Jeffrey A. Valenty

Mr. Valenty has extensive experience as a principal investor， financier and advisor in private equity funded transactions.

Mr. Valenty was a managing director at CIBC World Markets， providing private equity investments， high yield financings and merger & acquisition advisory services totaling over $5 billion. Mr. Valenty was responsible for investment commitments of $350 million in 12 companies， including structuring the initial $30 million equity investment in Global Crossing which returned $1.9 billion. Prior to CIBC， Mr. Valenty was at The Argosy Group， a merchant banking firm founded by senior executives of Drexel Burnham Lambert， and Kidder， Peabody & Co.

Mr. Valenty graduated from Harvard University with an AB degree magna cum laude in International and Development Economics and was a Presidential Scholar.