January 30, 2025 – Encina Private Credit (“EPC”) bolstered the size of the team with key hires during 2024, enabling the business to deliver strong new business volume growth of 74% in its first out enterprise value loan product, compared to 2023. Encina continued to partner with direct lenders and private equity sponsors to support portfolio companies with growth capital and finance add-on acquisitions.
“We are pleased to announce the following additions to the Encina Private Credit team during this past year. These talented individuals helped enable EPC to deliver strong new business volume and position our business for continued growth in 2025 and beyond”, said Mike Hensinger, President and CEO of Encina Private Credit.
Caroline Farkas, Senior Vice President, Credit: Caroline joined EPC in November 2024 as a senior member of our credit underwriting and portfolio management team. Caroline joined EPC from Firmament Group after working in private equity at Atlas Holdings, Inc. Caroline graduated from Vanderbilt University.
Christian Osorio, Associate, Credit: Christian joined EPC in April 2024 as our first associate in the credit underwriting and portfolio management team. Christian joined us from Wells Fargo’s mid corporate banking group where he was an analyst. Christian has an MBA from Fairfield University’s Dolan School of Business.
Alex Buckanavage, Associate: Alex joined EPC in November 2024 as an associate in the commercial originations team. Alex joined EPC from Leargas Capital, LLC after working at Solebury Capital as an analyst. Alex graduated from the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business.
Diane Midollo, Controller: Diane Midollo joined EPC’s Finance department in December 2024 as the company’s Controller. Diane joined EPC from Opal Fuels, Inc in New York, and prior to that was the Vice President and Controller at Eastern Settlement Funding, Inc. Diane graduated from the State University of New York, Cortlandt.
Encina helps direct lenders offer competitive solutions with enhanced yields by providing:
- Competitively priced first out tranches up to $100 million
- A one stop solution including first out revolvers (& LC’s), term loans, DDTL’s
- Speed and certainty via an efficient and reliable approach
About Encina Private Credit
Encina Private Credit (“EPC”) is a specialty finance company that partners with direct lenders to provide first out enterprise value loans to private equity-sponsored and non-sponsored borrowers. EPC provides credit solutions in the form of first out priority revolvers, term loans, and DDTLs and typically invests between $15 million up to $100 million per transaction. For additional information, please visit EPC’s website at https://privatecredit.encinacapital.com/