Oak Hill Advisors Hires Macquarie’s Light for Private Credit

Oak Hill Advisors has hired Macquarie Group Ltd.’s David Light as a managing director as it bolsters its private credit business, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Light, based in Chicago, will join Oak Hill in October, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the appointment isn’t yet public. He spent the last nine years at Macquarie, where he was a managing director focused on deploying the Australian firm’s capital via both equity and debt investments ranging between $25 million and $300 million, his LinkedIn profile shows.

Oak Hill has also named New York-based Chris ...