Bio

Mr. Archer has returned to Brightwood as Chief Credit Officer, a position he held during 2013 to 2015 and oversees Brightwood’s existing portfolio of investments. He began his career in 1976 at a predecessor of National Westminster Bank as a Relationship Manager focused on the media industry. In 1981, he joined Bankers Trust Company (which ultimately merged with Deutsche Bank), initially as a Relationship Manager in the Media Group, for which he subsequently served as Co-Head. From 1994-1996, he served within Bankers Trust’s private equity unit and was a voting partner on all of the firm’s investments with primary responsibility for investments in the media industry. Ultimately Mr. Archer was appointed Chief Credit Officer for Bankers Trust Company and Co-Global Head, Non-Investment Grade Credit for Deutsche Bank. In 2002, Mr. Archer joined Goldman Sachs & Co as Chief Debt Underwriter and served as a senior member of the Firmwide Capital Committee and Co-Chair of the Capital Markets Capital Committee. In this capacity, Mr. Archer held responsibility for overseeing the diligence of underwriting commitments and terms of all leveraged credit underwritings. In 2006, Mr. Archer joined Barclays Capital as Head of Leveraged Credit Risk for the Americas. In 2008, he became a Managing Director and Investment Committee member of Veronis Suhler, Stevenson (“VSS”), a firm investing in private equity and junior debt. Since 2008 Mr. Archer has been a consultant to The Canadian Public Pension Board (“CPPIB”) where he advises CPPIB on all debt investments made by CPPIB. Education: Mr. Archer holds a B.A. from Rutgers College and a M.B.A. from the Stern School of Business at New York University.