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This list showcases the top New York based Managing Director operating in the Finance space. If you think a Managing Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Apjit Walia
Managing Director & Global Head, Technology Investment Strategy of Deutsche Bank
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James Sinclair
Managing Director, Healthcare Investment Banking of Goldman Sachs
James Sinclair is a managing director in the Consumer Retail and Healthcare Group covering healthcare services and technology companies. Previously, he was a healthcare services equity research analyst. Jim first joined Goldman Sachs in 2002 as an analyst and rejoined the firm in 2007 as an associate. He was named vice president in 2010 and managing director in 2015. Jim serves as a member of the Advisory Board for Ben’s Friends, a nonprofit focused on building online communities for patients with rare diseases. Jim earned a BA in Economics, magna cum laude, from Duke University in 2002, a JD from Northwestern University School of Law and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 2007.
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Thomas Spoto
Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
Thomas Spoto is a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs.
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Mancy Sun
Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
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Ken Eberts
Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
Ken is global co-head of Goldman Sachs Investment Partners in the Investment Management Division, a position he has held since the group’s inception in 2007. He is also a managing director ally of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Network. Ken joined Goldman Sachs in 1989 as an analyst in the Investment Banking Division and worked in the Real Estate and Financial Institutions Groups. From 1992 to 1998, he worked on the Equity Derivatives desk and then moved to Goldman Sachs Principal Strategies in 1998. Ken was named managing director in 2001 and partner in 2004. Ken serves on the Board of Directors of Riverdale Country Day School. Ken earned an AB in Quantitative Economics and History from Stanford University in 1989.
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Antoine Munfa
Managing Director – Merchant Banking Division at Goldman Sachs – Growth Equity Team of Goldman Sachs
Antoine Munfa is a Vice President at Goldman Sachs, where his current board responsibilities include Forefront Dermatology, Cervalis, Resolute Anesthesia and Pain Solutions, and Business Records Management. Prior board responsibilities include Amber Road (NYSE: AMBR). Antoine holds a BA from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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Harsh Nanda
Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
Harsh is a Managing Director in Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division (MBD) in India. He is responsible for investments across growth and buyout opportunities. Previously, Harsh was in the healthcare group of the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs in New York. Prior to that he was a manager at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington. Harsh serves on the Board of ReNew Wind Power Pvt. Ltd. Harsh earned a B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Delhi, a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Maryland and an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business, where he was a recipient of the Dean’s Award for academic achievement.
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Christopher Chattaway
Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
Christopher manages the FX and Commodities Systematic Market Making business. He is a member of the Regional Securities Division Automated Trading Controls Committee (Americas). Previously, he worked in FX Strats, FX Spot Trading and FX Technology. Christopher joined Goldman Sachs in 2001 as an analyst and was named managing director in 2011. Christopher serves on the board of FXSpotStream, a bank-owned consortium for FX aggregation and execution services. Christopher earned a BA in Computer Science from Cornell University in 2001 with a concentration in Math and Business.
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Charles Elkan
Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
Charles Elkan is a managing director and the global head of machine learning at Goldman Sachs, and also an adjunct professor of computer science at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Earlier, he was the first Amazon Fellow, leading a team of over 30 scientists doing research and development in applied machine learning in both e-commerce and cloud computing, with wins totaling over $100M incremental earnings. Before joining Amazon, Dr. Elkan was a tenured professor of computer science at UCSD. His Ph.D. is from Cornell and he was an undergraduate at Cambridge. His students at UCSD have gone on to to many leading companies, and to faculty positions at universities including Columbia, CMU, the University of Washington, and Stanford.
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John Blondel Jr.
Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
John Blondel is a Managing Director in the Investment Management Division at Goldman Sachs. An experienced financial executive, where he advises families, foundations, and endowments on their assets and portfolios. He first joined the firm in the fixed income division in 1983. John is on the board and executive committee at the Friends of the High Line and has also led initiatives that raised more than 100 million dollars towards this cause. He is on the board and executive committee and has served as chair of the committee for the Academy of American Poets. John is the director emeritus of the Jackie Robinson Foundation and has chaired their investment committee. John graduated from Harvard Business School in 1983 and received an A.B. from Harvard in 1978. He has served as chair of the National Committee for the Memorial Church in the Harvard Campaign. He supports Harvard through a variety of roles, including as a member of the Harvard’s Committee on University Resources and the Co-Chair of his class for the Harvard College Fund. John was raised in Montclair, New Jersey and he is a graduate of Montclair Academy where he was given the Klein award for excellence as a scholar athlete. He co-edited the Montclair News at Montclair Academy as well as a member of the Master’s Singers in the Glee club.
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Stephanie Cohen
Chief Strategy Officer and Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
Stephanie Cohen is Goldman Sachs’s Chief Strategy Officer, an ex officio member of the management committee and a member of the partnership committee. Previously, Cohen served as the Global Head of financial sponsor mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Before that she was Sector Captain for general industrials in the global industrials group and a member of the M&A group. In 2008 Cohen managed conflicts and business selection for the investment banking division in the Americas. Previously, she was a Vice President in the industrials and merger leadership groups in San Francisco. Cohen joined Goldman Sachs as an Analyst in 1999, was named Managing Director in 2008 and Partner in 2014. She serves on two literacy-focused nonprofit boards, Reading Partners and Quill. She lives with her husband and two children in New York City.
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David Friedland
Partner, Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
David Friedland is a Partner, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs.
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William Connolly
Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
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Max Ritter
Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
Max Ritter is a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs.
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Michel Dimitri
Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
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Chinh Chu
Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Chinh Chu is a successful Wall Street Billionaire. Today he is the Senior Managing Director and Co-Chair in the Private Equity Group. Chinh Chu has led Blackstone’s investments in Stiefel Laboratories, ReAble Therapeutics’ acquisition of DJ Orthopedics, Biomet, Catalent Pharma Solutions, Alliant, ReAble Therapeutics, Celanese, Nalco, SunGard Data Systems, Nycomed, and LIFFE. He has also been involved in Blackstone’s investments in FGIC, Graham Packaging, Sirius Satellite Radio, StorageApps, Haynes International, Prime Succession. Before joining Blackstone in 1990, Chinh Chu worked at Salomon Brothers in the Mergers & Acquisitions Department. He serves as a Director of Alliant, BankUnited, BayView Financial, Healthmarkets, DJO Incorporated, Catalent Pharma Solutions, SunGard, Graham Packaging. As a well-known philanthropist, Chu has given millions of dollars to relief funds and charitable organizations.
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Adam Fletcher
Managing Director and Chief Information Security Officer of Blackstone Group
Adam Fletcher is the and managing Director and chief information security officer at The Blackstone Group.
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Prakash Melwani
Sr. Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Blackstone Group
Prakash A. Melwani is a Senior Managing Director at Blackstone and is based in New York. He is Chief Investment Officer of the Private Equity Group and chairs each of its Investment Committees. Since joining Blackstone in 2003, Prakash Melwani has led Blackstone’s investments in Kosmos Energy, Foundation Coal, Texas Genco, Ariel Re, Pinnacle Foods, RGIS Inventory Specialists, Performance Food Group and Crocs. Before joining Blackstone, Prakash Melwani was a founding partner of Vestar Capital Partners and served as its Chief Investment Officer. Prior to that, he was with the management buyout group at The First Boston Corporation and with N.M. Rothschild & Sons in Hong Kong and London. Prakash Melwani received a First Class Honors degree in Economics from Cambridge University, England, and an MBA with High Distinction from the Harvard Business School, where he graduated as a Baker Scholar and a Loeb Rhodes Fellow. Prakash Melwani serves as a Director of Crocs, Kosmos Energy, Performance Food Group, RGIS Inventory Specialists and Blackstone strategic partner, Patria.
