Sponsored by Tarter Krinsky & Drogin
Lunch Speaker : Alan Sheriff from Catalyst Corporate Advisory
“ Bringing Large Cap Perspective to the Microcap World”
Bio: Alan Sheriff is a strategic and analytical senior business executive with a proven track record of executive leadership across the financial services industry. Mr. Sheriff currently serves as co-founder and Executive Chairman of Catalyst Corporate Advisory, and as Senior Advisor to the Corporate & Institutional Bank of PNC Financial Services Group, the fifth largest bank in the United States where he previously served as Vice Chairman until October 2023. Mr. Sheriff has more than forty years of comprehensive buy and sell-side finance experience spanning investment banking, capital raising, private and public equities, M&A and venture capital investing. Mr. Sheriff co-founded Solebury Capital in 2005 and served as its Co-Chief Executive Officer from 2005 until he retired in 2020. Under his guidance and leadership, Solebury Capital became the premier independent equity capital markets advisory firm, known for bringing deep product expertise, market knowledge and unbiased advice to its clients. Solebury Capital has worked on more than 1,100 equity transactions totaling more than ~$500 billion of IPO, follow-on, and block trade issuance, representing a higher market share than any investment bank. Mr. Sheriff personally provided capital markets counsel to financial sponsors such as Bain Capital, Ares Management, Apollo, KKR, American Securities, TH Lee, Freeman Spogli, TSG Consumer and many others. Mr. Sheriff has also worked directly with companies such as Nielsen, Dunkin Brands, Canada Goose, Bombardier Recreational Products, Aramark, Black Knight Financial, Floor & Decor, Revolve, Planet Fitness and Casper Sleep.
Mr. Sheriff also served as a co-founder of a successful SPAC franchise, Tailwind I, II, and International, where he raised over $1bn and was responsible for developing comprehensive financing structures for 3 prospective SPAC mergers, 2 of which successfully closed. Prior to founding Solebury Capital, Mr. Sheriff held several senior-level positions at Credit Suisse First Boston, including serving as Co-Head of Equity Capital Markets for the Americas from 1999 to 2005. Mr. Sheriff also chaired Credit Suisse’s Equity Valuation Committee from 1999 to 2005 and sat on the firm’s Investment Banking Committee from 2001 to 2005. Mr. Sheriff began his career at Salomon Brothers Inc, where he worked from 1983-1992.
Mr. Sheriff graduated from the University of Rochester in 1981 with a B.A. in Political Science, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa. He also received an MPA from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He has been a member of The Council on Foreign Relations since 1999. Mr. Sheriff serves on the nonprofit Boards of the Travis Manion Foundation and the Telfair Museums. Additionally, Mr. Sheriff runs The Sheriff Group, making family investments instart-ups across a variety of industries. He is also a director of the Sheriff Family Foundation, a family-run 501c3 focused on veteran’s organizations and youth education.
