Abacus Finance Group, a company in cash flow-based, classic senior debt for sponsor-led buyouts of lower middle-market companies, promoted Sean McKeever, who is a founding partner, from chief operating officer to president and Greg Scanlon from associate to senior associate. The company also hired Jeremy Pak as an analyst.
“Sean and Greg are key members of what has become one of the strongest investment teams in our industry. Additionally, as we enter our fourteenth year, our team’s experience continues to deepen with hires like Jeremy Pak, making us better prepared than ever to meet our goal of providing our sponsors with the resources to deliver swift and efficient service,” Tim Clifford, CEO and founding partner of Abacus, said. “The strength of our investment team and our ability to move quickly are important aspects of why they can count on us and the effectiveness of our total partnership approach.”
McKeever, an investment committee member, is involved in all aspects of the firms investing and fundraising activities. Earlier, he was a founding partner at Amalgamated Capital and was a vice president at Churchill Financial. He was also a founding member of the leveraged finance group at Comerica Bank. McKeever has an M.S. in financial economics from Boston University and a B.S. in business administration from Babson College.
As an investment team member, Scanlon is involved with structuring, underwriting, executing, monitoring and valuing investments for the firm. Before joining Abacus in 2021, he was an analyst within MetLife Investment’s corporate private credit group. Greg earned a B.S. in finance from Rutgers Business School.
Pak, who joined Abacus in 2025 as an analyst, is an investment team member involved with supporting the structuring, underwriting, executing, monitoring and valuing investments for the firm. Previously, he was an analyst within SMBC’s leveraged finance group, and he began his career with Truist as a credit analyst. Jeremy earned a B.S. in business administration from Washington and Lee University.
