Eric Lloyd

Eric is Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors. He also serves as Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Barings BDC, Inc. In addition to these roles, Eric is President of Barings LLC, where he leads and manages cross-asset investment teams, corporate strategy, business development, product management, investment business management, research analytics and quant, permanent capital, special situations, and marketing and communication. Eric also works closely with all the investment teams at Barings LLC. Prior to his current role, he served as Head of Private Assets.

Eric has worked in the industry since 1990 and his experience has encompassed leadership positions in investment management, investment banking, leveraged finance and risk management. Prior to joining Barings in 2013, Eric served as Head of Market and Institutional Risk for Wells Fargo, was on Wells Fargo's Management Committee, and was a member of the Board of Directors of Wells Fargo Securities.

Before the acquisition of Wachovia, Eric worked in Wachovia's Global Markets Investment Banking division and served on the division's Operating Committee where he had various leadership positions, including Head of Wachovia's Global Leveraged Finance Group.

Eric is an Executive Sponsor of both the Veteran’s and the Out & Allies Employee Resource Groups. He holds a B.S. in Finance from the University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce.