Christopher T. Suan is President and Senior Managing Director at ORIX Capital Partners (“OCP”), the operationally-focused private equity team of ORIX Advisers, LLC and a wholly-owned subsidiary of ORIX Corporation USA. Mr. Suan is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, executing and managing investments as well as overseeing the strategy and management of OCP. Mr. Suan is also the Chair of OCP’s Environmental, Social & Governance (“ESG”) Committee. Mr. Suan serves as the Chairman of the Boards of National Underground Group, Peak Utility Services Group, Network Connex, Optimal, and Odin. He previously served as Chairman of the Board of RoadSafe Traffic Systems. He joined ORIX USA in 2014 and is based in Dallas.
Prior to OCP, Mr. Suan was Chief Development Officer at ORIX Corporation USA. In this role, he was responsible for developing and implementing business development strategies designed to promote sustainable growth and investment value for the firm.
Mr. Suan joined ORIX USA from Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts & Co., LP (“KKR”), where he served as Managing Director, creating and then leading the firm’s Asia Credit group. While there, he originated corporate and asset-backed investments across a variety of industries, including energy and natural resources, shipping, and real estate.
Prior to KKR, Mr. Suan served as President and Chief Investment Officer for Acquisitions and Credit Fund Development for Matlin Patterson Asset Management, a New York-based, $7 billion alternative asset management firm. Before that, Mr. Suan served as Chief Investment Officer at Suan Capital Advisors and D.B. Zwirn & Co. Early in his career, he was a portfolio manager for high yield bonds for Kidder Peabody & Co., Bankers Trust Co., and Banc of America Securities.
Mr. Suan earned an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in History and Economics from Yale University, where he graduated cum laude.
