Raymond James bolsters private capital business with four bankers
US investment bank Raymond James has expanded its Private Capital Advisory Investment Banking practice with the addition of four senior bankers.
Managing directors Callie Kourniotis, Guy Hume, Michael Henningsen and director Ash Rajah will all join the team.
Kourniotis is based in New York and Hume, Henningsen and Rajah are based in London.
With nearly 18 years of private equity experience, Kourniotis joins from Credit Suisse where she worked as a senior distribution banker in the firm’s private fund group. She previously held roles at AllianceBernstein, Capital Z Partners and Salomon Brothers Asset Management.
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Hume joins from Nomura where he led the Europe, Middle East, and Africa financial sponsors group. He previously held roles at Deutsche Bank, UBS and Arthur Andersen and has more than 20 years of investment banking experience.
Henningsen joins from Pophouse Entertainment where he was the head of client relations. He was 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.
Rajah joins from Fairview Capital Group. Prior to which he held roles at Pantheon Ventures and The Abraaj Group.
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“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.”
The Private Capital Advisory group was established in 2021 through the acquisition of Cebile Capital.
In the last twelve months, the team has raised more than $5bn (£4bn) 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 $7bn of deal flow across 41 different transactions.
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