Bowen Diehl

Bio

Bowen Diehl joined American Capital in October 2001 as a Vice President in the Dallas office, was promoted to Principal in 2004, and then promoted to Managing Director in January, 2007 where he is now responsible for the Sponsor Finance Group for the Western Offices for American Capital (Dallas and Chicago). While at American Capital, Mr. Diehl has completed transactions and managed investments in healthcare (including pharmaceutical/life sciences, healthcare/pharma services and behavioral health), business services, consumer finance and industrial manufacturing. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Diehl was a Vice President in Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch where he focused on mergers and acquisitions advisory assignments, as well as public debt and equity offerings for companies in the southwest United States. While at Merrill Lynch, Mr. Diehl gained experience working with companies in the exploration and production, oilfield services, natural gas pipeline, natural gas gathering and processing, homebuilding and semiconductor sectors. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Diehl was with Chase Securities, Inc. from 1995 to January 2000, most recently as a Vice President in the Global Oil and Gas Group. Mr. Diehl is currently Chairman of the Boards of Scientific Protein Laboratories, and Meadows of Wickenburg, serves as a member of the Boards of TestAmerica Holdings, Inc., and Forba (d/b/a Small Smiles), as well as serves as an observer to the Board of Tensar Holdings, Inc. Mr. Diehl holds a Bachelor of Engineering with majors in Environmental/Geotechnical Engineering and Economics from Vanderbilt University. Mr. Diehl also holds a Masters of Business Administration from The University of Texas at Austin.