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David Foley
Sr. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone Energy Partners of Blackstone Group
David I. Foley is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group and Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone Energy Partners. David Foley is based in New York and is responsible for overseeing Blackstone’s private equity investment activities in the energy & natural resource sector on a global basis. Since joining Blackstone in 1995, David Foley has been responsible for building the Blackstone energy & natural resources practice and has played an integral role in every private equity energy deal that the firm has invested in, including: Premcor, Kosmos Energy, Foundation Coal, Texas Genco, Sithe Global Power, OSUM Oil Sands, PBF Energy, Global Offshore Wind, GeoSouthern, Alta Resources, Moser Baer, Cheniere and LLOG Exploration. Before joining Blackstone, David Foley worked with AEA Investors in the firm’s private equity business, and prior to that served as a consultant for the Monitor Company. David Foley received a BA and an MA in Economics, with honors, Phi Beta Kappa, from Northwestern University and received an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School.
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Angelo Acconcia
Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Angelo Acconcia is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group, based in New York, and leads Blackstone’s private equity investment activities in the oil & gas sector on a global basis. Since joining Blackstone in 2004, and prior to fully dedicating his time to energy and the oil & gas sector, Angelo Acconcia has been involved in the execution of several important Blackstone investments, including Graham Packaging, Ondeo Nalco, TRW Automotive and Texas Genco. Angelo Acconcia has either led or played a critical role in every one of Blackstone’s oil and gas investments, including: Alta Energy, GeoSouthern Energy, Hunter Oil & Gas, Kosmos Energy, LLOG Exploration, OSUM Oil Sands and Royal Resources. Before joining Blackstone, Angelo Acconcia worked at Morgan Stanley & Company’s Investment Banking Division in their Global Energy and Mergers and Acquisitions departments in both the U.S. and Canada. Prior to that, Angelo Acconcia worked at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce’s Investment Banking Division in Canada and separately in Hong Kong. Angelo Acconcia is a member of the Investment Committee for Blackstone Energy Partners, a $2.5 billion Blackstone private equity fund dedicated exclusively to the energy sector, and also serves as a director of Alta Energy, GeoSouthern Energy, Hunter Oil & Gas, LLOG Exploration, Osum Oil Sands, and Royal Resources. Angelo Acconcia received an Honors degree in Business from Queen’s University in Canada, where he graduated with First Class Honors.
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Martin Alderson Smith
Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Martin Alderson Smith is a Senior Managing Director in our Corporate Development and Strategy group. Since joining Blackstone in 1991, Martin Alderson Smith has worked on an array of projects, both for third-party clients as well as on behalf of the firm. Advisory assignments have included the acquisition of Sanford C. Bernstein by Alliance Capital Management; the sale of Banco Patrimonio to Chase Manhattan Bank; the establishment of a retirement services joint venture between the asset management divisions of Citigroup and the State Street Corporation; the sale of Wells Fargo Nikko Investment to Barclays Bank; and the sale of Gartmore to National Westminister Bank. Since 2007, Martin Alderson Smith has also worked closely with Blackstone senior management on the acquisition of new asset management platforms, divestitures of certain businesses, and the firm’s IPO. Before joining Blackstone, Martin Alderson Smith was with First Boston in London and New York for eight years. Martin Alderson Smith holds a MA from Oxford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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Verdun S. Perry
Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Verdun S. Perry is a Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Strategic Partners, Blackstone’s secondary fund of funds business, which it acquired from Credit Suisse in August 2013. Verdun Perry joined Credit Suisse in November 2000 when it acquired Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (“DLJ”), where he was an Associate in the Investment Banking Division before joining Strategic Partners the year it was founded. Verdun Perry sits on Strategic Partners’ Investment Committees and his current responsibilities include fundraising, deal-sourcing, negotiating and executing secondary transactions and co-investments, as well as various post-purchase fund monitoring activities. Previously, Verdun Perry worked in the strategic investments group at Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon and Eckhardt, Inc. and in the Investment Banking Division at Morgan Stanley & Co. Verdun Perry received a B.A. from Morehouse College, where he graduated magna cum laude and was elected Phi Beta Kappa, as well as an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where he was a Robert Toigo Foundation Fellow. Verdun Perry serves on the boards of The Blackstone Charitable Foundation and Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO).
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William Murphy
Sr. Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer of Blackstone Group
Bill Murphy is the Chief Technology Officer at Blackstone, leading the Blackstone Innovations and Infrastructure team. William Murphy is responsible for the firm’s technology efforts. Prior to joining Blackstone in 2011, Bill was founding Chief Technology Officer for Capital IQ. Bill was responsible for overseeing all product design, development, infrastructure and technology support and was involved with all operations of the business. Before Capital IQ, Bill led teams at Sapient, delivering solutions for large clients primarily in financial services. He received a BSE in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Gideon Berger
Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Gideon L. Berger is a Senior Managing Director of The Blackstone Group and is Head of Risk Management and Technology for the Hedge Fund Solutions Group. Gideon Berger is responsible for hedge fund manager risk analysis, as well as risk monitoring and analysis of BAAM funds. Before joining Blackstone in 2002, Gideon Berger was a Founder and President of Ez-Ways, Incorporated, a technology startup, where he also served on the Board of Directors. Prior to that, Gideon Berger was a Founder and Principal of a consulting firm specializing in the design and implementation of database and enterprise solutions. Gideon Berger received a BA in Mathematics and Physics from Vassar College, an MS in Applied Physics from Columbia University and a PhD in Computer Science from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University.
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Juergen Pinker
Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Juergen Pinker is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group and is based in London. Since joining Blackstone in 2011, Juergen Pinker has been involved in the execution of Blackstone’s investments in Intertrust, ATC, Scout24 and Armacell. Before joining Blackstone, Juergen Pinker worked as a Director at Strategic Value Partners focusing on European distressed situations. Before that, Juergen Pinker was an Associate Director at The Carlyle Group. Juergen Pinker received a master degree in economics and business from WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management. Juergen Pinker serves on the Board of Directors of Armacell.
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AJ Agarwal
Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group
A. J. Agarwal is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate Group and is based in New York. Mr. Agarwal oversees the U.S. Core+ business for the Real Estate Group. He has been directly involved in a number of the Real Estate Group’s investments, including Extended Stay Hotels, Hilton Hotels, General Growth Properties, Centro Properties, and Hotel del Coronado. Mr. Agarwal joined Blackstone in 1992. Prior to joining the Real Estate Group in 2010, Mr. Agarwal was a member of Blackstone’s Financial Advisory Group, leading the firm’s advisory practice in a number of areas, including real estate and leisure/lodging. Mr. Agarwal graduated from Princeton University, where he graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa and received an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
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Joshua Pang
Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Joshua Pang is a Managing Director at Blackstone. Previously Mr. Pang served as a Principal in the Tactical Opportunities group of Blackstone. Before re-joining Blackstone, Mr. Pang was a Principal at BC Partners in New York, where he was responsible for the execution of private equity buyouts. Mr. Pang started his career as an Analyst at Blackstone. Mr. Pang received a B.S. in Finance and Financial Accounting from New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, where he graduated magna cum laude.
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John G. Finley
Sr. Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer of Blackstone Group
John G. Finley, a Senior Managing Director, is the firm’s Chief Legal Officer. Before joining Blackstone, John Finley had been a partner with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett for 22 years where he was most recently a member of that law firm’s Executive Committee and Head of Global M&A. John Finley is a member of the Advisory Board of the Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance and a Trustee of the Jewish Board of Family and Children Services. He is also a guest lecturer at Harvard Law School. He has served on the Committee of Securities Regulation of the New York State Bar Association and the Board of Advisors of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism at Columbia University. He has also served as Chairman of the Annual International Mergers & Acquisitions Conference of the International Bar Association. John Finley has a BS in Economics, summa cum laude, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (1978), a BA in History, summa cum laude, from the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Pennsylvania (1978), and a JD, cum laude, from Harvard Law School (1981).
