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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 Chief Executive Officer of Catalyst Capital Markets. Most recently, he was Vice Chairman of the Corporate & Institutional Bank of PNC Financial Services Group, the sixth largest bank in the United States. 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 in start-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.
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Kris Tomasulo is a seasoned finance professional with over 30 years of extensive experience as an investor, advisor, and operator across multiple industries. Kris’ professional journey began at Cowen & Company while he was pursuing a finance major at Northeastern University as part of a co-operative learning program. Kris left Cowen to join a former client and launch the event-driven hedge fund, Troubh Partners, which he helped grow to nearly $1 billion in AUM.
After his tenure at Troubh, Kris joined the healthcare team at The Galleon Group, a hedge fund, where he ultimately took over the fund’s healthcare vertical, building a team of six investment professionals, growing AUM to over $500 million and was named to the Forbes list of the top 25 hedge funds in 2007. Following his time at Galleon, Kris spent made significant contributions at several established hedge funds such as Trafelet Delta Funds, Scoggin, and Merus Capital.
Kris concluded his time on Wall Street at Laidlaw & Company, a healthcare-focused investment bank and BTIG. Kris then co- founded the Royal Hospitality and Specialty Group which opened and operated a full-service restaurant, event space and boutique inn. Kris’ first-hand experience as a hedge fund leader, founder, and operator laid the groundwork for the launch of Riverhill Group, a capital markets advisory firm, which focused on providing growth and capital resources and solutions to early-stage founders.
Christian Watson is a seasoned business development professional with a decade of experience advising senior management teams on financial operations, financial technology, and treasury management strategies. He currently serves as a Director of Catalyst Capital Markets (“CCM”), a firm designed to provide diverse, disciplined advice grounded in decades of senior executives to drive efficient capital markets executions for its clients.
Prior to joining CCM, Christian served as Vice President of Corporate Banking at PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. During his time at PNC, Christian co-founded the Venture Bank and was responsible for spearheading the design of advisory services and bank products delivered to venture backed startups. During his time at the Venture Bank, he built the foundational customer portfolio for PNC’s Emerging Tech & Venture Bank in response to the 2023 U.S. Banking Crisis.
In addition to building out a new specialty customer segment for PNC’s Corporate & Institutional Bank, Christian previously served as a key migration leader and culture carrier during PNC’s $11.6bn acquisition of BBVA USA. As part of that leadership role, Christian was responsible for shepherding the acquired commercial banking customers in Texas through a 15-month cash management platform migration.
Christian spent eight years as part of the Treasury Management team, where he consulted directly with senior management teams of $5MM to $250MM businesses on cash management, financial operations, technology integrations, and working capital advisory. Christian led technical teams on data integrations and workflow automation projects across accounting and finance functions of commercial banking clients.
Christian completed Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business Strategy and Innovation program under the proctorship of Tepper’s Graduate School Faculty. Christian received his Bachelor of Science in Applied Economics from The Ohio State University and resides in Austin, TX with his wife.
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Daniel Sheriff blends diverse analytical abilities with broad experience within corporate banking, marketing, and communications on an institutional level. With a strategic communications degree from High Point University and several financial certifications in various disciplines from the Harvard Business School, Daniel has shaped his expertise in financial analysis and modeling. During his tenure at PNC Financial Services, Daniel served as an Assistant Vice President, responsible for handling complex debt structures, analysis, and due diligence for companies starting from $100MM of revenue all the way up to Fortune 500 sized top line. Prior to his role in corporate banking, Daniel led PNC Bank’s top marketing channel. Under his guidance, Daniel provided innovative ideas that directly resulted in more than $2bn of deposits for the bank within the first six months of program initiation.
In addition to his time at PNC Bank, service to country and community has long been a key pillar in Daniel’s life. He served six years in the United States Military, serving four years in United States Marine Corps as a Battle Tank Technician before transitioning to the Army and reclassifying as an Infantryman, where he was awarded an Army Commendation Medal. In addition to his military service, Daniel was also a volunteer fireman in Bucks County, PA for over eight years, which included serving as a member of their swift water river rescue team.
Daniel’s blended skillset and leadership experience allows him to effectively and efficiently serve his clients in his role as Vice President at CCA.
Uttam Jain is an accomplished growth-oriented private-equity investor with more than 20 years of experience in various healthcare sub-sectors, including pharma services, post-acute care, consumer-oriented healthcare, medical devices, and healthcare IT.
In his most recent role, Mr. Jain was the Co-founder and Managing Director at Longfellow Healthcare Partners where he was responsible for driving high-growth investments and overseeing growth for the firm’s portfolio companies. Prior to Longfellow Healthcare Partners, Mr. Jain held leadership roles at Athyrium Capital Management and Thomas H. Lee Partners. At Athyrium, he was one of the five Investment Committee Members overseeing $3.5 billion of assets under management across various healthcare sub-sectors. Mr. Jain served as Director at Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL), a globally renowned private equity firm. Mr. Jain began his investment career at Riverside Partners, a middle-market private equity firm specializing in investing behind founder and family-owned healthcare and technology businesses.
Before his career in private equity, Mr. Jain was a Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, where he specialized in growth strategies for healthcare companies. Mr. Jain has served on the Boards of Directors of Party City, Curo Health Services, and Professional Physical Therapy.
He holds an MBA with Honors in Healthcare Management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, an MS in Chemical Engineering Practice from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, where he was the recipient of the Institute Silver Medal.
