John Frank
Director and Chairman
Mr. Frank has been a member of the Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation Board since October 2017. Mr. Frank is Oaktree’s Vice Chairman and has been a member of Oaktree’s senior management for over 20 years. Mr. Frank joined in 2001 as General Counsel and was named Oaktree’s Managing Principal in early 2006, a position which he held for about nine years. As Managing Principal, Mr. Frank was the firm’s principal executive officer and responsible for all aspects of the firm’s management. Prior to joining Oaktree, Mr. Frank was a partner of the Los Angeles law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP where he managed a number of notable merger and acquisition transactions and was responsible for the firm’s financial affairs. While at that firm, he served as primary outside counsel to public- and privately-held corporations and as special counsel to various boards of directors and special board committees. Prior to joining Munger Tolles in 1984, Mr. Frank served as a law clerk to the Honorable Frank M. Coffin of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Frank served as a Legislative Assistant to the Honorable Robert F. Drinan, Member of Congress. Mr. Frank holds a B.A. degree with honors in history from Wesleyan University and a J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was Managing Editor of the Michigan Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. He is a member of the State Bar of California and, while in private practice, was listed in Woodward & White’s Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Frank is a member of the Board of Directors of Chevron Corporation, Daily Journal Corporation and Chair of the Board of Duration Capital Partners, an investment firm specializing in transportation infrastructure that “spun-out” from Oaktree in 2024. Mr. Frank is also a Trustee of The James Irvine Foundation, the XPRIZE Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation. Mr. Frank was formerly a long-time trustee of Good Samaritan Hospital, Polytechnic School and Wesleyan University (where he served as Chair of the Board).