Management Team
BEN's management team includes industry veterans with broad fiduciary, investing, and operating experience in both the credit and alternative asset markets. Our senior management team enjoys longstanding relationships with investors, general partners, and advisors of alternative asset funds.

Brad K. Heppner
- Senior Partner Director
- Chairman of the Board
- CEO, Ben

James Silk
- Executive Vice President
- Chief Legal Officer

Derek Fletcher
- President & Chief Fiduciary Officer
- Wealth Strategies Director

Jeff Welday
- Global Head of Originations & Distribution

Greg Ezell
- Chief Financial Officer

Scott Wilson
- Chief Underwriting Officer

Yuri Mushkin
- Chief Risk Officer

Art Damoulakis
- General Counsel

Arnold L. Greene
- Chief Human Capital & Administration Officer

Maria S. Rutledge
- Managing Director
- Information Technology
Directors
BEN's Board of Directors includes industry leaders with direct market experience in the key aspects of BEN's business.

Brad K. Heppner
- Senior Partner Director
- Chairman
- Executive Committee Chair
- Nominating Committee Chair
- Credit Committee
- Enterprise Risk Committee

Thomas O. Hicks
- Senior Partner Director
- Vice Chairman
- Executive Committee
- Compensation Committee Chair
- Nominating Committee
- Enterprise Risk Committee

David H. De Weese
- Audit Committee
- Credit Committee
- Nominating Committee

Richard W. Fisher
- Senior Partner Director
- Credit Committee
- Compensation Committee
- Enterprise Risk Committee
- Community Reinvestment Chair

Bruce W. Schnitzer
- Senior Partner Director
- Executive Committee
- Compensation Committee
- PEN Indemnity Insurance Company Lead Director
- Enterprise Risk Committee Chair

Peter T. Cangany, Jr.
- Audit Committee Chair
- Enterprise Risk Committee

Derek Fletcher
- Director
- Community Reinvestment Committee

Dennis P. Lockhart
- Credit Committee Chair

James Silk
- Director
- Executive Committee