Lead global business development and investor relations efforts and team for fast growing UK-headquartered alternative asset firm specializing in financial and business services. Pollen is a leading financial and business services investment firm offering capabilities across the capital structure. With a team of over 80 professionals, Pollen has deep domain expertise and operational know-how, which facilitates excess returns with a low volatility of realized outcomes.Core investment strategies include: (i) mid-market buyouts ($60m-$120m), (ii) first-lien, asset-backed lending, and (iii) “capital solutions” or structured equity to borrowers in need of creative and structured solutions. Pollen is an established leader and committed practitioner of ESG and DE&I initiatives and is a two-time winner of CFI's "Best Responsible Investment Team (UK)"

$4.5b+ alternative asset management firm with over 100 employees. Investments focused on uncorrelated and insurance-linked risk. Experience in life settlements, structured settlements, reverse mortgages, pre-settlements, broker commissions, ABS, casualty reinsurance, PNC reinsurance, and secured/structured lending.Promoted to President and Chief Investment Officer in March 2020 after serving as the Senior Managing Director and Head of Business Development, Special Situation Investing, and Marketing/IR for 5.5 years.-Built eight-person marketing and investor relations team from scratch; oversaw all communication and reporting for seven different fund vehicles with over 4,000 investors;-Increased AUM from $200m to over $4.5b in four years;-Created, built, and managed a five-person special situation investment team focused on esoteric and uncorrelated investments. Invested over $450m during the 2-years that I ran the team, and produced, consistent high-teens unlevered gross returns, and significant DPI;-Directed fund formation strategy: fund terms, legal documents, marketing and diligence collateral, tax structuring, roadshows, and side letters;-Reorganized life settlement portfolio management and trading teams to emphasize underwriting and independence of risk analysis. Reoptimized and repositioned legacy book of life settlement portfolios to produce go-forward returns commensurate with investor expectations;-M&A evaluation and negotiation, identification and sourcing of new investment strategies, recruiting new hires, international experience, securitizations and significant capital markets expertise.

-Senior client development and relationship management for $13b+ alternative manager-Spearheaded all European, Latin American and Northeastern U.S. fundraising-Drove client development for firm-identified "strategic" relationships; comprising most of the top-25 domestic and Canadian investors-Focus on opportunities targeting distressed/special situation strategies, distressed real estate, emerging markets, Russia and small U.S. buyouts-Initiated and sourced new LP relationships that invested $375m in 2013; secured and negotiated a $300m SMA with a leading U.S. pension plan

-Managed global client development and relationships for multi-billion dollar hedge fund-Developed fund structure, marketing materials and go-to-market plan for Q Aviation; a $500m+, first-time institutional fund-Oversaw diligence requests and business/term negotiations-Co-led, with head of Aviation business, all presentations and client meetings-Assisted in other activities within firm: hedge fund seeding platform, lending/banking relationships, real estate platform

-Managed relationships with over 150 institutional investors (Endowments, Foundations, Consultants, Fund of Funds, Public and Private Pensions, Family Offices)-Raised over $3b of new money for private equity and hedge fund clients-Raised capital for the following strategies: large and small buyouts, distressed credit and turnaround equity, energy, mezzanine, direct/rescue lending, secondaries, European buyouts, venture, and special-situation strategies-Identified and originated general partner relationships and fundraising mandates

-Advised c-level executives on high impact strategic and financial issues-Representative engagements included: $4b M&A transaction, trading model built for top-3 global hedge fund, full business and strategy review (product line profitability, process reengineering, merger integration, pricing strategy) for leading furniture retailer, financing and go-to-market strategy for renewable energy company- Performed deal diligence and development of investment cases and financial models for leading private equity firms

-Headed of London trading desk for top-10 US Primary Dealer; served as primary market-maker and trader for entire U.S. Government yield curve-Additional experience as the head Bill trader, and as the assistant trader in 5-10 year sector-Completed MBA training program (one of 3 non-MBAs admitted to the program)