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Jacob Werner
Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Jacob Werner is a Senior Managing Director in the Real Estate group and is based in New York. Since joining Blackstone in 2005, Jacob Werner has been involved in analyzing Blackstone’s real estate investments in all property types and has worked on a variety of transactions, including Equity Office Properties, CarrAmerica, Trizec, 1140 Avenue of the Americas and the former New York Times Building. Before joining Blackstone’s Real Estate group, Jacob Werner was an analyst in Blackstone’s Restructuring and Reorganization group where he assisted in advising on a variety of restructuring transactions, including Goodyear Tire & Rubber and General Motors Corporation. Jacob Werner received a BS from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia where he graduated with distinction.
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Jason New
Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Jason New, 45, has been Senior Managing Director of The Blackstone Group L.P., a global investment and advisory firm, and Head of Special Situation Investing for GSO Capital Partners LP, a credit-oriented alternative asset manager, since 2005. New focuses on managing GSO’s public investment portfolio with a specific emphasis on stressed and distressed companies and on sourcing direct special situation investment opportunities. He is a member of the GSO Investment Committee. New joined The Blackstone Group L.P. in 2008 in connection with its acquisition of GSO. Before joining GSO in 2005, New was a senior member of Credit Suisse’s distressed finance group. New joined Credit Suisse in 2000 when it acquired Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ), where he was a member of DLJ’s restructuring group. Prior to joining DLJ in 1999, he was an associate with the law firm Sidley Austin LLP, where he practiced in the firm’s corporate reorganization group. New served as a director of Cheniere Energy, Inc. from August 2008 to December 2010 and as a director of Global Aviation Holdings Inc. from September 2009 to January 2012.
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Kathleen McCarthy
Sr. Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone Group
Kathleen McCarthy is a Senior Managing Director and Global Chief Operating Officer of the Blackstone Real Estate group. She is based in New York. Kathleen McCarthy oversees Real Estate Investor Relations and Business Development, Human Resources, Legal & Compliance and Finance. Previously she was responsible for marketing Blackstone’s real estate private investment funds. Before joining Blackstone in 2010, Kathleen McCarthy worked at Goldman Sachs, where she was a Vice President focused on investments for the Real Estate Principal Investment Area. Kathleen McCarthy began her career at Goldman Sachs as an Analyst in the Mergers & Strategic Advisory Group within the Investment Banking Division. Kathleen McCarthy received a BA with Distinction from Yale University.
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Jonathan Korngold
Senior Managing Director and head of Growth Equity of Blackstone Group
Jonathan Korngold is a Senior Managing Director and head of Blackstone’s Growth Equity investing platform. Korngold was a Managing Director and Global Head of General Atlantic’s Financial Services sector prior to his move to Blackstone in January 2019. He served as Chairman of the firm’s Portfolio Committee and was a member of the firm’s Executive, Investment, Human Resources, and Emerging Growth Investment Committees. Prior to joining General Atlantic in 2001, Korngold worked at Goldman Sachs in the Principal Investment Area and in the Mergers & Acquisitions groups in London and New York, respectively. He received an A.B. in Economics from Harvard College, graduating with honors, and received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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Brian Gavin
Senior Managing Director and COO of Blackstone Group
Member, Board of Directors at New York City Investment Fund.
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Ram Jagannath
Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Ram M. Jagannath is a Managing Director with U.S. Buyout, focusing on investments in the healthcare sector. He is based in New York. Since joining Carlyle in 2007, Ram Jagannath has been actively involved with Carlyle’s investments in Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), Healthscope Ltd. and HCR ManorCare. Prior to joining Carlyle, Ram Jagannath was with Genstar Capital and Thomas Weisel Capital Partners (now Tailwind Capital) in San Francisco.
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Anjan Mukherjee
Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Anjan Mukherjee served as Senior Managing Director at The Blackstone Group, Private Equity Group.Anjan Mukherjee joined The Blackstone Group, Private Equity Group in 2001. He serves as a Manager of Celanese International Corporation. Previously, he served as a Managing Director of The Blackstone Group, Private Equity Group until 2010. Since joining Blackstone in 2001, Anjan Mukherjee has been involved in Blackstone’s investments. He served at Thomas H. Lee Company, where he was involved with the analysis and execution of private equity investments in a wide range of industries. Prior to that, he worked in the media and telecommunications area of the Mergers and Acquisitions Department at Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC. He served as a Secretary of Celanese Corp. He has also worked at the Department of Education as well as the Brookings Institution. He serves as a Director of Stiefel Laboratories. He has been a Director of Celanese Corp. and Celanese Emulsions GmbH since April 2004. He serves as a Director of Emdeon. He is a Director of NantPharma, LLC and NantWorks LLC. He served as a Director of TeleTech Holdings Inc. from September 21, 2009 to December 24, 2014. He served as a Director at Polymer Group, Inc. from January 28, 2011 to December 23, 2014. He served as a Director of Companhia Providencia. He served as a Director of Nycomed Pharma SA. He served as a Director of Mega Bloks Inc., until February 2004. He was a director of LiveWire / H.O. Systems. Anjan Mukherjee holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and B.A. from Harvard University, where he graduated, magna cum laude as a Harry S. Truman Scholar.
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Sean Klimczak
Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Infrastructure of Blackstone Group
Sean T. Klimczak is the Global Head of Infrastructure and is based in New York. Since joining Blackstone in 2005, Mr. Klimczak has been involved in the execution of several Blackstone investments, including various Sithe Global investments (including Goreway, Bujagali, GNP Mariveles and SKS), Cheniere Energy Partners, Fisterra, PQ Energy, Utility One Source, Meerwind, Transmission Developers, American Petroleum Tankers and The Weather Channel. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Klimczak was an Associate at Madison Dearborn Partners. Prior to that, Mr. Klimczak worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions department of Morgan Stanley & Company’s Investment Banking Division. Mr. Klimczak received a BBA in Finance and Business Economics from the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated summa cum laude and was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma, and an MBA with High Distinction from Harvard Business School, where he graduated with the highest academic standing in his class and was selected as a Baker Scholar, a John L. Loeb Fellow, a Henry Ford II Scholar and a William J. Carey Scholar. Mr. Klimczak was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader in 2015.
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Wallace Henderson
Sr. Managing Director and Infrastructure of Blackstone Group
Wallace Henderson is a Senior Managing Director in the Infrastructure Group and leads the group’s investment activities in the midstream sector. Prior to joining Blackstone, Wallace Henderson was a Managing Director and Member of the Executive Committee at EIG Global Energy Partners, where he led the firm’s global midstream effort. In that role, Wallace Henderson oversaw the origination, execution and management of numerous large-scale midstream investments, including transactions in natural gas and liquids gathering and processing, long haul pipelines, and LNG-related infrastructure. Prior to joining EIG in 2011, Wallace Henderson was a Managing Director at UBS Investment Bank, where he led a New York- based, ten-member, investment banking team responsible for advisory and capital raising transactions for UBS oil and gas clients in the Americas. From 1987 to 2004, Wallace Henderson had a number of investment banking roles at Credit Suisse, including as a Managing Director in the Global Project Finance, Oil & Gas and Latin American Groups. Wallace Henderson received his BA in Economics from Kenyon College and his MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School, where he was elected to the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society.
