Antares Capital.

Before joining Antares, she managed all facets of the CLO equity investment process at Eagle Point Credit Management LLC. Helen has experience in investing and navigating CLOs, complex structured finance transactions, and credit derivatives. She also served as a junior deal captain with the U.S. CLO structuring team at BNP Paribas CIB.

Helen earned a bachelor’s degree in science and a master’s degree in financial engineering from Columbia University.

John Hak

Senior Vice President

New York

John is a senior vice president in the Structured Products team at Antares Capital.

Prior to joining Antares in 2021, John was a vice president in Investment Strategy at AIG where he was responsible for managing asset allocations for the investment portfolios of AIG’s insurance companies.

John earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from Yale University.

Justin Hawthorne

Senior Vice President

New York

Justin is a senior vice president in the Asset Management group at Antares Capital. He is responsible for managing various asset management client programs.  Justin joined GE Antares in 2012.

Prior to joining GE Antares, Justin held portfolio management and risk roles in GE Capital’s Bank Loan Group.  Justin joined GE Capital in a finance role in 2003 after holding previous roles in that capacity.

Justin earned a bachelor’s degree from Central Connecticut State University, and an MBA from Fairfield University.

William Hershon

Senior Vice President

New York

William is a senior vice president and advisor consultant of U.S. Wealth Solutions. William joined Antares in 2024.

William most recently worked as a vice president at CAIS, where he consulted with RIAs, Family Offices and Independent Broker-Dealers on alternative investments. Prior to CAIS, William worked as a Global Wealth Management and Portfolio Analytics Group specialist at PIMCO.

William earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from The Pennsylvania State University.

Warren Van Heyst

Vice President

New York

Warren is a vice president of Capital Markets. He is responsible for structuring and syndicating debt financings for private equity backed companies across all industry verticals.

Warren joined Antares in 2018. Prior to joining Antares, he spent four years at Credit Suisse in the Investment Banking Division where he worked on structuring large corporate and sponsor transactions. Prior to that, Warren spent two years at Bank of America as a credit underwriter.

Warren received a B.A. in Economics from Emory University.

Laura Hom

Managing Director

New York

Laura is a managing director at Antares Capital. She is responsible for managing Antares’ Strategic Investor Programs. Laura has also held positions in Capital Markets and originations at Antares and its predecessor firm, GE Capital.

Prior to Antares, Laura held positons in the Leverage Finance Group at CIBC, Fleet Bank, and Chase Manhattan Bank.

Laura earned a bachelor’s degree from Barnard College, Columbia University.