David Flannery joined Vista Credit Partners (“VCP”) in 2018 and is currently a Senior Advisor.

During his tenure, David served as the President of VCP, setting strategy for VCP and overseeing all credit transactions, and was a member of Vista’s Executive Committee, the firm’s governing and decision-making body for matters affecting its overall management and strategic direction.

Prior to Vista, David was a Partner at Blackstone’s GSO Capital. He was Co-Head and Joint Portfolio Manager of the Capital Solutions Funds and a member of the Distressed Credit Investment Committee. Before GSO, David was a Portfolio Manager at Anchorage Capital, where he focused on illiquid credit investing and was a member of the CLO Investment Committee and Risk Committee. Prior to Anchorage, David worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), where he held several global group head roles, including Chief Risk Officer of Global Banking & Markets and Global Head of Leveraged Finance & Capital Markets.

Before BAML, David was the Global Head of Leveraged Finance at Deutsche Bank. He began his career at Bankers Trust Company in 1992 in the high-yield bond department.

David serves as a board observer across several Vista Credit Partners portfolio companies and is a board member of DREAM, a nonprofit supporting youth in New York City.