CORNELL CAPITAL - Key Persons
Alexis is a Senior Associate at Cornell Capital. Prior to joining the firm in 2021, she began her career in investment banking at Credit Suisse, where she was a member of the Financial Institutions Group in London.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Cornell Capital Team
- Partner
- Partner & Head of Asia
Allen is a Partner and the Head of Asia for Cornell Capital. He has almost 30 years of public and private equity investing experience across a broad array of sectors. Prior to joining the firm, Allen was a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Dymon Asia Capital, a Managing Director and Partner at Tudor Investment Corp, and a Portfolio Manager at Citadel Investment Corp, all focused on long-short public equity investing.
Previously, he was an Executive Director of Goldman Sachs in the Merchant Banking Division in Hong Kong, Singapore and New York, where he worked closely with Henry Cornell and Stephen Trevor. Allen formerly served on the board of various Goldman Sachs portfolio companies, including Alibaba, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, among others.
Allen is a Director of Advantek, kdc/one, and Lorom.
Education
Harvard College
Arthur is an Associate at Cornell Capital. Prior to joining the firm in 2022, Arthur began his career in investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he was a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group in New York.
Education
University of California at Berkeley
Benjamin Hsu is a Managing Director of Cornell Capital. Prior to joining the firm in 2020, Benjamin served as Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Business Development of Sundia MediTech, a venture-backed pre-clinical CRO, where he was responsible for corporate strategy, business development, M&A and financing activities, investor relations and also acted as board secretary. He began his career at Goldman Sachs in the Investment Banking Division in the Corporate Finance Group in Hong Kong.
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yale School of Management, MBA
Ellanor ("Bodie") Brizendine has more than 40 years in educational leadership. Formerly the Head of School for The Spence School in New York City and Marin Academy in the Bay Area, Bodie has also led various national, independent school organizations and has served on numerous non-profit boards such as Teach for America NYC, and Harlem Children's Zone.
Throughout her career, Bodie has focused on leadership for women, environmental education and design, strategic integration of ESG matters, and board operations and leadership. Currently Bodie is a partner of RG175, a national search firm for independent school leadership, a mentor for individual, educational leaders and a consultant for other financial services for various projects.
Brian F. Li has more than 25 years of experience in investment, financing, management and business operation in China in various industries including clean and renewable energy, health care, real estate, power generation, restaurant, retail, environmental recycling and digital economy. He has been an independent director for China Power International Development Limited, a leader in China's renewable energy industry with majority ownership by the state and listed on the HKSE. He currently serves as Co-chair of Beijing Yisheng Medical Technology Co., a company dedicated to human cell treatment and orthopaedic material development. He started his career with Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York and later joined the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs. He was former country chief representative for Goldman Sachs in China.
Christine is an Executive Assistant in New York. Prior to joining the firm in 2019, she provided temporary administrative support at several companies while working as a dance and theatre teaching artist with Broadway Bound Kids, which provides arts education across New York City.
Education
University of California Irvine
Job Titles:
- Principal, Investor Relations
Christine is a Principal at Cornell Capital, based in the New York office, where she is responsible for all of the firm's capital raising activities, investor relationships, and communications. Prior to joining the firm in 2022, Christine worked at Whitehorse Liquidity Partners where she focused on fundraising, investor relations and syndication. Prior to that, Christine began her career in corporate banking at J.P. Morgan and HSBC covering Canada.
Education
University of British Columbia, The Sauder School of Business
Daniel is a Senior Associate at Cornell Capital. Prior to joining the firm in 2021, Daniel began his career in investment banking at Deutsche Bank, where he was a member of the Industrials Group in New York.
Education
Boston College
David is a Senior Associate at Cornell Capital in the Hong Kong office. Prior to joining the firm in 2021, he worked at CITIC XJ Capital, where he focused on cross-border buyout investments in industrials and healthcare sectors. Prior to that, David was with Goldman Sachs AIMS Private Equity Group, focusing on private equity secondary transactions and co-investments across the Asia Pacific region. David began his career at StepStone Group in the private equity team.
Education
Duke University
Edyta is a Senior Associate at Cornell Capital. Prior to joining the firm in 2021, Edyta began her career in investment banking at Morgan Stanley, where she worked in Mergers & Acquisitions Group in New York.
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Job Titles:
- Head of Investor Relations
Emily is Head of Investor Relations at Cornell Capital where she is responsible for all of the firm's capital raising activities, investor relationships, and communications. Prior to joining the firm in 2021, she worked at Silver Point Capital, where she focused on marketing and investor relations for the firm's distressed debt, special situations, and private lending strategies. Prior to that, she spent over seven years at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in the firm's Client & Partner Group. Emily began her career at JP Morgan.
Education
Lehigh University
Emily is a Partner of Cornell Capital. She has 20 years of M&A and private investing experience. Prior to joining Cornell Capital in 2017, Emily served as a Vice President of Harron Communications, a regional cable company, where she was a member of the senior leadership team responsible for M&A and financing activities, legal matters and operational management. She began her career at Davis Polk & Wardwell in the Mergers & Acquisitions group and previously worked at American International Group, Inc. (AIG).
Emily was selected as one of the 10 women profiled in Buyouts' Women in Private Equity: The Class of 2022. She was also recognized in the Wall Street Journal's Women to Watch in Private Equity, and profiled in The Deal's article Private Equity's Better Half.
She is a Director of Longevity, PureStar, Spectrum Automotive, and Vault.
Education
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard Law School, J.D.
Henrick is an Analyst at Cornell Capital.
Education
Wesleyan University
Job Titles:
- Member of the Cornell Capital Team
- Senior Partner
- Member of the Board of Trustees of Mt
Henry is the Senior Partner of Cornell Capital. Prior to founding the firm, he was the Vice Chairman and one of the original architects of the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs.
Henry has almost 40 years of experience across all aspects of private equity investing in a broad array of industries. He began his career as an attorney with Davis Polk & Wardwell before joining Goldman Sachs' Investment Banking Division in 1984. He moved to Tokyo in 1988 to found Goldman Sachs' real estate efforts in Asia, and then moved to Hong Kong in 1992 where he founded Goldman Sachs' principal investment business in Asia. Under his leadership, Goldman Sachs made numerous landmark investments in the region, including Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Kookmin Bank, Ping An Insurance Company of China and Sanyo Corporation. Henry returned to New York in 2000 as the Head of Private Equity Americas and Asia, and as a member of the Global Investment Committee. He was subsequently named Vice Chairman of the Merchant Banking Division. Henry's notable US investments while at Goldman Sachs include Allied World, Barrett Energy, Cobalt, Kinder Morgan, MRC Global and USI.
Henry is a Director of Blue Mistral, Monolith, MRC Global, PureStar Linen Group and Vault.
Henry is a member of the Board of Trustees of Mt. Sinai Hospital, the Asia Society, the Navy SEAL Foundation, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Education
Grinnell College
New York Law School, J.D.
Job Titles:
- Assistant
- Senior Executive
Hope is a Senior Executive Assistant at Cornell Capital. Prior to joining the firm in 2022, she began her career in the hotel industry as a Meeting Manager, first with Hilton and then Intercontinental. In 2016, she transitioned into the private equity industry and became an Executive Assistant, holding positions at Avenue Capital and William Blair. In 2009, Hope attended The French Culinary Institute (now ICE) and earned a Grand Diplôme in Pastry Arts.
Education
Purdue University
Howard is the Assistant Controller of Cornell Capital and has over a decade of experience in financial management. Prior to joining the firm in 2020, he served as the Accounting Manager for Watermark Lodging Trust, a real estate investment trust focused on the hospitality industry. Howard began his career at Deloitte, Touché LLP, and W.P. Carey.
Education
New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Jacob is an Associate at Cornell Capital. Prior to joining the firm in 2023, Jacob began his career in investment banking at Greenhill & Co., where he was a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group in New York.
Education
Emory University, Goizueta Business School
Mr. Montupet is a Cornell Capital Senior Advisor and the former Executive Vice President of Emerson Electric Company, a global engineering services leader serving the industrial, commercial and consumer sectors. He previously served as the Chairman of Emerson Electric Industrial Automation and President of Emerson Europe.
Since 2002, among other roles, Mr. Montupet has served on the Board of PartnerRe, a leading global reinsurer. He is also Lead Director of WABCO Holdings.
Mr. Montupet brings to Cornell Capital considerable expertise in industrial automation and technology. He advises Cornell Capital in connection with its evaluation of investment opportunities, including its investment in PureStar Linen Group, in which he serves on its Board of Directors.
Mr. Montupet received an M.B.A. from École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris.
Jenn is the Chief Operating Officer at Cornell Capital and has almost 30 years of experience across multiple alternative investment asset classes. Prior to joining the firm in 2022, Jenn served as the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of SK Capital Partners. Prior to that, Jenn served as General Counsel of Almanac Realty Investors, the private real estate investment division of Neuberger Berman. Before joining Almanac, Jenn served in senior legal and compliance positions at Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank, focusing on private equity, real estate and various strategic initiatives. Jenn began her legal career at Sullivan & Cromwell.
