GSV Capital Corp. Announces Management Transitions
June 20 2014 - 8:00AM
GSV Capital Corp., ("GSV"), (Nasdaq:GSVC), today
announced that William Tanona was appointed GSV's Chief Financial
Officer, Treasurer and Secretary and Carl Rizzo was named Chief
Compliance Officer, both appointments are effective June 18, 2014.
Stephen Bard has resigned as the company's Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer and will assist
in an advisory capacity to ensure a smooth transition to his
successors.
"I want to thank Steve for his leadership during our formative
years at GSV Capital and wish him best in his new endeavors," said
Michael Moe, GSV's Chief Executive Officer of GSV Asset Management.
"Bill Tanona is a highly regarded financial executive with nearly
two decades of Wall Street experience primarily in the financial
services sector. Carl Rizzo is an experienced asset management
compliance attorney and consultant. We are confident that Bill and
Carl will be tremendous assets for GSV Capital as we move
forward."
William Tanona was most recently a managing director at Fortress
Investment Group. Prior to joining Fortress in 2011, Mr. Tanona was
at UBS AG from 2010 – 2011 and has spent over a decade at various
global investment banks including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan as an
equity research analyst covering financial institutions. Mr. Tanona
graduated from Villanova University's School of Business with an
Accounting major. Mr. Tanona has been awarded the Chartered
Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Carl Rizzo has served as a Director at Alaric Compliance
Services LLC since April 2011 and will perform his functions as the
Company's Chief Compliance Officer under the terms of an agreement
between the Company and Alaric Compliance Services
LLC. Before joining Alaric, Rizzo served as a Vice
President at Steelbridge Compliance LLC. From 2009 to late
2010, he was self-employed as an independent investment management
regulatory compliance consultant. From 2006 – 2009, Rizzo served as
Senior Principal Consultant with ACA Compliance Group, a regulatory
compliance consulting firm. Prior to that, he was the Assistant
General Counsel at Bank of America Corp. Rizzo began his compliance
career serving as Senior and Special Counsel on the staff of the
SEC's Division of Investment Management. He holds a Masters of
Law degree in federal securities regulation from Georgetown
University.
About GSV Capital Corp.
GSV Capital Corp. (GSVC) is a publicly traded investment fund
that seeks to invest in high-growth, venture-backed private
companies. Led by industry veteran Michael Moe, the fund seeks
to create a portfolio of high-growth emerging private companies via
a repeatable and disciplined investment approach, as well as to
provide investors with access to such companies through its
publicly traded common stock. GSV Capital is headquartered in
Woodside, CA. www.gsvcap.com
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