QUAESTOR ADVISORS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director of Human Resources
- Senior Vice President
Alicia is a Society for Human Resource Management Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) and has been dedicated to her position within the firm since its establishment. Prior to this, she worked in human resources and administration at the investment firm D.B. Zwirn & Co. Since 1996, Alicia has amassed an extensive work history encompassing various aspects of human resources and office administration.
Alicia holds an associate in arts in liberal arts degree with a concentration in business and psychology from the College of Staten Island.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Asset Management / Jacksonville
Antoinette has more than 25 years of experience in commercial real estate finance. Her expertise includes management of complex commercial loans and delivering solutions through loan restructuring, enforcement, stabilization of underlying real estate and recovery for the firm.
Antoinette was previously senior manager-head of US with the Mount Street Group and held senior positions with CW Financial Services, Trimont Real Estate Advisors, and Ocwen Financial.
Antoinette holds a BS in business from the University of Kansas. She is a member of the ULI (Urban Land Institute) and CREW (Commercial Real Estate for Women).
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Director of Capital Markets
Darius has more than two decades of experience in committing debt and equity capital to a wide range of alternative investment asset classes. He has served as credit analyst, buy- and sell-side trader and structurer, and public and private transaction originator, issuer, and investor. Before joining the firm, Darius held roles at Pretium, Imperial Capital, R.W. Pressprich & Co., UBS, StoneCastle Partners, and Fitch Ratings.
Darius holds a BS in finance from the USC Marshall School of Business and is an FCA CF30, FINRA Series 63, and FINRA Series 7 license holder.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Asset Management / Dublin
Eamonn has nearly two decades of origination, underwriting, and asset management experience in private equity, hedge funds, and commercial banking with a focus on commercial real estate, development, NPLs, and aviation. Before joining the firm, Eamonn held similar asset management roles with Hudson Advisors, Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC), and other firms in London and Dublin.
Eamonn holds a bachelor's degree in business studies from Dublin City University.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President, Director of Software Development
Jency has more than 20 years of relevant industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, he held senior software engineer and developer roles across the investment industry including, most recently, reporting to the chief information officer at Taconic Capital Advisors as a senior software engineer. Prior to Taconic, he was head of operations development at Saiers Capital, LLC. Earlier, he held developer roles at both MSD Capital and Drake Management, LLC.
Jency holds a BS in computer engineering, with honors, from the Rochester Institute of Technology and an MBA with a double major in information systems and finance from the Zicklin School of Business, where he was inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honors Society.
John Felletter - Managing Director, President
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- President
John's experience as an asset management specialist spans more than two decades. He previously was senior vice president at Arbor Realty Trust, where he oversaw asset management and special assets and situations. Before that, he was a director at UBS/Dillon Read Capital Management, where he oversaw asset management and real estate debt portfolio reporting. Prior positions include roles with Capital Trust, Phoenix Realty Securities, the J.E. Robert/Goldman Sachs joint venture (predecessor to Archon Group), the Resolution Trust Corporation, Citibank, and Connecticut National Bank, where he was involved with portfolio and asset management, commercial and real estate lending and investing, and loan workout and restructuring.
Prior to his corporate career, John was an officer with the United States Marine Corps.
John holds a BS in management from Central Connecticut State University, a diploma in real estate investment analysis from New York University, an MS in systems management from the University of Southern California, and a doctorate of business administration in finance from Sacred Heart University. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a Certified Financial Risk Manager.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Asset Management / Auckland
With more than 20 years of experience in commercial property investment and development and 10 years in residential and commercial real estate finance, Jonathan's expertise includes management of complex commercial loans and sourcing, underwriting, and structuring commercial real estate credit.
Prior to joining the firm, Jonathan was general manager of an HNW Realty private industrial and commercial property portfolio. Previously, he held senior roles in property finance with BNZ and with ANZ, which included time as head of business development for Pacific Islands hotel finance.
Jonathan holds a BMS (bachelor of management studies) degree in business from the University of Waikato.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Director of Tax
Joycelyn has more than 20 years of investment banking experience in originations, advisory, and asset management across special situations, high yield and restructuring, private equity, M&A, distressed assets, IPOs, and secondary offerings. She previously held roles at Haitong International, Deloitte, Deutsche Bank, UBS, Credit Suisse, and DBS.
Joycelyn graduated from the National University of Singapore where she majored in finance. She is a CAIA Association (chartered alternative investment analyst) charterholder.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Financial Planning
Larry has more than two decades of experience in a variety of asset management roles and currently focuses on strategic capability enhancement and innovation for the firm. Before beginning his work in the investment industry, Larry had a successful career in retail planning and consulting.
