Corporate Governance
Executive Officers
Lawrence Golub Chairman of the Board
Mr. Golub has served as Chairman of our Board of Directors since November 2009. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of Golub Capital and serves on the Investment Committee of our investment adviser, GC Advisors LLC.
Mr. Golub is active in charitable and civic organizations. He is a member of the Harvard Medical School Board of Fellows, a member of the Columbia Medical School Board of Advisors, President of the Harvard University JD-MBA Alumni Association and a member of the Advisory Council of Harvard Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government. Mr. Golub currently serves on the Stanford Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Council and the Advisory Board of Stanford Impact Labs.
Previously, Mr. Golub was a Managing Director of Bankers Trust Company. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director of Wasserstein Perella where he established the firm’s capital markets group and debt restructuring practice. Mr. Golub started his career at Allen & Company Incorporated where he engaged in private equity, leveraged finance and mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Golub was a private member of the Financial Control Board of the State of New York for over twelve years. He was a White House Fellow and served for fifteen years as Treasurer of the White House Fellows Foundation. He was Chairman of Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a non-profit developer and manager of low-income housing in the Bronx. He served for fifteen years as a trustee of Montefiore Medical Center, the university hospital of the Albert Einstein Medical School.
Mr. Golub earned his AB degree magna cum laude in economics from Harvard College. He received an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was selected as a Baker Scholar, and a JD from Harvard Law School, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
David Golub Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Golub is Chief Executive Officer of Golub Capital BDC. He is also the President of Golub Capital and serves on the Investment Committee of our investment adviser, GC Advisors LLC. Prior to joining Golub Capital in 2003, Mr. Golub was a Managing Director of Centre Partners, a leading middle market private equity firm, and of Corporate Partners, a Lazard-sponsored $1.5 billion private equity fund formed to acquire significant minority stakes in established companies. Mr. Golub is a member of the Founder’s Council of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, where he was the first board Chairman and a long-time director. Mr. Golub is a member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council. He is also a member of the Director’s Circle of the Association of Marshall Scholars. He previously served on the boards of the Loan Syndications and Trading Association, Hudson Guild and the World Policy Institute. Mr. Golub is on the board of directors of Burton Snowboards and has served on the boards of numerous public and private companies. Mr. Golub earned his AB degree magna cum laude in Government from Harvard College. He received an MPhil in International Relations from Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was named an Arjay Miller Scholar.
Matthew Benton Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Benton is Chief Operating Officer of GBDC. He is also a Managing Director at Golub Capital. In these capacities, he leads program management for Golub Capital’s BDC business, which encompasses the Firm’s public and private BDCs. He was previously a Managing Director in the Structured Products group, responsible for identifying, developing and executing various capital and liquidity solutions for the Firm. Prior to joining Golub Capital, Mr. Benton was a Managing Director in the Financial Institutions Investment Banking group at Wells Fargo Securities, where he primarily focused on the specialty finance sector, and led the de novo buildout of a more formalized small/midcap bank investment banking coverage effort. His investment banking responsibilities included developing and leading initiatives for his clients that encompassed capital raising, both equity and debt, as well as providing strategic advisory services to management teams and boards of directors. Prior to that, Mr. Benton led and coordinated investment banking deal teams in a variety of advisory and capital markets transactions. Mr. Benton began his career at First Union Securities in the Leveraged Finance group. In this capacity, he was part of deal teams that structured, underwrote and marketed syndicated loans. Mr. Benton earned his BS degree with honors in Business Administration and Economics from the University of the Pacific.
Christopher Ericson Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Mr. Ericson is Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of GBDC. Prior to this position, Mr. Ericson served in various senior finance roles since first joining Golub Capital in 2009, including as Controller for Golub Capital BDC. He rejoined Golub Capital in 2018 as a Director on the Corporate Development team in the Investor Partners Group. Prior to joining Golub Capital, Mr. Ericson served as the Controller at Downsview Capital, a hedge fund focusing on private investments in public equities. Prior to that he worked at Guggenheim Partners and Deloitte. Mr. Ericson earned his BS degree in Commerce from the University of Virginia. He received an MS degree in Accountancy from the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign. He is a registered Certified Public Accountant in Illinois.
