Archives: Senior Team members
Jonathan E. Kahn
June 17th, 2020 by dzign
Jonathan Kahn has over 30 years of investing, operating and risk management experience. Mr. Kahn is currently CEO of AgriFiber Solutions LLC, an agricultural technology and manufacturing company located in Mundelein, Illinois. AgriFiber’s innovative corn and oat based fibers provide specialty ingredient solutions to some of the world’s largest food manufacturers. Before that, Mr. Kahn […] Billy Goldstein
June 17th, 2020 by dzign
Billy Goldstein is an Operating Partner with Star Mountain Capital, LLC, helping add value to the firm’s underlying operating companies including assisting with identification of strategic add-on acquisitions and other M&A and financing related matters. He has over 20 years of experience running industry practices, advising C-level executives and boards of directors, negotiating transactions, leading deal […] Stanley K. Friedman
June 17th, 2020 by dzign
Stanley Friedman is the former Managing Director and Chief HR Officer for Fortress Investment Group. At Fortress, Stan designed and built a world-class HR function that facilitated the firm’s growth from approximately 550 to 1100 employees and approximately $26 billion to $56 billion in AUM. While overseeing HR for the public entity, he was also […] Wendell Reilly
June 17th, 2020 by dzign
Wendell Reilly has over twenty years of private equity, entrepreneurial and executive management experience in media and communications. Mr. Reilly joined Peachtree Equity Partners, a lower-middle market investment fund, in 2009 as a partner. Prior to Peachtree, Mr. Reilly founded Grapevine Communications, a venture-backed group of eight television stations. He has also served as Chief […] Dr. Anthony Pesco
June 17th, 2020 by dzign
Dr. Anthony Pesco brings 25 years of finance, risk management and investment experience to Star Mountain as a strategic investor and Senior Advisor. Tony recently retired from Credit Suisse after 18 years where he held several leadership roles including running a 500-person global team which generated approximately $2 billion in annual revenues. Tony initially joined […] Susan Kilsby
June 16th, 2020 by dzign
Susan S. Kilsby is an experienced corporate advisor and operator who currently serves and has previously served on the Board of Directors of some of the world’s largest consumer and healthcare corporations. She is currently the Senior Independent Director and Remuneration Committee Chairman at Diageo. She is also a Non-Executive director of BHP and its […] Douglas Waggoner
June 16th, 2020 by dzign
Douglas Waggoner has over 40 years of financial and executive management experience across finance, asset management, business development and client relationship management. Mr. Waggoner’s distinguished career includes over 20 years at BlackRock, where he played a key role in building BlackRock’s institutional business into the largest and most successful in the asset management industry. As […] John Olert
June 16th, 2020 by dzign
Mr. Olert has 30 years of experience across financial services, capital markets, credit, and risk management with a deep understanding of crisis management, credit research, compliance, cyber security and corporate governance. He qualifies as an audit committee financial expert and is an adjunct professor at Fordham University. Mr. Olert retired from Fitch Group, Inc. in […] Jay Meschke
June 16th, 2020 by dzign
Jay Meschke has over 25 years of experience in the talent management field. Mr. Meschke is currently the President of CBIZ Talent & Compensation Solutions and EFL Associates and leads a nationwide organization that helps attract, retain, and develop C-Suite executives. During his career in the executive search field leading EFL Associates since 1992 and […] Peter Freire
June 16th, 2020 by dzign
Peter Freire is the former Chief Executive Officer of the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA), representing the interests of limited partners in private capital funds across the globe. With over 450 members, the ILPA represents over $1 trillion in investable private capital. Across his tenure at the ILPA, Mr. Freire executed a mandate to grow […]