Gordon Saint-Denis joined Monroe Capital as managing director and head of sports finance. Saint-Denis will be responsible for originating new investments across the capital structure for acquisition financing and recapitalizations for sports teams and venues in North America and Europe as well as other businesses in the sports ecosystem, such as those involved in soccer, rugby, cycling, racing, golf, endurance races, e-sports and sports technology, merchandising, name, image and likeness, ticketing and equipment.
Prior to Monroe Capital, Saint-Denis was a managing director and group head in the sports advisory and finance group for Citizens Bank, where he provided financing to teams and venues for the NFL, the NHL, the NBA, MLB and MLS. Prior to Citizens, Saint-Denis was a managing director and group head in the sports advisory and finance group at Huntington Bank. He also headed the sports finance group at CIT Group and co-founded and led the sports finance group at SG Cowen. Saint-Denis has more than 20 years of experience in banking as well as sports consulting.
“We are very excited to add Gordon to the Monroe Capital originations team,” Tom Aronson, vice chairman and head of originations at Monroe Capital, said. “Gordon’s expertise and relationships will allow Monroe to continue building our sports vertical, which aligns with our desire to expand the sector specializations within an already robust originations platform. We are always looking to deepen our expertise in specialty niches where we can take advantage of our investing platform and create high quality investment opportunities for our investors.”
