SWK Holdings Corporation announced that Jody Staggs, Managing Director of SWK Holdings, will serve as interim Chief Executive Officer, effective September 30, 2022. Winston Black, Chairman and CEO, will leave his positions at SWK, effective September 30, 2022. Mr. Staggs, 41, was a co-founder of PBS Capital, an investment management firm that focused on pharmaceutical royalties and healthcare equities and was a predecessor to SWK's specialty finance business.

He joined SWK Holdings in August 2015 and was promoted to Managing Director in January 2020. Prior to joining SWK, Mr. Staggs was a Vice President of Investments at Annandale Capital as well as being the first employee at Dallas-based hedge fund, Alistair Capital. Mr. Staggs was a Senior Portfolio Analyst at Highland Capital where he worked on the firm's healthcare multi-strategy and public equity groups.

Mr. Staggs began his career as an equity research associate at Raymond James, where he covered healthcare companies. He was a Walton Scholar and on the Dean's List at the University of Arkansas where he graduated with a B.A. in Finance. He has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.