GREYKITE hires trio from Goldman Sachs

GREYKITE Investment Adviser Limited, the newly launched private capital investment advisory firm which recently completed a cornerstone investment from Capital Constellation and Leucadia Asset Management, has continued to expand its team with the appointments of three former Goldman Sachs professionals, Mike Bradford, Shelby Weiss and Nam Do.

With over 30 years of collective experience at Goldman Sachs, Mike, Shelby and Nam will join Founder & CEO Michael Abel and Senior Partner Dan Valenzano, two former TPG executives, providing valuable additional operational and investment expertise.

Mike Bradford joins GREYKITE as Chief Financial Officer and will be responsible for overseeing GREYKITE’s corporate and fund finance functions. Mike also serves as a member of the firm’s Operational and Valuation Committees. Before joining GREYKITE, he spent 15 years at Goldman Sachs, most recently in its European Private Alternatives asset management business, and previously in the Merchant Banking Division and Special Situations Group. During his time at Goldman Sachs, Mike specialised in risk, structuring and finance for alternative assets and helped grow the firm’s assets under management.

Shelby Weiss joins GREYKITE as a Principal and will be responsible for originating and executing new investments and managing portfolio companies. Shelby’s career has involved her spending over nine years working for Goldman Sachs, out of both their London and New York offices.  She was most recently part of the European real estate investing team based in London, covering UK & Ireland equity investments and Pan-European credit investing. Before her move to London, Shelby spent two years at PIMCO, covering real estate equity and credit strategies in the U.S.

Nam Do joins GREYKITE as a Vice President and will be responsible for executing new investments and managing portfolio companies. Before joining GREYKITE, Nam worked at Goldman Sachs for seven years, where he was part of the European real estate principal investing team covering Nordic, UK & Ireland equity and Pan-European credit strategies.

GREYKITE has a flexible mandate and will specialise in real estate investments across a series of asset classes with durable fundamentals in select European markets. The Company utilises an approach grounded in rigorous data analysis and market research, employing a differentiated strategy focused on both asset and corporate-level transactions in high-conviction and operationally intensive sectors mainly in Western Europe, including opportunities emerging from special situations and market dislocation. To deliver on its strategy, GREYKITE has assembled a high-calibre, initial 10-person team, consisting of former TPG, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Oaktree professionals.

Michael Abel, Founder and CEO of GREYKITE, commented: “We are excited to welcome Mike, Shelby and Nam to the GREYKITE team. With over three decades of relevant experience at Goldman Sachs, and expertise across equity and credit strategies in key sectors and geographies, they will complement our team very well. We look forward to working with each of them to execute our unique pan-European strategy.”