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Bruce McEvoy
Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Bruce McEvoy has been a director since April 2007. McEvoy is a Managing Director at Blackstone. Before joining Blackstone in 2006, McEvoy worked as an Associate at General Atlantic from 2002 to 2004, and was a consultant at McKinsey & Company from 1999 to 2002. McEvoy received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2006. McEvoy currently serves on the boards of directors of GCA Services, Performance Food Group, RGIS Inventory Specialists, Vivint and Vivint Solar, and is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Tripp Smith
Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Tripp Smith is a Senior Managing Director of The Blackstone Group, and a Founder of GSO Capital Partners. Before co-founding GSO, Tripp Smith was Global Head of the Capital Markets Group within the Alternative Capital Division of CSFB. The Capital Markets Group had $16 billion of assets under management including CSFB’s credit opportunities fund, mezzanine investment fund, CDO business and hedge fund-of-fund business. Prior to that, Tripp Smith was a Managing Director and Global Co-Head of CSFB’s Leveraged Finance Group. His responsibilities included the coordination of CSFB’s global origination, distribution and trading activities relating to high yield securities, leveraged loans, high yield credit derivatives and distressed securities. Additionally, Tripp Smith was a member of CSFB’s Investment Banking Operating Committee, Fixed Income Operating Committee and Co-Chair of the Bank/High Yield Finance Committee. He was also a member of CSFB’s Management Council. Tripp Smith joined CSFB in November 2000 when it acquired DLJ, where he was Global Head of High Yield Capital Markets. Tripp Smith had been a member of DLJ’s high yield team since he joined the firm in 1993. Prior to that, he worked for Smith Barney and Drexel Burnham Lambert. Tripp Smith received a BBA in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame.
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Mary Citrino
Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group
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James Quella
Senior Managing Director and Senior Operating Partner of Blackstone Group
James Quella has been a director since December 2009. Quella was a Senior Managing Director and Senior Operating Partner in the Corporate Private Equity group of The Blackstone Group until June 30, 2013. Quella was responsible for monitoring the strategy and operational performance of Blackstone portfolio companies and providing direct assistance in the oversight of large investments. He was also a member of the firm’s Private Equity Investment Committee. Currently, James serves as a Senior Advisor to the Private Equity Group of Blackstone and continues to be involved in a few key portfolio companies as a board member and executive advisor, as well as participating in selected portfolio review processes and due diligence. Prior to joining Blackstone in 2004, Quella was a Managing Director and Senior Operating Partner with DLJ Merchant Banking Partners-CSFB Private Equity. Prior to that, Quella worked at Mercer Management Consulting and Strategic Planning Associates, its predecessor firm, where he served as a senior consultant to CEOs and senior management teams, and was Co-Vice Chairman with shared responsibility for overall management of the firm. Quella received a BA in International Studies from the University of Chicago/University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA with dean’s honors from the University of Chicago. He is also the co-author of Profit Patterns: 30 Ways to Anticipate and Profit from the Strategic Forces Reshaping Your Business. Quella has been a member of various private equity company boards and currently, in addition to Catalent, serves as a Director of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Michaels Stores, Inc., and DJO Global.
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Menes Chee
Sr. Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Menes Chee is a Senior Managing Director in the Tactical Opportunities Group. He is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and executing investments in private opportunities and capital markets. Menes Chee joined Blackstone in 2009, as a Managing Director of GSO Capital Partners, and transferred to Tactical Opportunities in 2012. Before joining Blackstone, Menes Chee was a Principal with TPG-Axon Capital, where he invested globally in equity and credit in public markets and private transactions. Prior to that, he was a private equity investment professional with Texas Pacific Group. Previous to TPG, Menes Chee worked at Credit Suisse First Boston in the Merchant Banking Group and at Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette in the Leveraged Finance Group. Menes Chee graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School and a B.A. from the College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
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Thomas Middleton
Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Tom Middleton is a Senior Managing Director (partner) at The Blackstone Group based in New York City. He has specialized in mergers and acquisitions, and strategic advisory to the communications sector since 1985. His clients and transactions have included a wide range of telecommunications, technology and media businesses in the US and abroad. He has also led public and private equity and debt financings for new, growing and mature businesses. After working in the Mergers and Acquisitions department of Kidder, Peabody he became co-head of the Telecom Group at Salomon Brothers in 1990 and then the head of the Communications Group at Merrill Lynch in 1996. He joined Blackstone in 2003 and engaged in both merger advisory and private equity projects. Thomas Middleton is a member of the Board of Directors of the Nature Conservancy, the Advisory Board of the Northwestern University School of Communications, and the Annenberg Innovation Lab at the University of Southern California, as well as several of charity boards. He graduated in 1980 from Ithaca College and in 1985 from the Columbia University School of Business.
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Joshua Blaine
Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Joshua Blaine is a Senior Managing Director in Strategic Partners, Blackstone’s secondary private fund of funds business. Joshua Blaine is based in New York and sits on the Investment Committee for each of the SP Funds. He founded the Strategic Partners London office in 2004. Since joining Strategic Partners in 2001, Joshua Blaine has led or been involved in several hundred secondary transactions, co-investments and primary fund commitments on a global basis across SP’s private equity, real estate and infrastructure verticals.
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Scott Soussa
Sr. Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Scott Soussa is the Co-Head of the Hedge Fund Solutions Group’s Strategic Capital Group, which includes the hedge fund seeding and GP stakes businesses. Previously, Mr. Soussa was Head of Due Diligence in the Hedge Fund Solutions Group where he led a cross-functional team charged with evaluating and monitoring underlying hedge fund managers, which encompassed front office, business and operational, risk management and legal due diligence. Before joining Blackstone in 2003, Mr. Soussa was Controller of Lava Trading Inc., a securities trading technology company. Prior to that, he worked in Arthur Andersen’s Hedge Fund Advisory and Capital Markets Group. Mr. Soussa received a BS in Accounting from Binghamton University, where he graduated summa cum laude and was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma. He is the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Michael’s Mission, a charity focused on improving the quality of life and treatment options for colorectal cancer patients, families and caregivers. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
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Sebastien Sherman
Sr. Managing Director and Infrastructure of Blackstone Group
Sebastien Sherman is a Senior Managing Director in the Infrastructure Group and leads the group’s coverage of the utilities, renewable and transportation sectors. Prior to joining Blackstone, Sebastien Sherman spent 14 years with OMERS Infrastructure (Borealis Infrastructure), including most recently as its Head of the Americas region. While at OMERS, Sebastien was involved in the origination, deal execution and oversight of a number of large-scale infrastructure portfolio companies across North America, Europe and South America. These investments spanned sectors including utilities (gas and electric), natural gas transmission pipelines, LNG import infrastructure, power generation, high-speed rail infrastructure, airports, toll roads, land registry and satellites. Prior to joining OMERS Infrastructure, Sebastien spent seven years with Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets and TD Securities, where he advised on M&A transactions and financings. Earlier in his career, Sebastien also worked at the Bank of Canada, Canada’s Central Bank. Sebastien has an Honours BA (Economics) from Queen’s University, and is a CFA charterholder.
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Joan Solotar
Senior Managing Director, Head of External Relations and Strategy of Blackstone Group
Joan Solotar is a Senior Managing Director, Head of the External Relations & Strategy Group at Blackstone and a member of the firm’s Executive and Management Committees. Joan Solotar has management responsibility for shareholder relations and public affairs and also guides the firm on analyzing strategic development opportunities. Before joining Blackstone in 2007, Joan Solotar was with Bank of America Securities where she was a Managing Director and Head of Equity Research. She started her career in equity research at The First Boston Corporation and, prior to joining Bank of America, was part of the financial services team at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and later with CSFB as a Managing Director. Joan Solotar was consistently ranked highly in the Brokers and Asset Management category of the Institutional Investor “All-America Research Team” and the Greenwich Survey of portfolio managers. She also served as Chairperson of the Research Committee for the Securities Industry Association and is currently serving on the Advisory Board of Evine. Joan Solotar Chairs the Board of Directors of Blackstone’s Charitable Foundation. She is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the East Harlem Tutorial Program and the East Harlem Scholars Academy. She is the recent author of a Harvard Business Review article entitled “Truths for our Daughters.” Joan Solotar received a B.S. in Management Information Systems from the State University of New York at Albany and an M.B.A. in Finance from New York University.
