Medley Management announced Howard Liao joined the Medley team as a managing director and member of the corporate credit group.

Howard joins Medley with over 14 years of leveraged finance, direct lending and private equity experience originating, structuring and investing in a variety of credit-oriented alternative investments. Prior to joining, Liao held several positions at Lehman Brothers. He was a member of Lehman’s leveraged finance group, a founding principal of Lehman’s mezzanine fund and, most recently, a managing director in Lehman’s private equity principal investments group managing private and syndicated debt and private equity investments for the Lehman estate.

Brook Taube, CEO of Medley, commented, “We are pleased to add Howard to our growing team at Medley. Howard’s experience in leveraged finance is a welcome addition to our already strong credit team and demonstrates Medley’s continued commitment to building a premier middle market lending platform.”