INVESTMENTS
INVESTMENTS
BRIAN FINN
Chairman
Brian Finn has over 40 years of experience in financial services and private investments, including 26 years at Credit Suisse (CS). He has also held a variety of corporate and philanthropic board roles. In 2013, Mr. Finn retired as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Asset Management Finance Corp (AMF) and as a Senior Advisor to CS. From 2004 to 2008 Mr. Finn was Chairman and Head of Alternative Investments (AI) at CS, one of the world's leading alternative managers with over $100 Billion Assets Under Management. Earlier, Mr. Finn held many positions within CS and its predecessor firms, including President of Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), President of Investment Banking, Co-President of Institutional Securities, CEO of Credit Suisse USA, member of the Office of the Chairman of CSFB and a member of the Executive Board of Credit Suisse Group.
Mr. Finn began his career in 1982 as a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group (M&A) at The First Boston Corporation (predecessor to CS), ultimately becoming Co-Head of M&A in 1993. From 1997 to 2002 he was a partner at the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. He rejoined CS in 2002. He is Chairman of Star Mountain Capital, a lower middle market credit investment firm and Covr Financial Technologies, a tech enabled insurance provider. He is also a member of the board of directors at Palladyne AI Corp. and Waveguide Corp. Previous board assignments include Scotts Miracle Gro, Baxter International, Telemundo, X-Vax Corporation, Owl Rock Capital and BlackRock Capital.
words to live by
“Hard work and good luck conspire together to create great organizations.”