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Martin Brand
Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Martin J. Brand is a director on the board of Orbitz Worldwide. Martin Brand was appointed to the board as a Class II director in March 2010. His current term expires at the 2015 Annual Meeting.Martin Brand is a Managing Director in the Private Equity group of The Blackstone Group. Martin Brand joined Blackstone’s London office in 2003 and transferred to Blackstone’s New York office in 2005. Before joining The Blackstone Group, Martin Brand was a consultant with McKinsey & Company in London from 2000 to 2001 and worked as a derivatives trader with the Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York and Tokyo from 1998 to 2000.Martin Brand currently serves on the boards of directors of Travelport Limited, Performance Food Group, PBF Energy and Bayview Asset Management, LLC.Martin Brand holds a BA and MA degree in Mathematics and Computation from Oxford University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
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Michael McRaith
Managing Director and Insurance Solutions of Blackstone Group
Michael T. McRaith is a Managing Director in Blackstone Insurance Solutions. Before joining Blackstone in 2018, Michael served from 2011 to 2017 as the first Director of the Federal Insurance Office in the U.S. Department of the Treasury. From 2005 to 2011, Michael served as Illinois Director of the Illinois Department of Insurance, including on the Executive Committee and as an officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Prior to his public service, Michael practiced law for fifteen years, was admitted to the Trial Bar for the Northern District of Illinois (1995), and focused on the defense of financial institutions as a partner in the Chicago office of McGuireWoods.
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Gregory Blank
Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Gregory Blank is a Managing Director of Blackstone in the Private Equity Group based in New York where he focuses on investments in the technology, media and telecommunications sectors. Gregory Blank has been involved in the execution of many of Blackstone’s investments, including most recently in Kronos, Ipreo, and Optiv. Prior to joining Blackstone, Gregory Blank was an Associate at Texas Pacific Group (TPG) in San Francisco where he was involved in the evaluation and execution of private equity transactions. Gregory Blank graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard College and received an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He currently serves as a director of Ipreo, Optiv, Travelport, and The Weather Company.
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Jonathan Pollack
Sr. Managing Director of Real Estate and Chief Investment Officer of Real Estate Debt Strategies of Blackstone Group
Jonathan Pollack is a Senior Managing Director and Global Head of the Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies group and is based in New York. Since joining Blackstone in 2015, Jonathan Pollack has been responsible for overseeing our real estate debt investment strategy. He is also a member of the firm’s real estate investment committee, and serves on the board of Blackstone Mortgage Trust. Prior to joining Blackstone, Jonathan Pollack was a Managing Director and Global Head of Commercial Real Estate, as well as Head of Risk for Structured Finance, at Deutsche Bank. Jonathan Pollack joined Deutsche Bank in 1999 from Nomura Group. Jonathan Pollack received a BA in Economics from Northwestern University. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the East Harlem Tutorial Program.
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Stephen H. Can
Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Stephen H. Can is Senior Managing Director and Co-head of Strategic Partners, Blackstone’s secondary private fund of funds business, which was acquired from Credit Suisse in August 2013. Stephen Can is the founding member of Strategic Partners, joining DLJ in 2000 as a Managing Director. Before joining Strategic Partners, Stephen Can worked with the IBM Pension Funds where he co-managed a $7.9 billion private equity portfolio with a focus on both secondary and primary investing. Stephen Can is the Chairman of the Strategic Partners Investment Committees, and previously served on the investment committee of CS Private Equity Strategies, L.P., Real Estate Capital Partners IV, L.P., Credit Suisse Selected Partners, L.P, and Credit Suisse First Boston Fund Investments VII, L.P. Stephen Can received an A.S. in Business Administration from J.C.C. S.U.N.Y. in 1980, a B.A. magna cum laude in Accounting from Plattsburgh S.U.N.Y. in 1982 and an M.S. in Finance from the Krannert Business School at Purdue University in 1984 where he was named outstanding graduate instructor. Stephen Can subsequently earned C.P.A., C.M.A., and C.F.M. designations.
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Liping Zhang
Senior Managing Director and Chairman of Blackstone Group
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Jim Schaefer
Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group
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Andrew Berman
Managing Director of Fortress Investment Group
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Matthias Moser
Managing Director of Fortress Investment Group
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Frank Bruno
Co-CEO and enior Managing Director of Cerberus Capital Management
Frank Bruno is Co-Chief Executive Officer of Cerberus and is responsible for leading the Firm’s global investment activities across credit, private equity, and real estate strategies, working closely with Co-CEO and CIO Steve Feinberg. Prior to this role, he was President of Cerberus Global Investments, where he was responsible for leading the Firm’s European, Asia, and Latin American businesses. Since joining Cerberus in 1998, he has overseen the investment of more than $32 billion in equity capital in Asia and Europe, alone. Under his leadership, Cerberus expanded its international presence significantly, opening global advisory offices across Asia, including Beijing, Hong Kong, and Tokyo; and across Europe, including Baarn, Belfast, Dublin, Frankfurt, London, and Madrid. He graduated Cornell University and received an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He currently serves on the Wharton School’s Graduate Advisory Board and the Cornell University ILR School Advisory Board. He is an active supporter of Hire Heroes, a U.S. military veteran transition resources organization and Save the Children. He is a member of numerous Cerberus committees, including the Firm’s Operating/Management Advisory Committee, Private Equity Committee, Real Estate Committee, Real Estate Debt Committee, Valuation Committee, and NPL Committee.
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Jeffrey Lomasky
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Managing Director of Cerberus Capital Management
Jeffrey Lomasky joined Cerberus in 1994. Prior to joining Cerberus, he was the Chief Financial Officer of New Street Securities from 1992 to 1994. From 1990 to 1992, he was the controller of Drexel Burnham Lambert and from 1989 to 1990, he was the Chief Financial Officer of European activities for Drexel Burnham Lambert. He is a graduate of Bernard Baruch College. He is a member of the Firm’s Operating/Management Advisory Committee, Compliance and Risk Management Committee, Valuation Committee, Allocation Committee, and Financial Risk Management Sub-Committee.
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Leonard Laufer
Chief Executive Officer and Senior Managing Director of Cerberus Capital Management
Len Laufer is Head of Intelligent Solutions at JPMorgan Chase. He has spent more than 20 years working with financial institutions to transform operational and consumer data into information, insights and action.Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase, Laufer founded and was the Chief Executive Officer of Argus Information and Advisory Services, LLC. Since its inception in 1997, Argus grew to be the leading provider of information and analytical solutions to the payments industry. In 2012, Argus was sold to Verisk Analytics.Over the years, Laufer has worked with nearly every leading retail bank, credit card issuer, payments processor, credit reporting agency and payments network in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.Laufer graduated cum laude with honors from Harvard College with an AB in Social Studies, and earned an MBA from the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Joseph Naccarato
Chief Operating Officer, Chief Credit Officer and Senior Managing Director of Cerberus Capital Management
Joseph Naccarato joined Cerberus in 2000 and is Chief Operating Officer and Chief Credit Officer of Cerberus Business Finance, Cerberus’ middle-market direct lending platform. He provides operational oversight for Cerberus Business Finance, which includes over 70 professionals across three offices in the United States. Additionally, in his role, he is responsible for overseeing the business’ credit function and is active in the turnaround positions for the portfolio. Cerberus Business Finance has become a recognized leader and innovator in the leveraged financed industry, with one of the largest origination platforms in the United States. The business has provided financing to more than 225 financial sponsors as well as completed loan transactions with over 900 borrowers.
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Michael Sanford
Co-Head of Private Equity and Senior Managing Director of Cerberus Capital Management
Michael F. Sanford is a Managing Director, Co-Head of North American Private Equity, and a member of the Global Private Equity Investment Committee at private investment firm Cerberus Capital Management, which primarily invests in companies with the potential for significant business improvement. Prior to joining Cerberus in 2006, he was at The Blackstone Group in its Restructuring and Reorganization Advisory Group from 2004 to 2006, where he advised companies and creditors on a variety of restructuring transactions. Prior to joining Blackstone, from 2003 to 2004, he worked at Banc of America Securities in its Consumer and Retail Investment Banking Group, where he executed various financing, M&A and leveraged recapitalization transactions. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of DynCorp International and YP Holdings LLC, and on the Board of Managers of New Avon LLC. He holds a B.S. with honors and highest distinction from the Schreyer Honors College of the Pennsylvania State University.
