Private Equity Update: A CEO’s Perspective – Voya Investment Management – 5.31.23

Summary:

Now On Demand

Please join Michael Granoff, CEO of Pomona Capital, in an interactive conversation on the private markets and how alternatives can be an increasingly more important part of a well-constructed portfolio. Michael will also speak to the complex world we live in today and the geopolitical, economic, and financial factors that affect decision making.

The call will also cover:

• The importance of building a foundation to source, analyze and manage a private equity portfolio
• Private equity secondary market trends, deal flow and the private equity secondary market’s ability to absorb the attention now being paid to it
• Registered vehicles and the surging interest from individual investors who may not be suitable for traditional draw down vehicles

Speakers:

Michael founded Pomona Capital in 1994 and is responsible for strategic planning, capital and executive management. He has 31 years of private equity experience. Prior to founding Pomona, Mr. Granoff served as President of partnerships organized to purchase secondary interests in private equity funds and as a Director of a number of private companies engaged in health care, manufacturing, and financial services while President of Golodetz Ventures and Vice President of TEI Industries. Prior to his business career, Mr. Granoff served on the staff of the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. He was a member of the 1992 Presidential Transition Team for the Department of the Treasury. Mr. Granoff was appointed by President Clinton to the Board of the Albanian-American Enterprise Fund, a U.S. government-sponsored private sector development initiative, where he serves as Chairman. He is also Chairman of the Albanian American Development Foundation, the largest non-profit organization in Albania. Mr. Granoff is a recipient of The Order of Skanderbeg Medal and The Order of Mother Teresa Medal from the President of Albania. Mr. Granoff is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is a Director of the Grameen Bank U.S. He has been a Guest Lecturer at the Harvard Business School and the Wharton School of Business. Mr. Granoff received a JD from Georgetown University and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.

Bob Alderman is a registered representative of Voya Investments Distributor, LLC, the distributor of Pomona Investment Fund. Bob assists the Pomona team as Voya’s Head of Business Development for Pomona Investment Fund. He has 30 years of experience in wealth management, alternative investments and asset management. Prior to assuming his current role, Bob was Executive Vice President and Head of Wealth Management for GBI, a precious metals offering for advisors and clients across all channels of wealth management and Head of Private Investments in the U.S. and Europe for the World Gold Council.

Before that, Bob ran retail distribution for Credit Suisse Asset Management, and was a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch, where he was the Global Head of Distribution and Marketing for the firm’s Alternative Investments Group. During his 20 years at Merrill Lynch, Bob also served as the National Sales Manager for financial planning and was the National Marketing Manager for Merrill Lynch Asset Management. Bob earned his MBA from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College and has a BA from Clark University.