Executive Officers

Stephen Kadenacy, 54
Executive Chairman of the Board

Stephen M. Kadenacy, our Executive Chairman, is a Co-Founder and a Co-Managing Partner of SilverBox Capital. He has been serving as the Chairman of Centerline Logistics Corp, a leading marine oil transportation services firm and ship assist company, since July 2019. Mr. Kadenacy served as the Chief Executive Officer of SBEA until its business combination with BRCC in February 2022 and served as Chairman and CEO of Boxwood Merger Corp until its business combination and remained on the board of directors of the combined company, Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc., until April 2020. Between May 2008 and July 2017, Mr. Kadenacy served in a number of senior leadership roles at AECOM, a large engineering and technical services business, including its President and Chief Operating Officer from September 2015 to July 2017, President and Chief Financial Officer from 2014 to 2015 and Chief Financial Officer from 2011 to 2014. During his tenure at AECOM, the company grew from approximately $5 billion of revenues in 2008 to approximately $18 billion in 2017. Previously, Mr. Kadenacy was a Partner at KPMG in Economic Consulting and served as a member of the board of directors of ABM Industries, a provider of facility management services, YMCA of Greater Los Angeles and the Board of Trustees for the UCLA’s Anderson School of Business.

Joseph Reece, 61
Chief Executive Officer

Joseph E. Reece, our Chief Executive Officer, is a Co-Founder and a Co-Managing Partner of SilverBox Capital. Previously, he founded Helena Capital, a merchant bank and a predecessor company of SilverBox Capital, in April 2015 and served as Chief Executive Officer until January 2017, and then again from October 2018. Mr. Reece has been serving as Non-Executive Chairman of Compass Minerals since May 2021, having been a member of the board of directors since 2019. He has also been a member of the board of directors of Quotient Technology Inc. since May 2022 and NCR Corporation since November 2022. Mr. Reece also served as a Consultant to BDT & Company, LLC from October 2019 to January 2022. Mr. Reece previously served as Executive Chairman of SBEA until its business combination with BRCC in February 2022 and served as Executive Vice Chairman and Head of UBS Securities, LLC’s Investment Bank for the Americas from February 2017 to September 2018. Prior to that, he was at Credit Suisse from 1997 to 2015, in roles of increasing responsibility, including eventually serving as Global Head of Equity Capital Markets and Co-Head of Credit Risk. His prior experience includes practicing as an attorney for ten years, including at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and at the SEC. Mr. Reece has previously served as a member of the board of directors of UBS Securities, LLC, of Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc. and its predecessor company, Boxwood Merger Corp., of Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, Inc., of RumbleOn, Inc, of CST Brands, Inc., and of LSB Industries, Inc. Mr. Reece also currently serves on the board of the Foundation for the University of Akron and Chair-ity, Inc. and has previously served on the boards of directors of the Georgetown Law Center, KIPP, The Fulfillment Fund, and the New York Foundation for the Arts.

Duncan Murdoch, 51
Chief Executive Officer

Duncan Murdoch, our Chief Investment Officer, has over 25 years of private equity and investment banking experience. Mr. Murdoch is currently the Chief Investment Officer of SilverBox Capital, and served as Chief Investment Officer of Boxwood Capital, the predecessor to SilverBox Capital, since April 2020. Previously, Mr. Murdoch served as Chief Investment Officer of SBEA until its business combination with BRCC in February 2022, and Mr. Murdoch served as Chief Investment Officer of Boxwood Merger Corp. until its business combination with Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc., from November 2018 to February 2020. Prior to that Mr. Murdoch spent approximately 17 years at Macquarie Capital in New York where he was a Senior Managing Director, from 2006 to October 2018, and also served as Co-Head of the Principal Transactions Group US from 2010 to 2018, and as Co-Head of the Industrials Group US from 2006 to 2010. Mr. Murdoch also served on numerous committees at Macquarie Capital including the US Capital Commitments Committee and the US Operating Committee. While at Macquarie Capital, Mr. Murdoch led numerous investments and acquisitions on behalf of Macquarie Capital and funds managed by affiliates of Macquarie Capital across multiple sectors, including infrastructure, business services, environmental services, aerospace, and consumer. Mr. Murdoch served on the board of directors of numerous private companies, including Brek Manufacturing Company, Utility Service Partners, Inc., Puralube, Inc., Icon Parking Systems, Smarte Carte, Inc., DNEG, Anaergia Inc., MST Global, and Skis Rossignol S.A. Previously, Mr. Murdoch worked for BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. in Toronto, for Macquarie in Sydney in their Corporate Advisory Group, and for justices in the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia.

Jin Chun, 43
Chief Executive Officer

Jin Chun, our Chief Operating Officer, has more than 20 years of private equity and investment banking experience. Mr. Chun is a Partner of SilverBox Capital, and served as Chief Operating Officer of SBEA until its business combination with BRCC in February 2022. Previously, Mr. Chun was a Managing Director of Macquarie Capital based in New York, where he was a member of its principal investing team from November 2005 to December 2020 where he was responsible for sourcing, executing and managing investments on behalf of Macquarie Capital and funds managed by affiliates of Macquarie Capital. Past investments have included debt, preferred equity and common equity investments across technology, financial services, infrastructure, travel and leisure, and gaming sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Chun worked for Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in its Industrial M&A team from 2001 to 2005. Mr. Chun serves on the board of directors of Read Ahead, Inc.

