Capital Southwest Corporation announced that Douglas M. Kelley has joined the company as Senior Vice President and Managing Director and as a senior member of the Capital Southwest investment team, reporting to Bowen Diehl, Chief Investment Officer. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Kelley served as a Managing Director in the Sponsor Finance Group at American Capital Ltd., where he managed investments representing over $800 million in debt and equity capital in a variety of industries. During his tenure at American Capital, Mr. Kelley also served on eight boards of directors.

Prior to American Capital, Mr. Kelley gained valuable mergers and acquisition and leverage finance experience as an investment banker at J.P. Morgan, The Beacon Group and Credit Suisse First Boston.