Ryan Flanders joined Monroe Capital as vice president in its New York office. He will serve on the firm’s Investor Relations and Marketing team.

Prior to Monroe, Flanders was head of Private Debt Products at Preqin, where he created and established Preqin’s coverage of the private debt asset class, managing marketing, sales and external communications on a worldwide basis while serving as a frequent contributor on the conference circuit. Throughout his seven years at Preqin, Flanders also served in client services and business sales roles.

“We are very excited to add Ryan to the Monroe Capital team,” said Ted Koenig, president and CEO of Monroe. “Ryan has an accomplished career working in sales [and] client services. He brings with him many great relationships and deep knowledge of the private debt market landscape.”