David Rous

Co-Head of Direct Lending

David Rous joined Sound Point in 2021 and is currently the Co-Head of Direct Lending. Mr. Rous was a Managing Director & Portfolio Manager at CVC Credit Partners prior to Sound Point’s acquisition of their U.S. Direct Lending platform in June 2021. Prior to CVC Credit Partners, Mr. Rous spent 16 years at GE, including 12 years at GE Antares Capital, where he was most recently a Senior Vice President & Team Leader and a member of the Antares underwriting leadership team. Mr. Rous was a founding member of the Senior Secured Loan Program, an $11 billion strategic partnership between GE and Ares Capital, formed to offer single source unitranche financings. Mr. Rous began his career in GE Capital’s Financial Management Program.

Mr. Rous earned a B.S. in Finance, magna cum laude, from the University of Vermont and an M.B.A. from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.