Monroe Capital announced Andrew Cozewith has joined the firm as managing director in its Atlanta office and will lead the firm’s national media practice.

“We are very excited to add Andrew to the Monroe Capital team,” said Ted Koenig, President & CEO of Monroe Capital. “The expansion of our media sector is consistent with Monroe’s plans to broaden our services within the middle market. Andrew has had an extensive financial career working with middle market companies across the media, information and communications industries. Andrew will be responsible for leading our media lending efforts in addition to originating cash flow and enterprise value based loans in private equity sponsored and non-sponsored transactions.”

Prior to joining Monroe, Cozewith worked at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, CIT Group and GE Capital, where he was responsible for transaction sourcing, structuring, deal execution and monitoring of portfolio companies. He began his career at Royal Bank of Canada, specializing in the media and communications industry. Andrew received his M.B.A. from Fordham University and his B.S. in Finance from Indiana University.

Monroe Capital LLC is a leading provider of senior and junior debt and equity co-investments to middle market companies in the U.S. and Canada.