Prior to founding Willow Tree, Timothy Lower, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, was a founding member of the direct lending business of Ares, which grew from $165 million in AUM at inception in 2004 to over $30.7 billion by 2016. He was a Partner and served on the investment committee for the firm’s flagship direct lending platform, Ares Capital Corporation. Prior to joining Ares in 2004, he was a member of the investment team at the Royal Bank of Canada where he focused on making senior and junior debt investments to private middle market companies across a wide variety of industries. Prior to Royal Bank of Canada, Mr. Lower worked in the Investment Banking division of Salomon Brothers/Citigroup. Mr. Lower graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University with a B.S. in Business Administration, Accounting and Finance.

Willow Tree Credit Partners LP is a private credit alternatives firm founded in 2017 by industry veteran Tim Lower. Headquartered in New York, with satellite offices in Miami and Chicago, Willow Tree is a credit alternatives platform focused on providing senior secured, floating rate middle market loans to financial sponsor-backed and family-owned middle market businesses. Through a multi-pronged origination effort that includes a growing network of operating advisors and financial sponsors, Willow Tree focuses on sourcing and structuring bespoke capital solutions for businesses with EBITDA ranging from approximately $5 to $75 million.