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Michael Aguiling
CTO and Managing Director of Cerberus Capital Management
Michael Aguiling is Chief Technology Officer of Cerberus Technology Solutions, a subsidiary of Cerberus focused exclusively on leveraging emerging technology, data, and advanced analytics to drive business transformations. In his role, he leads Technology Strategy, Architecture, Cyber Security, and Data Operations, as part of a broad set of responsibilities aimed at creating value for companies through technology modernization and transformation. Prior to joining Cerberus in 2018, he was Chief Technology Officer of Regulatory DataCorp, a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners, where he was responsible for building an AI program primarily concentrated on the compliance software space. From 2005 to 2017, he was Chief Technology Officer of JPMorgan Intelligent Solutions, a unit of JPMorgan Chase and Co. created to solve business problems and provide strategic insights through data mining, analytics, and modeling. He also founded and chaired the JPMC Machine Learning Steering Committee from 2016 to 2017. He has served on various executive and advisory boards for enterprise technology companies, including Hortonworks, Cloudera, RedHat, and Amazon Web Services. He studied Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology.
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Mark Neporent
COO, Senior Legal Officer and Senior Managing Director of Cerberus Capital Management
Mark Neporent joined Cerberus in 1998 and serves as Cerberus’ Chief Operating Officer and Senior Legal Counsel. He, together with other members of the senior executive team, is responsible for the day-to-day management of Cerberus and its global operations. He is also a member of several Cerberus committees, including the Firm’s Operating/Management Committee, Private Equity Committee, Cerberus Business Finance Committee, Compliance and Risk Committee, Valuation Committee, Broker Selection Committee, and Allocation Committee. Prior to Cerberus, he was a Partner in the Business Reorganization and Finance Groups at Schulte Roth & Zabel, LLP where he practiced from 1986 until he joined Cerberus. He has held board memberships at public and private companies across a variety of industries, including transportation, real estate, technology, financial services, and leisure. Notably, he has served on the board of directors at SSA Global Technologies, AMC Corporation, SUPERVALU, Ally Financial (formerly GMAC), and Chrysler Holdings (parent of Chrysler Financial Corp.), among others. He also has extensive experience on creditors’ and bondholders’ committees, including serving as Co-Chair of the WorldCom’s Official Creditors Committee, where he helped lead the company’s restructuring efforts, and following its emergence from bankruptcy, was appointed to the Board of Directors of MCI, its successor. He has authored and contributed to legal and business publications and has lectured on insolvency, bankruptcy, and reorganization matters. He has lectured at the Syracuse University College of Law’s continuing legal education program.
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Matthew Zames
President and Senior Managing Director of Cerberus Capital Management
Matthew E. Zames is President of Cerberus and joined the Firm in 2018. He has broad responsibilities across the firm’s global platform and leads a number of operational and strategic initiatives, including overseeing all investments in the financial services industry, growing the understanding and use of technology, data, and AI in investment activities and at the Firm’s portfolio companies, and helping the Firm identify and capitalize on new investment strategies. He was most recently the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and a member of the Operating Committee of JPMorgan Chase & Co. from 2012 to 2017. In his role as COO, his responsibilities included the firm’s Chief Investment Officer (CIO), the Oversight and Control Group, Treasury & Funding, Mortgage Banking Capital Markets, Compliance, One Equity Partners, Corporate Strategy, Regulatory Affairs, Global Technology and Operations, Global Real Estate, Procurement, Security & Safety, General Services, and Military & Veteran Affairs. He was co-COO from July 2012 until April 2013 when he assumed the full COO position. Previously, he was CIO of JPMorgan Chase. Prior to 2012, he held a series of senior roles in the firm’s Investment Bank. He was co-head of Global Fixed Income for J.P. Morgan’s Investment Bank and head of Chase’s Mortgage Banking Capital Markets. Before that, he managed several leading Markets businesses, including Rates, Foreign Exchange, Public Finance, Securitized Products Group, and the Tax Exempt Capital Markets business.
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Andrew Kandel
Chief Compliance Officer, Senior Legal Officer and Senior Managing Director of Cerberus Capital Management
Andrew Kandel joined Cerberus in 2007 and oversees compliance for Cerberus and its global operations. He is a member of the Compliance and Risk Management, Allocation, Brokerage Selection, Valuation, Securities Compliance, and Financial Risk Management Committees. He is also the Chairman of the Firm’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Committee. As Chief Compliance Officer, he works with the Firm’s business units and its professionals worldwide to ensure Cerberus is maintaining the highest standard of compliance and ethical behavior. He has been instrumental in integrating best practices into the Firm’s day-to-day operations, including through the development of a robust compliance program that, among other things, regularly monitors activities and conducts trainings to ensure the safeguarding of the Firm’s integrity and reputation. In addition, Mr. Kandel leads Cerberus’ ESG efforts and is a key driver in incorporating ESG into the activities of the Firm, its portfolio companies, and investments. Prior to joining Cerberus, he was First Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at Merrill Lynch, where he was in charge of state regulation, legislation, and government relations and also handled various SEC, NYSE, NASD, and compliance-related matters. From 1995 to 1998, he was the Chief of the Investor Protection & Securities Bureau at the New York State Attorney General’s Office, where he also served as Assistant Deputy Attorney General, assisting in oversight of the Antitrust, Charities, Consumer Fraud, Civil Rights, Environmental, and Real Estate Finance Bureaus. From 1993 to 1995, he was Senior Special Counsel, then Trial Counsel, at the Enforcement Division of the New York Stock Exchange. He was also an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan for seven years. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is a Lecturer and Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
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Richard Alexander
Chief Technology Officer and Managing Director of Cerberus Capital Management
Richard Alexander is the Chief Technology Officer at Cerberus, where he oversees global technology, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, software development, data operations, and computer support. He is also responsible for managing the firm’s global facilities as well as its general services and vendor relationships. Since joining Cerberus in 2008, he has held various roles at the firm. He was a member of the Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, the firm’s industry-leading operations platform, where he was involved in the restructuring of GMAC and Momentis Property Group. Mr. Alexander has also participated in several due diligence projects for the firm’s private equity and middle-market direct lending platform. Prior to Cerberus, he spent 12 years at GE, where he was a Chief Information Officer and Quality Leader within GE Commercial Finance. He has also held various technology roles within the U.S. State Department and UST, Inc. Mr. Alexander currently sits on several technology advisory boards and was previously a member of the BAWAG Supervisory Board. He has been named Best Technology Executive, Buy-Side by American Financial Technology Awards and is a frequent speaker at IT executive and technology summits. Mr. Alexander graduated from Loyola University and is certified in Lean Six Sigma.
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Sheila Peluso
Managing Director, Senior Legal Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer of Cerberus Capital Management
Sheila Peluso is Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Legal Officer for Cerberus. In her role, she oversees human resource management and talent acquisition globally for the Firm and its affiliates. She joined Cerberus in 2005 and prior to that, she was an Associate with Chadbourne & Parke LLP in New York, where her practice focused on representing private equity clients in M&A and securities and general corporate matters. She graduated from Binghamton University and received her J.D. from Cornell Law School. She is a member of Cerberus’ Securities Compliance Committee.
