John Nooney is a Managing Director and Co-Head of SG’s Commercial Finance platform with responsibility for all disciplines with an emphasis on credit. He joined the SGCP team in June 2024 and is based in the Atlanta office.

John began his commercial lending career with CIT in Los Angeles and has 30+ years of credit, origination, management, and operational roles working with middle-market companies as an asset-based lender. Prior to joining SGCP, John was a Partner with Ares Management LLC most recently responsible for Portfolio on a national basis. Prior to Ares, he was a Senior Executive Vice President for First Capital LLC where he was Region Head for the Southeast. John also held several roles in origination, underwriting, and Risk leader during his 9 years with GE Capital.