PennantPark Floating Rate Capital appointed Richard Cheung as its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective June 21, 2021.

Cheung most recently served as Senior Managing Director and Head of Alternative Investment Accounting at Guggenheim Partners, LLC (“Guggenheim”), where he has served in various roles since 2008. Prior to joining Guggenheim in 2008, Cheung spent the majority of his career at Ernst & Young LLP in its financial services industry practice where he managed audits for a variety of funds. Mr. Cheung holds a B.S. in Accounting and Finance from the New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

“We are extremely pleased that Richard will be joining the Company as our new Chief Financial Officer and a member of our senior management team. We are confident that his extensive experience will be a tremendous asset to the Company and its shareholders as we continue to build the Company,” stated Arthur Penn, Chief Executive Officer of PFLT.

Aviv Efrat, PFLT’s current Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will move within the PennantPark organization and remain in senior management where he will focus on PennantPark’s strategic growth initiatives.

“We are thankful for all of Aviv’s contributions to date as a valued member of the Company’s senior management team since its inception in 2010, including his contribution to building our finance and operations team,” said Mr. Penn. “We are grateful that Aviv will remain in senior management within the PennantPark organization where he will continue to contribute to the firm’s strategic direction.”

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. is a business development company which primarily invests in U.S. middle-market companies in the form of floating rate senior secured loans, including first lien secured debt, second lien secured debt and subordinated debt. From time to time, the Company may also invest in equity investments. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. is managed by PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC.