CapAcuity Appoints Senior Consultant and Chief Technology Officer

LAKE MARY, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CapAcuity, a leading executive benefits consulting, investment advisory
and asset management firm, announced today that it has appointed Thomas
Cook as Senior Consultant and Hemant Srivastava as Chief Technology
Officer.

Mr. Cook will provide consulting and analytical support for CapAcuity
clients and intermediary partners. “Tom has deep and varied experience
in the design, funding, investments, and tax treatment of executive
benefit plans,” CapAcuity CEO Peter Cahall said. “His experience in
these areas will be a great asset to our core service of addressing the
major trends which are materially affecting the sponsors and
participants of these plans—including significant tax, regulatory,
investment and pricing changes.”

Most recently, Mr. Cook was a financial consultant with Fulcrum
Partners, where he consulted on non-qualified plans for large private
and public companies. Prior to Fulcrum, he held senior financial analyst
and senior consultant positions with Newport Group, providing executive
benefit plan solutions to plan sponsors and making recommendations about
plan financing to company boards and committees. He has also been a
private client portfolio consultant with Schwab, and a financial analyst
with Bank of America.

Mr. Cook earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from Davidson College
in North Carolina, and his master’s degree in business administration
(MBA) from Indiana University. He holds a CFA certification, as well as
Series 6, 7, 63, and 66 registrations.

Mr. Srivastava will be responsible for all IT strategy, operations,
infrastructure, governance and data security across the company. “We are
excited to welcome Hemant to our team,” said Peter Cahall. “His
leadership will be critical as we continue to invest in our client
reporting platform and enhance our information technology
infrastructure.”

Prior to joining CapAcuity, Mr. Srivastava headed an independent
consulting firm which provided enterprise-wide strategy, financial, and
information technology consulting services to a wide range of large
public and private companies. Previously, he was chief information
officer at Hooper Holmes, Inc., a national health risk assessment
provider. Prior to Hooper Holmes, he was a senior IT and management
consultant specializing in the financial services sector for a boutique
consulting firm in New Jersey.

Mr. Srivastava received his bachelor’s degree from Brock University and
his master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton University.

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Eddie Selover
Vice President, Communications
407-477-4152
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