Capital Southwest expands Executive Team with Key Promotions

DALLAS, May 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Capital Southwest Corporation (“Capital Southwest”) (Nasdaq: CSWC), an internally managed business development company focused on providing flexible financing solutions to support the acquisition and growth of middle market businesses, announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the promotion of Josh Weinstein to Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer and Chris Rehberger to Executive Vice President and Treasurer, effective immediately.

Bowen Diehl, Capital Southwest's President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "On behalf of our Board of Directors, I am very pleased to announce the well-deserved promotions of Josh and Chris. Josh has been a tremendous asset in building out our market presence as one of the leading lenders to the lower middle market. We look forward to expanding Josh’s role as we continue to grow our business and generate strong returns for our shareholders. Chris has been an instrumental part of our Finance team in building and managing a best-in-class balance sheet capitalization strategy, as well as managing all of our FP&A, valuations, and treasury operations. Both Josh and Chris will be valuable members of our senior management team and we are very excited to elevate their roles. We look forward to their contributions to continuing our strong track record of growth going forward." 

Mr. Weinstein joined Capital Southwest in 2015 to support the buildout of the firm’s credit-focused investment activities, and he has been a member of the Investment Committee since 2017. He joined Capital Southwest from Whitehorse Capital, where he was a Principal responsible for all aspects of the investment process including sourcing, structuring, analyzing and monitoring middle market credits. Prior to Whitehorse, Mr. Weinstein held Analyst positions with Morgan Stanley and Citigroup. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Mathematics from Columbia University, an MBA degree from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California and he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Mr. Rehberger joined Capital Southwest in 2015. Previously, he worked in corporate finance at American Capital where he was responsible for FP&A, corporate strategy, and debt capital markets activities. Chris earned a Bachelor of Science in Commerce with a concentration in Finance from the McIntire School at the University of Virginia and an MBA degree from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.