Daniel E. Esters, 57
Chief Executive Officer

Daniel E. Esters, our Chief Financial Officer, is the Chief Financial Officer and a Partner of SilverBox Capital. He formerly served as the Chief Financial Officer of SBEA until its business combination with BRCC in February 2022 and as the Chief Financial Officer of Boxwood Merger Corp. from November 2018 to February 2020. Mr. Esters spent 24 years serving in a variety of capacities at several investment banking firms where he accumulated extensive transaction experience including origination, due diligence assessment, structuring, negotiation and marketing of a wide range of merger and acquisitions, debt financings, restructurings and public equity offerings. From August 2014 to September 2018, Mr. Esters served as a managing director of M&A Capital LLC, a boutique investment banking firm and independent sponsor. From May 1996 to August 2014, he served in the Investment Banking department of Jefferies LLC, where his last role was as Managing Director within the firm’s financial sponsor group. Previously, Mr. Esters served with the Investment Banking department of PaineWebber, Inc. and with the audit practice of accounting firm Price Waterhouse LLC, where he earned his C.P.A. license.

Board of Directors

David Lee, 54
General Counsel

David Lee, our General Counsel, has more than 25 years of experience in representing private equity firms (and their portfolio companies) and owners of U.S. middle market companies as legal counsel. He formerly served as the General Counsel of Boxwood Merger Corp. until its business combination with Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc., from November 2018 to February 2020. He is the founder and Manager of Co-Counsel, LLC (a boutique M&A law firm established in October 2017) and the founder and Manager of Atrium Exit, LLC (a legal technology company established in August 2019). Mr. Lee served as Special Counsel at Jenner & Block LLP from October 2015 to September 2017, as Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of 10x Market, LLC from January 2013 to October 2015, and as Partner at DLA Piper LLP from December 2010 to December 2012. Prior to that, he served as Partner at Mayer Brown LLP from January 2007 to December 2010, as Partner at Kaye Scholer LLP from 2005 to 2006, as Partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP from 2002 to 2004 and as Associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP from 1996 to 2002. Mr. Lee holds a Bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Chicago and a law degree from Northwestern University School of Law.

Richard A. Gadbois, 65
Director Nominee

Richard A. Gadbois, who will serve as one of our independent directors, is currently Chairman of HS Group, an Asia alternative asset management-seeding firm and a director at Argyle Street Management Limited Hong Kong, where he has served since 2008. Mr. Gadbois currently serves on the advisory board of Main Management, LLC, a San Francisco-based investment management firm, where he co-founded the firm’s Core Endowment Portfolio in 2007. Mr. Gadbois formerly served on the Board of Boxwood Merger Corp. from November 2018 to February 2020. Previously, Mr. Gadbois was a senior advisor to Oakmont Corporation, a $2.5 billion family office, from 2015 to 2018. Mr. Gadbois also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Roth Asset Management, Inc. from 2010 to 2013 at which time he also co-founded GROW Partners LLC, a privately-owned hedge fund sponsor, and served as Managing Director of EAM Investors, LLC, a majority-employee-owned, institutionally-focused investment management boutique. From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Gadbois co-founded and served as President of Vantis Capital Management LLC, a long-short equity fund with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Prior to this, Mr. Gadbois served as a Senior Vice President with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated from 1994 to 2001, Prudential Securities from 1989 to 2004 and Shearson Lehman Hutton from 1980 to 1989. Mr. Gadbois holds a Bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara and is a Founder and Trustee Emeritus of the Sage Hill School. Mr. Gadbois has served on the Investment Committee for the Orange County Community Foundation and the Pacific Symphony for more than 10 years.

Juan I. Creixell, 51
Director Nominee

Juan I. Creixell, who will serve as one of our independent directors, is currently a Partner at Custos Family Office, a financial advisory firm, and sits on its investment committee. Prior to Custos, Mr. Creixell was at the JPMorgan Private Bank from May 2007 to November 2020, where he served Ultra High Net-Worth families both in Houston and in Austin, and where he was Head of Investments for Central and South Texas. Mr. Creixell began his career as an analyst at Chase Manhattan Bank, and subsequently worked in New York City as a trader at several investment banks including JPMorgan, Commerzbank Securities and Jefferies Securities. Mr. Creixell holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Business Administration from University of Wisconsin?—?Madison. He also serves on the board of the St. Louise House, the board of trustees and the Alumni Association board of St. Michael’s Catholic Academy, and is on the finance committee for Seton Ascension Texas Healthcare system. Mr. Creixell is well-qualified to serve on the board of directors due to significant experience in the areas of investments and finance.

Katie O’Reilly, 43
Director Nominee

Katie O’Reilly, who will serve as one of our independent directors, is currently Managing Director at Prosek Partners, an integrated marketing, PR and communications firm, a position she has held since January 2022. Previously, she spent 15 years at the Milken Institute, a non-profit, non-partisan think tank, as its executive director of business and program development overseeing the organization’s revenue generation from December 2012 to January 2022 and in various other leadership positions beginning in February 2007. She began her career as a community organizer and policy analyst for the Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness from 2001 to 2003 and served as Senior Fundraiser for United Way from 2003 to 2007. She currently serves as a Senior Advisor to the Milken Institute and on the Advisory Board of the Global Fund to End Slavery. She is also co-chair with Sarah Murdoch of the US Board of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and serves on the advisory board of Beyond Barriers, a platform committed to accelerating women in leadership.