Private investment firm Littlejohn & Co has added to its special situations and private equity investment teams with the appointments of Beth Pollack and Thomas Bennet, who have joined the firm as Vice Presidents, and Bart Stout, who has been promoted to Vice President.
Pollack and Stout are part of Littlejohn’s special situations team and Bennet is a member of the private equity team.
“We are excited to welcome Beth to Littlejohn and are pleased to recognise Bart’s contributions to the firm through this promotion,” says Michael Klein, Chief Executive Officer of Littlejohn. “Tom’s decision to rejoin our firm is a testament to the positive environment, world-class team and unique culture we have created at Littlejohn, and we are glad to have him back.”
Pollack was previously at Marble Ridge Capital, a catalyst-oriented distressed fund, where she focused on cross capital structure idea generation and analysis with an emphasis on portfolio construction and risk management. Earlier, she was at Tennenbaum Capital Partners, a middle market-focused fund, and spent 2006 through 2013 at Goldman, Sachs & Co. She holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Accounting from Rutgers University.
Stout joined Littlejohn in 2011 in the private equity group as an Associate and moved to the special situations team as a Senior Associate. Previously, he served as an Analyst at Harris Williams & Co in mergers and acquisitions. Stout holds a BS from Georgia Institute of Technology.
Bennet started his career with Littlejohn in 2011 and rejoins the firm, having spent time recently as Managing Partner for ScenarioTwo, an independent investment firm. He holds a BA from Georgetown University.
