Key Takeaways
- • Buttonwood Group Advisors LLC, an SEC-registered investment adviser to private investment funds, promoted Christina Clementi to Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.
- • Clementi previously served as Senior Managing Director of Investment Banking at Buttonwood's affiliate, Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC.
- • Clementi brings more than 14 years of buy-side investment management experience, including seven years in global equity research and investment strategy.
- • As COO, Clementi will oversee day-to-day operations and support organizational development as the firm expands its investment platform across private markets.
- • Co-Manager Joseph A. Alagna said the promotion reflects confidence in Clementi as the firm builds on its established foundation.
Summary
Buttonwood Group Advisors LLC ("Buttonwood" or "BGA"), an SEC-registered investment adviser to private investment funds, announced in a Business Wire release that Christina Clementi has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. The move is framed by the firm as support for its continued growth and the development of its investment platform.
Clementi previously served as Senior Managing Director of Investment Banking at Buttonwood's affiliate, Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC, the New York-based boutique investment bank. According to the release, she brings more than 14 years of buy-side investment management experience, including seven years in global equity research and investment strategy. She was also a co-founder, partner and analyst at Safkhet Capital Management, described as a high-conviction, fundamental short-only hedge fund.
Her credentials include an MBA from Yale University and a BA from Smith College. She holds FINRA Series 7, 66 and 79 registrations and is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer.
In the expanded role, Clementi will oversee Buttonwood's day-to-day operations and support the firm's organizational development as it expands its investment platform and pursues opportunities across private markets. Co-Manager Joseph A. Alagna said Clementi "has a deep understanding of the private fund business" and that the promotion reflects the firm's confidence in her and its continued investment in leadership and operational capabilities.
Buttonwood, founded in 2011, offers investment advisory services to a group of private investment funds that provide individual and institutional investors access to fast-growing, pre-IPO companies, with a shorter expected period to liquidity than most traditional private equity funds.
Clementi previously served as Senior Managing Director of Investment Banking at Buttonwood's affiliate, Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC, the New York-based boutique investment bank. According to the release, she brings more than 14 years of buy-side investment management experience, including seven years in global equity research and investment strategy. She was also a co-founder, partner and analyst at Safkhet Capital Management, described as a high-conviction, fundamental short-only hedge fund.
Her credentials include an MBA from Yale University and a BA from Smith College. She holds FINRA Series 7, 66 and 79 registrations and is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer.
In the expanded role, Clementi will oversee Buttonwood's day-to-day operations and support the firm's organizational development as it expands its investment platform and pursues opportunities across private markets. Co-Manager Joseph A. Alagna said Clementi "has a deep understanding of the private fund business" and that the promotion reflects the firm's confidence in her and its continued investment in leadership and operational capabilities.
Buttonwood, founded in 2011, offers investment advisory services to a group of private investment funds that provide individual and institutional investors access to fast-growing, pre-IPO companies, with a shorter expected period to liquidity than most traditional private equity funds.
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