Education
Trinity College
Brooklyn Law School
Ms. Coles is a Cornell Capital Senior Advisor and the former Chief Content Officer of Hearst Magazines, one of the world's largest publishers of monthly magazines.
Previously she served as Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan and is the Executive Producer of The Bold Type on Freeform and Hulu, a scripted show inspired by her life as a magazine editor and now in its fifth season.
Ms. Coles also starred in Project Runway Allstars for two seasons. Ms. Coles is an expert on digital media, direct-to-consumer initiatives and consumer-driven communications, and has significant expertise in beauty, personal care and fitness trends.
In 2018, Ms. Coles was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her contributions to journalism and the media business. In addition to advising on general value creation initiatives in her areas of expertise, Ms. Coles sits on the boards of Snap, Sonos, Density and Blue Mistral.
She has assisted Cornell Capital with the evaluation of Knowlton Development Corporation.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Cornell Capital Team
- Partner
Justine is a Partner of Cornell Capital. She has over 20 years of private equity and finance experience. Prior to joining the firm in 2016, Justine was a member for 13 years of the Private Equity Group at Fortress Investment Group, where she was most recently a Managing Director. While at Fortress, she also served as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for New Senior Investment Group (NYSE:SNR) and Newcastle Investment Corp. (NYSE: NCT). Justine previously held various private equity and investment banking positions at UBS, Credit Suisse and Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette.
Justine was recognized as one of the Wall Street Journal's Women to Watch in Private Equity, and profiled in The Deal's article Private Equity's Better Half.
She is Chairman of the Board of kdc/one and INW. In addition, she is a Director of Blue Mistral.
Education
Columbia University
Columbia University, Masters in International and Public Affairs
Job Titles:
- Chief Administrative Officer
Krystl is the Chief Administrative Officer of Cornell Capital. Prior to joining the firm in 2017, she worked as an administrative assistant at Goldman Sachs for fifteen years, assisting Henry Cornell in the Merchant Banking Division and then the head of Marcus, the retail banking division. Krystl previously worked at the William Morris Agency in Literary Rights, served as Personal Assistant to film directors Nora Ephron and Mike Nichols, and was Office Manager, Network Administrator and Assistant to the President of Fusient Media Ventures.
Education
New York University
Kyle Tsai - Managing Director
Kyle is a Managing Director at Cornell Capital. Prior to joining the firm in 2017, he worked in Goldman Sachs' Investment Banking Division in the Financial Institutions Group in Hong Kong. Kyle began his career at Zoyi Capital, a Greater China-focused private equity firm based in Taiwan.
Education
National Taiwan University
Job Titles:
- Senior Advisor
- Chairman and CEO of Honeywell International Following the Merger of AlliedSignal
Mr. Bossidy is a Cornell Capital Senior Advisor and the retired Chairman of the Board and CEO of Honeywell International Inc., a global $40 billion advanced technology, controls and manufacturing company.
Mr. Bossidy's five-decade career began with General Electric Company where he served in a number of senior management positions, including Chief Operating Officer of General Electric Capital Corporation, Executive Vice President and President of GE's Services and Materials Sector, and Vice Chairman and Executive Officer of General Electric Company.
Mr. Bossidy joined AlliedSignal Inc, as Chairman and CEO, in 1991. In 1999, Mr. Bossidy became Chairman and CEO of Honeywell International following the merger of AlliedSignal and Honeywell. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of General Electric, JP Morgan, Merck & Company and the Berkshire Hills Bancorp.
Mr. Bossidy regularly assists Cornell Capital in its evaluation of investment opportunities. He also participates in Cornell Capital's review of the financial and operating performance of its portfolio companies, and in discussions relating to strategic opportunities for the portfolio companies.
Peter is an Associate at Cornell Capital. Prior to joining the firm in 2022, Peter began his career in investment banking at Solomon Partners, where he was a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group in New York.
Job Titles:
- General Counsel
- Member of the Cornell Capital Team
- Partner
Job Titles:
- Assistant
- Senior Executive
Originally from California, Tara has been working as an EA in New York City since 2011, focused primarily in the PR and finance industries. She supports the Investor Relations team and other various investment professionals at Cornell Capital.
In her spare time, Tara volunteers with the New York Junior League.
Education
University of California, Davis
Veronica is an Associate at Cornell Capital. Prior to joining the firm in 2022, Veronica began her career in investment banking at Solomon Partners, where she focused on mergers and acquisitions in the media and telecommunications sectors.