Bowen S. Diehl

Mr. Diehl has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a Director of Capital Southwest since October 2015. He joined Capital Southwest in March 2014 and served as its Chief Investment Officer from March 2014 to October 2015.  Mr Diehl led the relaunch of Capital Southwest as a middle market lending firm, after the tax-free spinoff of Capital Southwest’s largest asset, CSW Industrials (NASDAQ:  CSWI) in 2015, which included setting the strategy and culture, as well as building the team.   He is responsible for the strategic direction of the firm and serves as Chair of the Investment Committee.

Before joining Capital Southwest, Mr. Diehl spent 13 years on the investment team at American Capital, Ltd., a publicly traded business development company (BDC) and global asset manager, most recently as co-head of American Capital’s Sponsor Finance Group, which was responsible for the majority of American Capital’s middle-market lending business. From 2001 to 2007, he served as a senior investment professional in the Dallas office of American Capital, sourcing, structuring and managing investments that have included senior and subordinated debt, as well as preferred and common equity, in both control and non-control structures. Mr. Diehl’s investment experience at American Capital included a variety of industries, including healthcare, business services, industrial manufacturing and consumer finance. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Diehl was a member of the Energy and Power Investment Banking group at Merrill Lynch, where he gained experience working with companies in the exploration and production, oilfield services, natural gas pipeline, natural gas gathering and processing, homebuilding and semiconductor sectors. Before joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Diehl was a member of the Global Oil and Gas group at Chase Securities Inc., completing numerous transactions in the upstream and midstream oil and gas sectors.

Mr. Diehl earned a Bachelor Degree in Environmental / Geotechnical Engineering and Economics from Vanderbilt University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.  He and his wife, Lale, live in Dallas and have three grown children.  Mr. Diehl serves as Chairman of the Board of West Dallas Community School, as well as a Board Member of Youth World, a year-round program inspiring hope and supporting children and families in South Dallas.  In his spare time, he enjoys boating, fishing and generally spending time with family.