John Bowman
John is a Managing Director at Crescent Capital and Co-Head of Crescent Direct Lending. He is also a member of Crescent’s Executive Committee. Prior to joining Crescent in 2012, John was a Co-Founder and the President of HighPoint Capital Management. He previously worked at FleetBoston Financial as a Managing Director of Leveraged Finance, where he was a senior member of Fleet’s preliminary structuring and loan screening committees. He also had primary responsibility for leveraged finance coverage of New England middle market companies, including Fleet’s mezzanine loan origination business based in Boston.
Before FleetBoston, John was a Senior Vice President in Leveraged Finance at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation (DLJ), where he was involved in the launch of DLJ’s Senior Loan business. Earlier in his career, he held roles at Kidder, Peabody & Co. Incorporated, State Street Bank & Trust Company, Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated, and Lehman Brothers.
John received a BS in Business Administration from Northeastern University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
