Capital Southwest Corporation announced the appointment of Bowen S. Diehl as Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, effective March 17, 2014. Mr. Diehl brings almost 20 years of experience in sourcing, structuring, and managing investments in a variety of industries. Mr. Diehl comes to CSWC from American Capital Ltd. where he has been a Managing Director since 2007.

Mr. Diehl originally joined American Capital as a Vice President in 2001 and was promoted to Principal in 2004. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Diehl was a Vice President in Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch where he gained experience working with companies in the exploration and production, oilfield services, natural gas pipeline, natural gas gathering and processing, homebuilding and semiconductor sectors. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Diehl was a Vice President in the Global Oil and Gas Group at Chase Securities Inc.