David Fass has a BA in Economics from the University of Michigan, and an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University. He joins Macquarie after 10 years with Deutsche Bank in London where he has held a variety of senior management and client facing positions. David has served as European Head of Deutsche Bank’s Global Banking Division and was a member of the Global Banking Executive Committee. During that time, David successfully led the build-out and expansion of Deutsche Bank’s European corporate finance business. He joined Deutsche Bank in 2000 as Global Co-Head of Leveraged Debt Capital Markets and Financial Sponsor Coverage, turning the business into a global leader in these areas. Concurrent with his other roles, David was also Global Head of Project Finance.

Prior to his arrival at Deutsche Bank, David worked for seven years with Chase Manhattan Bank in New York in leveraged finance and high yield capital markets before moving to London in early 2000 to become Co-head of European Media and Telecoms Investment Banking. David began his career at Paine Webber (now UBS) in New York, initially as an over-the-counter equities trader before going into the Private Placements Group where he focussed on origination, structuring and distribution of mezzanine debt and high yield bond issues.

David is 48 years old and married with three children. He is an accomplished endurance athlete and keen ocean racer. David is also active in several philanthropic endeavours.

Neil is a portfolio manager for the Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners Private Equity Fund of Funds group and leads EMEA investment activities from the London office. He joined Morgan Stanley AIP in 2007 and has 21 years of industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, Neil was a Partner at McKinsey & Company working with corporate and private equity clients in Europe, North America and Asia on strategy, performance improvement, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. Previously, he worked for Arthur Andersen providing audit, corporate finance and financial advisory services. Neil received an M.A. with first class honours in economics and accounting from the University of Edinburgh and an M.B.A. with honours in finance and strategy from the University of Chicago. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation.


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