NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Siguler Guff
& Company, a multi-strategy private equity investment firm with
over $10.0 billion in assets under
management, announced today that Jay
Koh has joined its senior management team as a Managing
Director and a Partner of the firm.
Prior to joining Siguler Guff, Mr. Koh was the Head of
Investment Funds and Chief Investment Strategist at the Overseas
Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the development finance
institution of the United States
government. In this role, Mr. Koh led the agency's
$2.6 billion active emerging markets
private equity program, oversaw 33 funds and was involved in
managing a $15 billion portfolio of
political risk insurance, direct finance and private equity
investments. He also guided the development of OPIC's
strategic relationships and new products, including OPIC's first
fund-of-funds and first agriculture fund. Mr. Koh was OPIC's
Chief Financial Officer from 2010 to 2011.
George Siguler, Managing Director
and Founding Partner commented: "Jay brings 19 years of experience
at top-tier institutions in the public and private sectors to
Siguler Guff. We are extremely pleased that Jay has joined
the firm and we are confident that his accomplishments across a
wide variety of investment products and strategies will be an asset
to the firm." Drew Guff, Managing Director and Founding
Partner added: "We are thrilled to have Jay
Koh join us as a Partner of the firm. Leveraging Jay's
unique background and expertise, Siguler Guff is well-positioned to
continue its growth trajectory as a leading opportunistic private
equity investment firm."
From 2007 to 2009, Mr. Koh led private equity and illiquid
investing for Europe, the
Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at R3 Capital, formerly the
Global Principal Strategies Division of Lehman Brothers. He
served as the Head of EMEA Private Equity at both institutions, and
was a Partner at R3 Capital and a Managing Director at Lehman
Brothers. Previously, Mr. Koh focused on direct growth equity
investing, with an emphasis on telecommunications and security, as
a Principal at The Carlyle Group, where he worked from 2000 to 2007
and also from 1993 to 1995. From 1998 to 2000, he served as a
law clerk to Justice David H.
Souter, United States Supreme Court, and to Judge
Michael Boudin, United States Court of Appeals for the First
Circuit.
Mr. Koh commented, "I am excited to join a leading global
private equity firm with a 20+ year track record of value-oriented
opportunistic investing, a world-class team, and proven resources
and practices. I look forward to contributing to Siguler
Guff's long-term success."
Mr. Koh earned an A.B. in Economics magna cum laude from
Harvard College, a master's degree
in Management with a focus on international management from
Oxford University and a J.D. from Yale
Law School.
About Siguler Guff:
Siguler Guff & Company is a multi-strategy private
equity investment firm which, together with its affiliates, has
over $10.0 billion of assets under
management across three lines of business: multi-manager funds,
direct investment funds, and separate accounts. Siguler Guff serves
over 450 institutional clients and over 500 high-net-worth
individuals, and the funds it manages have invested in over 350
private equity funds. The firm is headquartered in New York and has offices in Boston, Chicago, San
Francisco, Moscow,
Shanghai, Sao Paulo and a local affiliate office in
Mumbai. To learn more about
Siguler Guff, please visit www.sigulerguff.com.
Contact:
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Kathryn
Goodenough
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Public
Relations Associate
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+1
212-332-5109
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kgoodenough@sigulerguff.com
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SOURCE Siguler Guff & Company