Los Angeles-based investment firm Pacific Capital Group has appointed Robert Hertzberg, former Speaker of the California State Assembly, as venture partner.
Hertzberg, an attorney, will continue to work as senior partner at Mayer Brown.
He is co-founder and a director of G24 Innovations, a solar technology company based in the UK, and first vice chairman of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation.
Hertzberg was twice unanimously elected Speaker of the California State Assembly and served in the California Legislature from 1996 to 2002.
Hertzberg says: "I am very excited to work with Gary and his portfolio companies on a very unique set of breakthrough opportunities that hold great promise for our state and our nation."
Gary Winnick, chairman and chief executive officer of Pacific Capital Group, says: "I have known and admired Bob Hertzberg for many years as a public official and private entrepreneur. Bob’s longstanding commitment to alternative energy and his proven ability in managing and guiding public and private partnerships bring an important resource to Pacific Capital Group."
