Mr. Worrell, Managing Director, serves as the Co-CIO of BlackRock TCP Capital Corp (“TCPC”), BlackRock Private Credit Fund (“BDEBT”) and BlackRock Direct Lending Corp. (“BDLC”). Mr. Worrell is a senior member of the investment team within BlackRock’s Private Financing Solution (PFS) platform, where he is a leader in BlackRock’s U.S. core middle market direct lending strategy. In this capacity, Mr. Worrell is responsible for oversight of the strategy’s investment process and plays a leadership role in the evaluation, structuring, and execution of private secured investments in U.S. core middle market companies.
Prior to joining BlackRock, Mr. Worrell was a Managing Director at Tennenbaum Capital Partners (TCP) where he led investment activity across several industry verticals, including Healthcare, Consumer Brands, Retail, and Consumer and Specialty Finance. Prior to TCP, Mr. Worrell was a High Yield Portfolio Manager with Mulholland Capital Advisors.
Mr. Worrell holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University and a B.S. from California State University, Northridge.