Larry graduated from Yale University with a double major in philosophy and chemistry.
Lawrence has deep experience in investment firm operations and compliance. He served as chief operating officer and chief compliance officer of D.B. Zwirn & Co., was a principal and chief compliance officer of Pequot Capital Management, and was president and chief compliance officer of Pequot Financial Services.
Earlier, he was executive director, chief compliance officer and risk control officer for UBS Global Asset Management, vice president and director of compliance for INVESCO Institutional Group and their affiliated entities, and associate partner at AMVESCAP, the parent company of INVESCO. Lawrence also served as principal consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, senior vice president, director of compliance and corporate secretary for HSBC Asset Management Americas, and senior securities compliance examiner at the Northeast regional office of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Lawrence holds a BS in marketing and finance, cum laude, from Long Island University.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Loan Operations
Linda has more than 20 years of experience in investment banking, loan servicing, and operational oversight. Before joining the firm, she held a variety of investment banking roles at JPMorgan Chase, Bear Stearns, and Deutsche Bank.
Linda holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and management from the Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business at Clemson University.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director, Operations
Patrick was previously head of operations at the distressed debt credit hedge fund Aurelius Capital Management, where he oversaw operations, system development, and regulatory reporting. Before that, he worked as a controller on the proprietary trading desk at UBS Investment Bank where he was responsible for all accounting and financial reporting. Patrick previously was a fund accounting associate at Pequot Capital Management, and he began his career at IBM in accounts payable.
Patrick holds a BS in finance and a BS in management information systems from Villanova University.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Director of India Operations / Bangalore
Ruchi is a chartered accountant with more than 15 years of investment industry experience and a record of successfully building and managing operations teams.
She holds a bachelor of commerce degree from Rani Durgawati University, a post-graduate diploma in computer applications (PGDCA) from Makhanlal University, and is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Ryan Houser - CTO, Managing Director
Job Titles:
- Chief Technology Officer
- Managing Director
Ryan has overseen technology at Arena Investors and its affiliates such as Quaestor Advisors since Arena's founding in 2015 and ensures the integrity, efficiency and flexibility of the technology infrastructure. Previously, Ryan was a financial software developer and systems integration consultant whose clients included Fortress Investment Group and Serengeti Asset Management.
Ryan was previously a senior vice president and head of software development at D.B. Zwirn & Co. alongside Arena co-founders Dan Zwirn and Lawrence Cutler. Prior to D.B. Zwirn, Ryan was a software developer and consultant for a variety of tech startups and corporate clients. He started his career as a fixed income analyst at Lehman Brothers.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Finance / London
Shane has more than a decade of experience in financial and regulatory reporting for financial service firms. Prior to joining the firm, Shane was the group financial controller for Federated Hermes Limited, a London-based investment manager. Before that, he held a similar financial reporting role at Schroders, an investment management firm. He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Shane holds a BSc in accounting from University College Cork, Ireland, and is a fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Managing Director
Tim has served the firm in a variety of finance roles, most recently as EVP and director of finance before assuming his current role as CFO. Previously, Tim was assistant vice president and senior accountant at Cerberus Capital Management, covering a variety of multi-strategy funds, and before that, an audit manager in the asset management practice at KPMG, where he served large-scale private equity and hedge fund clients.
Tim holds a BS in accounting, finance and economics and an MS in accounting from Syracuse University and is a CPA.
Tsering Lama - Chief Compliance Officer, Managing Director
Job Titles:
- Chief Compliance Officer
- Managing Director
Tsering has more than a decade and a half of international compliance management experience gained through posts in North America and Asia. Before joining the firm, he served as director, advisory compliance at BlackRock, where he advised on their alternatives business. Before that, he was the director, compliance and APAC ex-Japan CCO of Lone Star Funds and Hudson Advisors group based in Hong Kong and New York. During his tenure at Lone Star Funds and Hudson Advisors group, Tsering built the compliance infrastructure in Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, India, China, and Thailand. He also has held compliance leadership roles at Cargill (Swap Dealer) in Minneapolis and Singapore, at Dalton Investments in Los Angeles, and at CarVal Investors in Minneapolis. He began his compliance career at Citigroup in New York.
Tsering holds a BBA in finance and investment from the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, New York, and an LLM (master of laws) in compliance and regulations from the University of Hong Kong.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director, Asset Management
Vincent has nearly 20 years of origination, underwriting, portfolio management and operational oversight experience lending to small, middle-market and large-cap companies at credit hedge funds and major banks. He started his career in a financial advisory and accounting role at a nationally recognized accounting firm and served as a mergers and acquisitions analyst for a media conglomerate.
Vincent holds a BS in accounting and an MBA in finance from Fordham University and is a CPA.