Josh Porter, Managing Director, Head of Credit Special Situations, joined New Mountain in 2017. Prior to joining New Mountain, he was a Principal of Bayside Capital, the credit and special situations arm of H.I.G. Capital. Prior to joining Bayside in 2012, Mr. Porter worked at Mount Kellett Capital, where he focused on private and public distressed credit investing, and at GSC Group, where he focused on middle-market control distressed. He began his career at Citigroup as an Analyst in the Leveraged Finance Group. Mr. Porter currently serves as a director of Benevis, Eagle Infrastructure, National HME, NewTech Global, and PermianLide, and previously served as a director of Aeromet International, Haven Midstream, JW Resources, Middlesboro Mining, Neucel Specialty Cellulose, Pacific Aerospace, and Precision Partners. He has also served on numerous creditors committees and ad hoc creditor groups, including for Integro, Lehman Brothers BV, TriMark, and Xinergy.
Mr. Porter received B.A. degrees, magna cum laude, in Economics and Finance from the University of Illinois.