Christopher Pollina

Director

Christopher Pollina is a director of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors.

Prior to joining Kayne Anderson, Mr. Pollina was a Principal in Blackstone’s Corporate Debt Group. Mr. Pollina’s primary responsibilities included conducting due diligence and intensive credit analysis on potential middle market mezzanine investments and existing investments within the mezzanine portfolio. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Pollina worked for RBS Securities in New York City for five years in the leveraged finance and financial sponsor coverage group. In this capacity he was involved in the origination, execution and syndication of leveraged middle market transactions. The majority of the junior securities were retained on the bank’s balance sheet. Before joining RBS Securities, Mr. Pollina worked at Credit Suisse First Boston in the financial sponsors group. During his career, he has executed over $3 billion worth of leveraged financings, including over $600 million in second lein and mezzanine loans across 30 transactions.

Mr. Pollina holds a B.S. in Finance from Rutgers University.