As a Senior Partner and a member of Twin Brook’s Investment Committee, Richard Christensen oversees the firm’s origination activity.
Prior to joining Twin Brook in 2015, Rich had been with Madison Capital Funding LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of New York Life Investments, since its initial founding in 2001. Rich’s primary responsibilities at Madison Capital included client relationship management and new business development, where he focused on originating and structuring transactions with middle market private equity sponsors. Additionally, at Madison Capital, he was part of the organization’s specialty Micro Cap Leveraged Finance Group, which executed transactions for private equity sponsors in the Lower Middle Market. Prior to joining Madison Capital, Rich held various positions in loan underwriting and portfolio management at Bank of America’s Commercial Finance Group (formerly NationsCredit Commercial Corp.) and First Source Financial, Inc. Rich received a B.S. in Finance from the University of Arkansas and an M.B.A. and an M.A. in Accounting from the University of Iowa.