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Howard Penney
Managing Director of Hedgeye Risk Management
Howard’s research coverage focuses on the restaurant industry and other Consumer Staples sectors in the U.S. He has nearly two decades of experience following consumer related sectors including tobacco, beverage (including Latin America), gaming, and restaurants. Prior to Hedgeye Risk Management, Howard spent 14 years at Morgan Stanley, including working on the Macro team covering small company strategy. During his tenure at Morgan Stanley, Howard was ranked #1 by Institutional Investor (Restaurants) and #1 in the WSJ poll (Tobacco). Following Morgan Stanley Howard worked at FBR and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
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David Joerg
Managing Director of Two Sigma Ventures
Since joining Two Sigma in 2001, David led a series of software engineering and research efforts, with a focus on automated trading, market microstructure and optimal execution strategy. David started his career in 1994 programming for the NeXT platform, the direct predecessor to today’s OS X and iPhone technologies. After several years at D. E. Shaw & Co, he co-founded Vindigo, an early and successful provider of location services for mobile devices. David’s personal projects focus on the application of data analysis to domains such as real-time strategy games, policy journalism and automated coaching. David graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Computer Science.
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Matt Jacobus
Managing Director of Two Sigma Ventures
Matt is a venture partner at Two Sigma Ventures and supports all activities of the fund including sourcing deals, evaluating potential investments, and supporting our portfolio companies as an advisor and board member. Matt brings a wealth of experience to Two Sigma Ventures from his prior role as the first CTO of Two Sigma Investments. Matt joined Two Sigma Investments in 2003, and managed the firm’s foundational technology platform providing scalable tools and computational resources that make Two Sigma’s Modelers and Engineers highly productive. He served as the Chief Technology Officer from 2013 to 2016. Prior to joining Two Sigma, Matt was with Opticality Ventures as investor and in various leadership positions of their portfolio companies. He also previously worked for Objective Technologies as Director of Software Engineering, UBS as Vice President of Equities, JF Technology as Director of Technology, and Reservoir Capital as Chief Technology Officer. Matt earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer science from Carnegie Mellon University. When he’s not spending time with his wife and three kids, Matt is playing tennis or eating.
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Colin Farmer
Managing Director of One Equity Partners
Mr. Farmer is a Managing Director of OEP. Prior to joining OEP he worked at Harvest Partners, a middle market private equity firm, and at Robertson Stephens & Company. Mr. Farmer serves on the Boards of ANX eBusiness and Expert Global Solutions and he previously served on the Board of X-Rite and TV Guide Network. He is a Trustee of the Princeton University Rowing Association, and received his A.B. in English Literature from Princeton University.
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Tenno Tsai
Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
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Rahul Vinnakota
Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
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Matthew Kretzman
Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
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Elliot Maluth
Managing Director of H.I.G. Capital
Elliot is a Managing Director based in H.I.G.’s San Francisco office. He is responsible for all key aspects of the private investment transaction process including deal origination, transaction structuring and negotiating, and post-closing portfolio company oversight. Elliot is focused on building H.I.G.’s portfolio of investments in the western U.S. in business services and consumer goods and services. Elliot’s career spans more than 30 years, with over two decades of experience in the private equity industry, and prior experience in management consulting and sales management. He has been a Managing Director at H.I.G. since 2004. Prior to H.I.G., he was a Partner with the private equity firm Behrman Capital. Before that, he was an Associate at Golder Thoma Cressey Rauner (GTCR), a private equity firm in Chicago. At both firms, Elliot was responsible for sourcing, negotiating and closing buyouts and recapitalizations of privately held companies, and overseeing investments post-closing. Earlier in his career, he was a Manager in the Strategic Consulting Group of Price Waterhouse and a Sales Manager in the Beverage Division of Procter & Gamble. Elliot earned a B.B.A. from the University of Washington and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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Alok Sanghvi
Managing Director & Head of Middle-market Business Services Investments of H.I.G. Capital
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Jordan Peer
Managing Director & Global Head Capital Formation of H.I.G. Capital
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Prashant Bhatia
Managing Director, Enterprise Strategy & Corporate Development of TD Ameritrade
Prashant Bhatia oversees corporate strategy, partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, business development, and industry and competitive analysis. He also serves as a member of the Company’s senior operating committee, which shapes the strategic focus of the organization. Bhatia has more than two decades of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining TD Ameritrade in 2009, Bhatia served as a director in equity research at Citigroup, and before that he worked within the office of the Chairman for UBS America. He also spent time as a finance manager with Morgan Stanley & Co. and as a senior associate for Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. His career experiences include: public accounting, controller of an investment banking and equities division, corporate mergers and acquisitions, and equity analysis covering brokers, banks, and asset management firms.
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About TD Ameritrade: TD Ameritrade is a finance company in online stock trading.
Kyle Asman
General Partner, Managing Director of Backswing Ventures
Kyle Asman is a General Partner and Managing Director at Backswing Ventures. Kyle has extensive experience helping clients raise capital in the finance, banking, regulatory consulting space, and most recently, developed complex international tax structures in the tax advisory space. Today, he is firmly committed to helping companies build their business in the Blockchain sector because he believes it will fundamentally change the way capital markets operate and revolutionize industries across the globe. Kyle has held investment banking regulatory consulting and transfer pricing roles at Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Duff and Phelps, and Ryan LLC, a global tax firm. In 2018, Kyle Co-Founded Bx3 Consulting, a full-service biz advisory firm focused on helping cryptocurrency and blockchain companies grow and operate their business and has since brought multiple successful initial token offerings (ITOs) to market. He is a VC investor in multiple startups.
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About Backswing Ventures: Backswing Ventures is a $50m venture fund investing in early stage companies in a broad range of industries.
Guy Cartwright
Operating Partner and Managing Director of TowerBrook Capital Partners
Guy Cartwright is a Senior Principal of TowerBrook. Previously, he was Vice President, Operations at NEWAsurion – a global provider of technology protection products and services. Prior to that, he was Chief Executive Officer of Truefitt & Hill, N.A., a men’s shaving and grooming company and a consultant at Bain & Company – with a focus on merger integration and growth strategy. He also worked in various roles at a chemical engineering consultancy. He earned his B.S., Chemistry from The College of William & Mary and received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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About TowerBrook Capital Partners: TowerBrook Capital Partners is a London-based investment management firm that funds European and North American companies.
Evan Goldman
Managing Director of TowerBrook Capital Partners
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About TowerBrook Capital Partners: TowerBrook Capital Partners is a London-based investment management firm that funds European and North American companies.
Abrielle Rosenthal
Chief Compliance Officer and Managing Director of TowerBrook Capital Partners
Abrielle Rosenthal is a Senior Principal and Senior Compliance Counsel of TowerBrook. Prior to joining TowerBrook, she was a corporate partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis advising U.S. and European private equity clients in cross-border leveraged buyouts. She received a BS from the Wharton School (finance) and a BA in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, a JD from Columbia University Law School, and an M.Phil. from Cambridge (Queens’ College). She holds the Series 7, 24, 63, 79 and 99 licenses
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About TowerBrook Capital Partners: TowerBrook Capital Partners is a London-based investment management firm that funds European and North American companies.
Walter Weil
Managing Director of TowerBrook Capital Partners
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About TowerBrook Capital Partners: TowerBrook Capital Partners is a London-based investment management firm that funds European and North American companies.
Ian Sacks
Managing Director of TowerBrook Capital Partners
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About TowerBrook Capital Partners: TowerBrook Capital Partners is a London-based investment management firm that funds European and North American companies.
Michael Recht
Managing Director of TowerBrook Capital Partners
Michael Recht is a Principal at TowerBrook. Previously, he was a Senior Associate with the Retail & Consumer team at Apax Partners. Before joining Apax he worked for Thoma Cressey Bravo, focusing on investments in the consumer products and services sector. Prior to Thoma Cressey, he was a member of the Technology & Defense teams at CIBC World Markets. He earned his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and his B.A. From Williams College.
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About TowerBrook Capital Partners: TowerBrook Capital Partners is a London-based investment management firm that funds European and North American companies.
Glenn Miller
General Counsel North America and Managing Director of TowerBrook Capital Partners
Glenn Miller is a Managing Director and General Counsel North America of TowerBrook. Before joining TowerBrook in July 2006, He worked as an Associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He earned his B.A. from Washington and Lee University and received his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law.
