Macquarie Strengthens and Expands U.S. Transition Management Business with New Hires
June 06 2017 - 08:00AM
Business Wire
- Kevin Byrne joins as Senior Vice
President
- Michelle Riffelmacher joins as Vice
President
- New hires demonstrate Macquarie’s
continued investment in Transition Management
Macquarie Group (“Macquarie”) (ASX:MQG; ADR:MQBKY), today
announced appointments to its Transition Management business within
its Commodities and Global Markets group. Kevin Byrne joins as a
Senior Vice President focused on business development and
transaction management. Michelle Riffelmacher joins as a Vice
President focused on business development and relationship
management. Mr. Byrne and Ms. Riffelmacher will be based out of
Macquarie’s New York office.
Fred Fogg, Head of Macquarie Portfolio Solutions, said: “We are
excited to welcome Kevin and Michelle to our team. Kevin has
extensive transition management experience, bringing a wealth of
knowledge across sales, product development and client management.
Michelle is well recognized for establishing strong client
relationships, having worked across a range of equity-related
products and asset classes throughout her career.”
Prior to joining Macquarie, Mr. Byrne was a Managing Director at
Loop Capital Markets, where he led all aspects of its transition
management business targeting corporate pension and investment
consultants. Prior to that, he held a number of senior roles in
transition management at Fidelity, Convergex and JP Morgan. He
brings an extensive network of contacts across corporate and public
pension funds, investment consultants, investment managers,
endowments and foundations. Mr. Byrne earned a BA from the State
University of New York at Stony Brook, and an MBA from Adelphi
University. He is a CFA charterholder.
Ms. Riffelmacher was most recently a Vice President in
Citigroup’s prime brokerage business, where she managed
relationships with large hedge fund clients, and has held a number
of senior roles in its Agency Securities Lending business, where
she helped execute product development strategy across the
business. Prior to Citigroup, she held roles with ClearLend
Securities (acquired by Citi) and State Street Corp, where she
worked both the U.S. and international equity desks. Ms.
Riffelmacher earned a BA from Colby College.
About Macquarie Group
Macquarie Group (Macquarie) is a global provider of banking,
financial, advisory, investment and funds management services.
Macquarie’s main business focus is making returns by providing a
diversified range of services to clients. Macquarie acts on behalf
of institutional, corporate and retail clients and counterparties
around the world. Founded in 1969, Macquarie operates in more than
70 office locations in 28 countries. Macquarie employs
approximately 13,597 people and has assets under management of more
than $376 billion (as of March 31, 2017). Macquarie operates in the
US as Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., a member of FINRA and SIPC.
Further information can be found at
http://www.macquarie.com/us/corporate/trading-and-hedging/equities.
View source
version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170606005475/en/
Macquarie GroupRishi Sharma, +1-212-231-0494Corporate
Communications
Macquarie (ASX:MQG)
Historical Stock Chart
From Feb 2024 to Mar 2024
Macquarie (ASX:MQG)
Historical Stock Chart
From Mar 2023 to Mar 2024