NGP Capital Resources Company announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved the expansion of the company's investment strategy to include providing capital to companies in the broader, middle market segment. As part of its commitment to this expanded strategy, the company announced that it has hired Michael D. Brown, Managing Director, Head of Middle Market Investments, to lead the company's activities in identifying, sourcing and funding attractive middle market investments within diversified industry sectors, including manufacturing, value-added distribution, business services, healthcare products and services, consumer services and select other sectors. Most recently he was a Managing Director of Private Finance for The Gladstone Companies.