Timothy Janszen

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Biography

Mr. Timothy Janszen is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer & Member of the Investment and Valuation Committees at Newport Global Advisors. He served as a Board Member at Mesquite Gaming. Mr. Janszen has been investing in high-yield and distressed debt investments for over 29 years. He is a founding member of Newport and has been its CEO since the Firm's inception. Mr. Janszen is on the Board of Directors of the Firm and is a member of the Investment Committee for all of the funds it manages. From 2001 until he co-founded Newport, Mr. Janszen was a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at AIGGIG, where he was the head of the High Yield Group. In this role, Mr. Janszen oversaw the trading of over $15 billion of high-yield assets, including $2 billion in distressed assets. He also oversaw the activities of the AIG Distressed Portfolio and was the lead portfolio manager of all general and separate high-yield accounts. Mr. Janszen joined AIGGIG with its acquisition of American General Investment Management ("AGIM") in 2001. At AGIM, he was head of credit research. He had previously worked for AGIM as a senior investment manager, prior to working for Pacholder Associates. Prior to rejoining AGIM, Mr. Janszen served as Director of Research for Pacholder Associates, an asset manager focused on high yield and distressed investing, where he had begun his career as a high yield trader. Prior to joining AGIM for the first time, Mr. Janszen served in a variety of senior management positions including the last two years as President of ICO, Inc., a public oil service company affiliated with Placeholder. Pacholder's ownership of ICO was the result of a distressed-to-control investment, after which Mr. Janszen was appointed President. Mr. Janszen received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, cum laude, from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1986. He was the Board Member at Village Inn.