Brett Hinton

Brett W. Hinton is a Managing Director and Head of the Insurance Distribution Group. He is based in Los Angeles.

Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Hinton was Managing Director at THL Credit, an alternative credit investment manager. During his tenure at THL Credit, Mr. Hinton’s responsibilities included business development, product development, strategic relationships and fund marketing for THL Credit’s Direct Lending and Tradable Credit platforms.

Prior to joining THL Credit in early 2015, Mr. Hinton was a Director at Fortress Group, an independent private fund placement agent. Mr. Hinton’s role included all aspects of origination, distribution, project management and private fund advisory, pertaining to private fund commitments, secondary transactions and co-investments.

Before joining Fortress Group in early 2009, Mr. Hinton’s experience was at the transaction level, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, growth capital, recapitalizations, debt financing and general performing and stressed corporate finance assignments. He was a Senior Acquisitions & Investment Analyst at InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). Prior to IHG, he was an Analyst at Genesis Capital, a boutique investment and merchant banking firm. Mr. Hinton began his career as an Analyst at UBS.

Mr. Hinton earned his BS in economics from Indiana University.