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Raymond James expands private capital advisory with new hires

Thursday, April 25, 2024
Opalesque Industry Update - Raymond James is expanding its Private Capital Advisory Investment Banking practice through the hiring of four senior bankers. Joining the team are Managing Directors Callie Kourniotis, Guy Hume, Michael Henningsen as well as Director Ash Rajah. Kourniotis is based in New York and Hume, Henningsen and Rajah are based in London.

"Building on the robust growth of our business year over year, the addition of these four senior bankers represents our continued commitment to delivering integrated private capital advisory to sponsors and institutional investors across placements, secondaries and direct deals," said Sunaina Sinha, global head of private capital advisory. "The addition of Callie, Guy, Michael and Ash will allow us to continue to deliver forward thinking ideas and exceptional service to our clients."

With nearly 18 years of private equity experience, Callie Kourniotis joins Raymond James from Credit Suisse where she worked as a senior distribution banker in the firm's private fund group. She also previously held roles at AllianceBernstein, Capital Z Partners and Salomon Brothers Asset Management. Kourniotis has an undergraduate degree in business administration from Pace University.

Guy Hume joins Raymond James from Nomura where he led the EMEA financial sponsors group. He previously held roles at Deutsche Bank, UBS and Arthur Andersen and has more than 20 years of investment banking experience. Hume has Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Law degrees from Monash University.

Michael Henningsen comes to Raymond James from Pophouse Entertainment where he was the head of client relations. He has previously a Partner at FIRSTavenue and a Managing Director at Park Hill Group. Prior to that, he started his career at UBS private funds group. Henningsen holds a Master of Science in Economics from The London School of Economics and Political Science and a bachelor's degree from the University of Cambridge.

Ash Rajah joins Raymond James from Fairview Capital Group. Prior to Fairview Capital, Rajah held roles at Pantheon Ventures and The Abraaj Group. Rajah holds a bachelor's degree in management science from The London School of Economics and Political Science.

The Private Capital Advisory group was established at Raymond James in 2021 through the acquisition of Cebile Capital. In the last twelve months, the team has raised over $5 billion in new capital commitments for clients, oversubscribing the majority of its fundraises in a challenging capital raising environment. In the same period, the secondaries team has advised on over $7 billion of deal flow across 41 different transactions.

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