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About TowerBrook Capital Partners: TowerBrook Capital Partners is a London-based investment management firm that funds European and North American companies.
Patrick Loftus-Hills
Partner & Managing Director of Moelis & Company
Patrick Loftus-Hills is a Partner and Managing Director specializing in metals and mining at Moelis & Company, an investment bank, based in New York. Patrick advises mining companies on mergers and acquisitions and capital raisings. He has advised almost all of the world’s major mining companies involving transformational cross border transactions including BHP on its merger with Billiton to form BHP Billiton, Alcan on its defence from takeover by Alcoa and subsequent sale to Rio Tinto and Vale on its acquisition of Inco. His work has also seen him IPO and raise money for companies on stock exchanges in Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Indonesia, India, Hong Kong, the Philippines, the UK, and the US. He has been involved in over 130 capital raisings, restructurings and mergers and acquisitions involving assets in at least 68 countries.
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About Moelis & Company: Moelis & Company is an investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base.
Jerome Brown
Managing Director of Houlihan Lokey
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About Houlihan Lokey: Houlihan Lokey is a global investment bank that focuses on capital markets, financial restructuring, valuation, and strategic consulting.
Joseph Mooney
Managing Director of Houlihan Lokey
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About Houlihan Lokey: Houlihan Lokey is a global investment bank that focuses on capital markets, financial restructuring, valuation, and strategic consulting.
Heather Smith
Managing Director – Head of Structured Equity of Houlihan Lokey
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About Houlihan Lokey: Houlihan Lokey is a global investment bank that focuses on capital markets, financial restructuring, valuation, and strategic consulting.
Davis Noell
Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of North America of Providence Equity Partners
Davis Noell is a principal based in our New York office. He is currently a director of Altegrity, the Chernin Group, GLM, SunGard Data Systems and Stream Global Services. Prior to joining Providence in 2003, he was an analyst in Deutsche Bank’s media investment banking group. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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About Providence Equity Partners: Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm that focuses on media, entertainment, communications, and information investments.
Jesse M. Du Bey
Managing Director & Vice President of Providence Equity Partners
Jesse Du Bey is founder and managing partner of Orkila Capital, a private equity firm focused on media, technology, and special situations investments. Prior to founding Orkila, Jesse was a managing director at Providence Equity Partners, the world’s leading investment firm focused on media, technology, and information services, with over $23B under management. Jesse is currently a Board Director of Heartflow, Inc., Bellator (a Viacom company), World Triathlon Corporation (Ironman), ikaSystems, Crash Line Productions, and The DuBey Family Foundation. Jesse is a graduate of the University of Washington and is a native of Seattle, WA.
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About Orkila Capital, Providence Equity Partners: Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm that focuses on media, entertainment, communications, and information investments.
Blair Faulstich
Managing Director and Head of Origination of Providence Equity Partners
Blair Faulstich is a managing director in Providence Equity Capital Markets based in their New York office. Prior to joining Providence in 2011, he was a managing director and co-head of media and communications investment banking at Citadel Securities. Previously, he was a managing director in the media and communications investment banking group at Merrill Lynch. He held various positions at Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown in the media investment banking group. Before joining Alex. Brown in 1997, he spent three years at Arthur Andersen. Mr. Faulstich received a Master of Business Administration from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Arts from Principia College.
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About Benefit Street Partners, Providence Equity Partners: Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm that focuses on media, entertainment, communications, and information investments.
Joshua Empson
Managing Director of Providence Equity Partners
Josh Empson is a managing director based in our New York office. Prior to joining Providence in 2013, he was a partner at NantCapital, an investment firm he co-founded, focused on media, mobile technology and healthcare software and services. Previously, he was a managing director at Forstmann Little & Co. where he led several investments in media and sports. Prior to that, he was head of corporate development at United Online, a leading provider of consumer products and services over the internet. Earlier in his career, he served in various roles at NBC. Mr. Empson received a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University.
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About Providence Equity Partners: Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm that focuses on media, entertainment, communications, and information investments.
Allison R. Schoeneck
Associate & Managing Director of Providence Equity Partners
Allison Schoeneck is an associate focused on portfolio operations and is based in our New York office. Prior to joining Providence in 2012, Ms. Schoeneck worked as a business analyst at McKinsey & Company, where she focused mostly on healthcare and organization projects. Allison received a Bachelors of Science degree from Columbia University.
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About Providence Equity Partners, Risalto Health: Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm that focuses on media, entertainment, communications, and information investments.
Lisa Lee
Managing Director, Business Development of Providence Equity Partners
Lisa Lee is a Managing Director, Business Development Providence Equity Partners. She is a former Managing Director, Investor Relations at CVC Capital Partners and Summer Associate at Goldman Sachs & Co. She graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor of arts in International Relations.
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About Providence Equity Partners: Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm that focuses on media, entertainment, communications, and information investments.
Daniel Pianko
Co-Founder and Managing Director of University Ventures
Daniel Pianko is the Managing Director at Achieve Partners
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About Achieve Partners, Tiber Health, University Ventures: University Ventures is higher education sector.
Aanand Radia
Managing Director of University Ventures
Aanand Radia is a Managing Director at University Ventures. Prior to University Ventures, Aanand was a private equity investor at BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, where he focused on Financial Services and Special Situations. Prior to BlackRock, Aanand worked at EdisonLearning (formerly Edison Schools), an early pioneer in the charter school movement and later a diversified K-12 education technology and services company, where he focused on corporate strategy, business development, new product and finance initiatives. While at Edison, Aanand helped to develop an alternative education product offering delivered through a hybrid/blended learning environment. Aanand started his career at Patriot Capital, a middle market private equity firm, where he made investments across a broad range of industries. Aanand received his B.S. in Economics from Carnegie Mellon University. “Aanand helps lead the firm’s investment in Galvanize, Revature, and the firm’s student finance related investments.
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About Achieve Partners, University Ventures: University Ventures is higher education sector.
Ryan Craig
Managing Director of University Ventures
Prior to University Ventures, Ryan founded and built Wellspring, the largest and leading organization of treatment programs for overweight and obese children, adolescents and young adults, including boarding schools, summer camps and after-school programs. Ryan headed the Education & Training sector at Warburg Pincus from 2001 – 2004 where he was the founding Director of Bridgepoint Education (NYSE: BPI), one of the largest online universities in the U.S. Ryan has advised the U.S. Department of Education and served as VP Strategic Development for Fathom, the Columbia University online education company, from 1999 – 2001. Ryan began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Co. He received bachelor’s degrees in Literature and Economics summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University, and his law degree from the Yale Law School.
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About Achieve Partners, University Ventures: University Ventures is higher education sector.
Matt Merchant
Global Managing Director, DevOps of General Electric
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About General Electric: General Electric offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide.
Rick Heitzmann
Founder, Partner, and Managing Director of FirstMark
Rick Heitzmann is a Founder and Managing Director at FirstMark Capital. Mr. Heitzmann focuses on investments in emerging media, advertising, data, and information services. Rick has led or co-led many investments in market leaders in commerce (StubHub, acquired by eBay), gaming (Riot Games, acquired by Tencent), data services (First Advantage, NASDAQ: FADV; acquired by First American), advertising technology (Tapad), media (Pinterest), and more. Previously, Rick was a Managing Director at Pequot Ventures, and a founding member of the senior management team at First Advantage (NASDAQ: FADV). At US Search, Rick, as the Senior Vice President of corporate development and member of the Board of Directors, led the public company turnaround. Mr. Heitzmann graduated from Georgetown University with a B.S. in Business Administration and earned his M.B.A. from The Harvard Business School. Rick sits on the Board of Directors of Pinterest, Dashlane, Omaze, and Hubble Contacts among others. Rick is also on the Board of Directors of the New York Venture Capital Association.
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About FirstMark: FirstMark Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with exceptional entrepreneurs.
