Mr. Maier is responsible for leading the investments of the Ramirez Credit Opportunities Funds. Prior to joining Ramirez in 2024, Mr. Maier spent 8 years at Avenue Capital Group where he was responsible for the direction of the investment activities of the Avenue Performing Loans Strategy. Prior to that, Mr. Maier spent 26 years at Natixis, where he was one of the founders of the bank’s leveraged finance business in the United States. Mr. Maier founded and served as Senior Managing Director and Head of Coverage – Americas at Natixis with responsibility for all investment banking client relationships with corporations, financial institutions and private equity sponsors. As such, he chaired the bank’s Client Committee and was a member of the Senior Executive Committee of the Americas for the Corporate & Investment Bank. He was a co-founder and served as Chief Investment Officer of Natixis Credit Opportunities Fund I, L.P. as well as a co-founder and general partner of Natixis Strategic Partners I, II, & III private equity fund-of-funds. Mr. Maier started his career at NatWest Bank and completed the bank’s officer training program in New York and London. Mr. Maier received a B.A. with Honors in Philosophy, with a concentration in Law and Economics, from Cornell University (1987).

Mr. Lager is responsible for leading the investments of the Ramirez Credit Opportunities Funds. Prior to joining Ramirez in 2024, Mr. Lager spent 8 years at Avenue Capital Group where he was responsible for the direction of the investment activities of the Avenue Performing Loans Strategy. Prior to 2016, Mr. Lager was Head of Private Equity, Asset Management and Brokerage at Yaqeen Capital in Saudi Arabia. Prior to joining Yaqeen, he was a Managing Director at Natixis in New York where he orchestrated direct investments in private equity funds and co-investments. On the investment banking side, Mr. Lager was a member of the leveraged finance team. He was a co-founder of NCOF as well as a co-founder and general partner of Natixis Strategic Partners I, II, & III private equity fund-of-funds. Prior to that, from January 1995 to November 1997, Mr. Lager worked for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation in New York. Mr. Lager received a B.A. in Business Administration from Friends University (1990), an M.B.A. from Pennsylvania State University (1992) and was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst Certification (1997).

Mr. Madden is responsible for identifying, analyzing and modeling investment opportunities for the Ramirez Credit Opportunities Funds. Prior to joining Ramirez in 2024, Mr. Madden spent 6 years at Avenue Capital where he was responsible for evaluating investment opportunities for the Avenue Performing Loans Strategy. Prior to 2018, Mr. Madden was a Managing Director at Modern Bank where he was responsible for originating, underwriting and managing a portfolio of leveraged loans. Before this, Mr. Madden was a Managing Director & Co-Head of the leveraged finance team at Natixis in New York where he was responsible for investments in private equity sponsor backed leveraged loans. Prior to that, Mr. Madden was a Vice President at The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan where he was a member of the Leveraged Finance Group. Mr. Madden received a B.A. in Economics from Hobart College (1987), and an M.B.A. from University of Rochester (1991).

Mr. George assists with loan servicing and trading systems for trade entry, capture, and settlement, in addition to evaluating new and monitoring existing portfolio investment positions of the Ramirez Credit Opportunities Funds. Prior to joining Ramirez in 2025, Mr. George spent three years at JPMorgan Securities LLC, where he was responsible for middle-office post-trade execution on the Prime Brokerage Equity Desk across domestic and international markets for hedge funds and institutional investor clients. Mr. George also worked briefly at Brown Brothers Harriman as a Trade Settlement Analyst, managing and resolving equity trade discrepancies in the U.S. market, ensuring timely and accurate settlements while maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements. Ofonime holds a B.Sc. in Economics from Caleb University (2014) and an M.B.A. from Mercy College (2019).