Professionals

Steve Schroppe

Managing Director

New York

Steve is a managing director with Antares Capital.  He works in the firm’s capital markets group as a ratings advisor and is responsible for managing all aspects of the credit ratings process on behalf of the firm’s corporate clients.

Prior to Antares, Steve spent 15 years at GE Capital in several areas including finance, portfolio management and ratings advisory. Prior to GE, Steve was a financial analyst with IBM. He began his career at Citizens Bank of Maryland.

Steve graduated from Bucknell University and received an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

 

James Simms

Senior Vice President

New York

James is a senior vice president of Antares Capital. He is responsible for portfolio monitoring, portfolio analytics, reporting related activities, and management and monitoring of Antares Capital credit facilities.

James joined GE Antares in 2013. Prior to GE Antares, James was with GE Capital where he was responsible for asset management, financial planning and analysis, reporting and analytics.

James received his MBA from the University of Connecticut School of Business with a concentration in finance.

Jack Snyder

Managing Director

New York

Jack is managing director and head of U.S. Wealth Solutions.

Jack joined Antares Capital in 2024. Previously he served as managing director, national sales manager for Wirehouse and RIA channels and head of Retail Alternatives Sales for First Eagle Investments. Prior to this role, he worked as managing director, east regional manager, Global Private Client Group for Nuveen Investments.

Jack graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Salisbury University, Purdue School of Business with a specialization in finance.

Jeffrey Stammen

Managing Director

New York

Jeff is a managing director and global head of Investor Coverage in the Asset Management Group at Antares Capital.

Jeff joined Antares in 2021. Prior to Antares, Jeff was Head of North American Institutional Distribution at Barings. He also held previous roles at Babson Capital, Wells Fargo and Citi.

Jeff graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Miami University, received his MBA from Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management and is a CFA® charterholder.

Andrew Stern

Managing Director

New York

Andrew is a managing director in the Antares Liquid Credit Group, where he is a portfolio manager and oversees trading for the strategy. He serves as a member of the Liquid Credit Investment Committee.

Andrew joined Antares in 2023 after ten years at Apex Credit Partners, part of the asset management platform of Jefferies Finance LLC, where he was a managing director responsible for portfolio management and trading. Previously, Andrew held various portfolio management and credit trading roles at Rocwood Capital Management, Kingsland Capital Management, and Katonah Capital. Andrew began his career in investment banking at JPMorgan.

Andrew holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Emory University's Goizueta Business School with a concentration in Finance.

Colin Torrance

Managing Director

New York

Colin is a managing director with Antares Capital. He is responsible for structuring, underwriting, documenting and managing transactions. Colin joined GE Antares in 2006.

Prior to GE Antares, Colin began his career at GE Capital and is a graduate of GE’s Financial Management Program.

Colin graduated magna cum laude from Fairfield University, and received his MBA from New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

Paul Vannelli

Managing Director

New York

Paul is a managing director with Antares Capital. He is responsible for New York and Canada sponsor and pension plan coverage activities. Paul also is responsible for all facets of the deal process including originations, structuring, executing and managing investment opportunities.

Paul joined GE Antares in 2014 serving as vice president within the originations function. Earlier in his career, Paul worked at HSBC Bank in the financial sponsor coverage group.

Paul graduated with a bachelor of business administration degree in finance from Acadia University.

 

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.

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.

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.