Mary D’Souza, former Managing Director at GE Capital, joins Star
Mountain Capital as a Senior Advisor.
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/finance?src=hash” target=”_blank”gt;#financelt;/agt;–Star
Mountain Capital, LLC (“Star Mountain”), a specialized investment
manager focused exclusively on the large and underserved U.S.
lower-middle market, is pleased to announce that longtime personal
investor across multiple Star Mountain funds Mary
D’Souza has now also become a Star Mountain Senior Advisor. Ms.
D’Souza will leverage her relationships and experience to add value to
Star Mountain’s comprehensive deal origination platform across the U.S.
Ms. D’Souza has 25 years of private equity, private credit, fund
investing, commercial and investment banking and C-level operational
experience through various senior roles including at GE Capital,
Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and Four M Investments. She is currently the
CFO and a Board Member of a pharmaceutical company.
Ms. D’Souza spent nearly a decade as a Managing Director at GE Capital
in the years leading up to the 2008/2009 global financial crisis where
she structured over 125 senior and junior debt financings representing
over $13 billion in transaction volume. Ms. D’Souza also launched the
junior debt initiative at GE Capital, building it into one of the
leading players in the second lien / mezzanine lending market.
She started her career as an investment banker at Dresdner Kleinwort
Benson (since acquired by Commerzbank) in 1995. Post GE Capital, she was
the Chief Investment Officer of a large New York family office
responsible for direct investments in private equity and private credit
transactions as well as fund investments across a variety of asset
classes, including in the U.S. lower middle-market.
Ms. D’Souza received an MBA from Pace University and completed GE’s
Accelerated Leadership Performance Course. She received a BA from St.
Xavier’s College.
Ms. D’Souza is currently a Board Member of Community Access, a New
York-based non-profit that provides a range of housing, job skills, and
employment placement to those who have a history of mental illness.
“Mary brings valuable transaction and industry expertise and I am proud
she has joined our 35+ person advisory committee across the U.S. who
often add value in origination, underwriting insights and with our
portfolio companies,” said Brett
Hickey, Founder & CEO of Star Mountain. “As a longtime personal
investor in multiple Star Mountain funds and someone who has become a
friend, we are honored that Mary is further aligning herself to help us
bring large market expertise to the U.S. lower middle-market.”
ABOUT STAR MOUNTAIN
Investing in the Growth Engine of America ® – Star
Mountain Capital is a data-driven asset management firm focused on
investing in the large and underserved U.S. lower middle-market of
companies with typically between $10 million and $150 million of annual
revenues. Star Mountain’s distinctive business includes its Collaborative
Ecosystem ® powered by custom-built technology. Having invested in the
U.S. lower middle market since 2001, Star Mountain’s team brings proven,
large market resources to smaller businesses as a value-added lender and
investment partner. Star Mountain was named one of the 2017
Best Places to Work by Crain’s New York Business.
As part of its ESG, Star
Mountain’s Charitable Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)3 focuses
on improving lives through economic development, including job creation,
health & wellness and cancer research. Notable missions include helping
match veterans and women with high quality small and medium-sized
business career opportunities across
the country, including within Star Mountain’s portfolio which in
aggregate represents over 200 companies.
Contacts
Star Mountain Capital, LLC
Olivia Howley
[email protected]
