Monroe Capital announced Ty Dealy has joined the firm as a managing director to establish an Atlanta office and lead the firm’s national ESOP lending effort.

“We are very excited to add Ty to the Monroe Capital team,” said Ted Koenig, president & CEO of Monroe Capital. “Ty has had an extensive financial career working with middle market companies across numerous industries. We have seen tremendous opportunity in the Southeast and want to expand our commitment to this market. Ty will be responsible for leading our national ESOP lending efforts in addition to originating cash flow and enterprise value based loans in private equity sponsored and non-sponsored transactions.”

Prior to Monroe, Ty established and led the investment banking efforts of Walker Capital, a middle market investment banking firm that worked exclusively with regional CPA firms to provide sell-side advisory, private placement support and ESOP implementation services for middle market companies. Before Walker Capital, Ty worked for SoundView Technology Group, a Stamford, CT based boutique investment bank where he provided strategic and advisory services in capital raising and M&A to public and privately-owned businesses. In addition, Ty has worked in public accounting with Price Waterhouse and Arthur Andersen.