Angelo Gordon has added Richard Leonard to its private equity group as a managing director and Michael Koike as a vice president.
Both are based in New York.
Prior to joining Angelo Gordon in October 2009, Leonard was a managing director at Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill where he focused on leveraged buyout investments in the restaurant, retail, food and manufacturing industries. He began his private equity career at J.W. Childs Associates and was also previously with Audax Group.
Koike joined Angelo Gordon in February 2010 from Ripplewood Holdings, where he was a vice president focused on the consumer products, manufacturing and telecommunications industries. Previously, he was a vice president at AEG Power Solutions in Paris and an investment banking analyst at Merrill Lynch.
“We are pleased to have attracted two professionals of such high calibre to our firm’s private equity group,” said David Roberts (pictured) and Arthur Peponis, who jointly oversee Angelo Gordon’s private equity and special situations activities. “We believe Richard and Michael’s decision to join us is confirmation not only that this is a great time to find superb private equity talent but, as well, confirmation of the attractiveness of our group’s outstanding investment opportunities.”
Angelo Gordon’s private equity group makes investments with deal sizes ranging from USD50m to USD500m. Sector expertise includes consumer/retail, business services, financial services and healthcare services.
“The private equity group at Angelo Gordon is a great team and I’m excited to be part of it,” says Leonard. “The firm’s broad platform allows us to use the skills, expertise and experience of one of the leading multi-strategy alternative investment firms to seek excellent investments on behalf of our investors.”