Gregory Robbins Managing Director
Mr. Robbins is an officer of GBDC. He is also Vice Chair of Golub Capital and a member of the board of the Loan Syndications and Trading Association. Mr. Robbins serves on Golub Capital’s Leadership and Operating Committees and has held several other senior positions during his time at the Firm. Prior to joining Golub Capital, Mr. Robbins was a Vice President in the Merchant Banking Group at Indosuez Capital. Mr. Robbins earned a BS degree in Economics, with a Finance concentration, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Joshua Levinson Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary
Mr. Levinson is Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of GBDC. He is also Chief Operating Officer, Co-General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Golub Capital. In these capacities, he is responsible for managing the legal, compliance, product solutions, marketing, communications, content and responsible investing functions for the Firm. Prior to joining Golub Capital, Mr. Levinson was Counsel at Magnetar Capital, and before that, in private practice at King & Spalding and Wilson Sonsini. Mr. Levinson earned his BS degree in Political Science from Vanderbilt University. He received a JD cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was an Associate Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. Mr. Levinson has earned the right to use the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation.
Jon Simmons Managing Director, Corporate Strategy
Mr. Simmons is the Managing Director of Corporate Strategy of GBDC. He is also a Senior Managing Director and Head of Corporate Development at Golub Capital. In these capacities, he is responsible for developing and executing strategic projects across the Firm. He was previously a member of the Direct Lending team, where he underwrote, executed and monitored investments for the firm. Prior to joining Golub Capital, Mr. Simmons was a Senior Associate at Churchill Financial where he executed senior and junior debt investments as well as equity co-investments in middle-market companies and managed the workout of distressed investments. Prior to this position, he was an investment banking Associate at J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. where he originated, structured and executed senior and subordinated debt, hybrid and preferred equity transactions for specialty finance and banking institutions. Mr. Simmons graduated magna cum laude from Colgate University with a BA in Mathematics and Economics.
Tim Topicz Director
Mr. Topicz is an officer of GBDC. He is also a Director at Golub Capital. In these capacities, he is responsible for the program management for Golub Capital’s BDC business, which encompasses the Firm’s public and private BDCs. Prior to joining Golub Capital, Mr. Topicz was a Vice President in the Financial Institutions Investment Banking group at Wells Fargo Securities, where he led the Firm’s investment banking coverage effort for the Business Development Company sector. Mr. Topicz earned his BS with honors in Business Administration and Finance from The Ohio State University. He received an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is a CFA® Charterholder.
Board of Directors
John Baily*
Kenneth Bernstein*
Mr. Bernstein has been a member of the board of directors of GBDC since 2010. Mr. Bernstein has been the chief executive officer of Acadia Realty Trust since 2001 and the president and a trustee since its formation in 1998. Mr. Bernstein is responsible for strategic planning as well as overseeing the day-to-day activities of Acadia Realty Trust including operations, acquisitions and capital markets. He was an independent trustee of BRT Apartments Corp. from 2004 to 2016. From 1990 to 1998, he served as chief operating officer of RD Capital, Inc. until its merger into Acadia Realty Trust. He was an associate with the New York law firm of Battle Fowler LLP, from 1986 to 1990. Mr. Bernstein has been a member of the board of directors of a member of the board of directors of GBDC 3 since August 2017 and was a member of the board of directors of GCIC from November 2014 to September 2019. He has been a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, International Council of Shopping Centers, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, for which he serves on the Board of Governors, the Urban Land Institute and the Real Estate Roundtable. Mr. Bernstein was also the founding chairman of the Young Presidents’ Organization Real Estate Network and is currently a member of its board of advisors. He holds a BA from the University of Vermont and a JD from Boston University School of Law.
Lawrence Golub
Mr. Golub has served as Chairman of our Board of Directors since November 2009. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of Golub Capital and serves on the Investment Committee of our investment adviser, GC Advisors LLC.
Mr. Golub is active in charitable and civic organizations. He is a member of the Harvard Medical School Board of Fellows, a member of the Columbia Medical School Board of Advisors, President of the Harvard University JD-MBA Alumni Association and a member of the Advisory Council of Harvard Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government. Mr. Golub currently serves on the Stanford Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Council and the Advisory Board of Stanford Impact Labs.
Previously, Mr. Golub was a Managing Director of Bankers Trust Company. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director of Wasserstein Perella where he established the firm’s capital markets group and debt restructuring practice. Mr. Golub started his career at Allen & Company Incorporated where he engaged in private equity, leveraged finance and mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Golub was a private member of the Financial Control Board of the State of New York for over twelve years. He was a White House Fellow and served for fifteen years as Treasurer of the White House Fellows Foundation. He was Chairman of Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a non-profit developer and manager of low-income housing in the Bronx. He served for fifteen years as a trustee of Montefiore Medical Center, the university hospital of the Albert Einstein Medical School.
