Pargenta Financial is pleased to welcome four new additions to our investment and operations team.
London, New York, 1 June 2023:
John Henry, CFA joins as a Senior Principal and will participate in investment origination, evaluation and execution. Prior to joining Pargenta, John was a Principal at CPP Investments and worked across Toronto, London and Hong Kong in both the Relationship Investments and Private Equity Asia groups. While at CPP Investments, he helped start Relationship Investments Europe and has held board positions at portfolio companies. Prior to CPP Investments, he worked in the M&A group at RBC Capital Markets. John holds an Honours Business Administration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business, graduating with distinction.
Grace-Mary Kennedy is a certified CPA and joins Pargenta as a Finance Manager and will participate in investment structuring, taxation, and reporting activities. Grace-Mary was previously a Senior Tax Manager at Mackenzie Investments and a Tax Specialist at Fiera Capital. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Ontario with a major in Finance.
Salvatore Nunez joins as an Analyst on its investment team. Prior to joining Pargenta, Salvatore had work experience in investment banking. He holds a Master’s degree in International Finance from Quantitative Tech School of Business and Economics.
Amber Base joins as an Executive Assistant and supports Pargenta’s business development activities. She previously worked at CIBC and holds an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration from Brock University.
The expansion of the Pargenta team will help increase our capacity to execute secondary and portfolio financing investments and enhance services for our investors.
John, Grace-Mary, Salvatore and Amber, welcome to the team!