NewOak Capital has announced the appointment of Janet Christensen as managing director of marketing, covering institutional clients such as private equities and financial institutions i
NewOak Capital has announced the appointment of Janet Christensen as managing director of marketing, covering institutional clients such as private equities and financial institutions in New York and London.
Christensen co-founded Tegris, a firm specialising in M&A and asset management, having previously spent more than 17 years at the Blackstone Group as chief of staff for chief executive Stephen A. Schwarzman’s office, overseeing day-to-day operations, assisting in raising of multiple private equity funds, maintaining client and investor relations, and internal and external communications.
Earlier Christensen worked with the chairman and chief executive of advertising agency NW Ayer in the firm’s Los Angeles office.
‘Janet’s experience in the private equity area and her personal approach to client and investor relationships adds to our continued push for client-focused solutions,’ says Ron D’Vari, chief executive and co-founder of NewOak Capital.
NewOak Capital is an advisory, asset management and capital markets firm organised to serve institutions in response to challenges arising from the global credit markets. It provides analysis, valuation, restructuring, risk transfer, and management solutions and services to financial institutions and investors to support their portfolio and corporate needs.