Mr. Golub earned his AB degree magna cum laude in economics from Harvard College. He received an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was selected as a Baker Scholar, and a JD from Harvard Law School, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
David Golub
Mr. Golub is Chief Executive Officer of Golub Capital BDC. He is also the President of Golub Capital and serves on the Investment Committee of our investment adviser, GC Advisors LLC. Prior to joining Golub Capital in 2003, Mr. Golub was a Managing Director of Centre Partners, a leading middle market private equity firm, and of Corporate Partners, a Lazard-sponsored $1.5 billion private equity fund formed to acquire significant minority stakes in established companies. Mr. Golub is a member of the Founder’s Council of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, where he was the first board Chairman and a long-time director. Mr. Golub is a member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council. He is also a member of the Director’s Circle of the Association of Marshall Scholars. He previously served on the boards of the Loan Syndications and Trading Association, Hudson Guild and the World Policy Institute. Mr. Golub is on the board of directors of Burton Snowboards and has served on the boards of numerous public and private companies. Mr. Golub earned his AB degree magna cum laude in Government from Harvard College. He received an MPhil in International Relations from Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was named an Arjay Miller Scholar.
Lofton Holder*
Mr. Holder has been a member of the board of directors of GBDC since 2021, where he serves on the Nominating and Corporate Governance, Audit and Compensation committees. Mr. Holder also served on the board of directors for Manning & Napier (NYSE), where he served as chair of the Compensation Committee. He also served as an advisor to the management team at Landed, a private company focused on helping essential professionals purchase homes. He is the co-founder and retired managing partner for Pine Street Alternative Asset Management Company. Pine Street invests seed capital with emerging hedge fund managers. Prior to creating Pine Street, Mr. Holder was a Managing Director at Investcorp and JP Morgan Asset Management. In these roles, he served the investment needs of major global institutional investors working across all equity and fixed income asset classes as well as hedge fund, private equity and real estate investments. Earlier in his career, Mr. Holder was a municipal finance investment banker at JP Morgan and The First Boston Corporation. He is actively engaged in the community and is particularly focused on ideas to advance educational opportunity and student achievement for young people from low-income backgrounds. Mr. Holder is a board member for The Edwin Gould Foundation and Maimonides Medical Center and serves as Chair of the Investment Committees for both organizations. He also served as a Trustee for Pace University where he served on the Audit Committee. Mr. Holder received a BA in Political Science from Columbia University and an MBA from the Yale School of Organization and Management.
Anita Rival*
Ms. Rival has been a member of the board of directors of GBDC since 2011. Ms. Rival became a trustee of Baron Investment Funds Trust in May 2013. From April 2022 to April 2023, Ms. Rival served as an independent director for Trian Investors 1 Limited, a Guernsey registered company listed on the London Stock Exchange. From January 2014 to September 2022, she served as an independent director for Impala Asset Management. From April 2011 through May 2012, she served as an independent advisor to Magnetar Capital, a multi-strategy hedge fund. From 1999 until her retirement in February 2009, Ms. Rival was a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Harris Alternatives, LLC, and its predecessor, Harris Associates, L.P. As a Portfolio Manager at Harris Alternatives, LLC, Ms. Rival managed all aspects of a $14 billion fund of hedge funds, including asset selection, risk assessment and allocation across investment strategies. Prior to Harris Alternatives, LLC, Ms. Rival held senior level positions at several large asset management/investment banking institutions, including Banker’s Trust, Global Asset Management and Merrill Lynch Capital Markets. Ms. Rival received her BA in 1985 from Harvard University.
William Webster IV*
Mr. Webster has been a member of the board of directors of GBDC since 2010. Mr. Webster currently serves on the Board of Directors, and is the Chair of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee, of International Battery Metals Ltd. Mr. Webster is one of the co-founders of Advance America, Advance Cash Centers, Inc. Mr. Webster served as a director from the company’s inception in 1997 through May 2012 and as the Chairman of the board of directors from August 2008 through May 2012 and previously from January 2000 through July 2004. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Advance America, Advance Cash Centers, Inc. from its inception through August 2005. From May 1996 to May 1997, Mr. Webster served as Executive Vice President of Education Management Corporation and was responsible for corporate development, human resources, management information systems, legal affairs and government relations. From October 1994 to October 1995, Mr. Webster served as Assistant to the President of the United States and Director of Scheduling and Advance. Mr. Webster served as Chief of Staff to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Richard W. Riley from January 1993 to October 1994. From November 1992 to January 1993, Mr. Webster was Chief of Staff to Richard W. Riley as part of the Presidential Transition Team. Mr. Webster previously served on the board of directors of LKQ Corporation (NYSE) from 2003 to May 2020 and on the board of directors of Compass Systems, Inc. from 2014 to May 2021. Mr. Webster holds an Executive Masters Professional Director Certification, the highest level, from the American College of Corporate Directors, a public company director education and credentialing organization. Mr. Webster is a 1979 summa cum laude graduate of Washington and Lee University and a Fulbright Scholar. Mr. Webster is also a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law.
*Independent Director