NEW YORK, July 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Oppenheimer &
Co. Inc. ("Oppenheimer") - a leading investment bank, wealth
manager and a subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings (NYSE: OPY) -
today announced that Jarl Berntzen has joined the Firm's Global
Technology Investment Banking Group as a Managing Director with a
primary focus on providing strategic advisory services to companies
in the vertical SaaS and data services markets. Berntzen will be
based in San Francisco, reporting
to Robin Graham, Head of Technology,
Media, and Communications Investment Banking. Berntzen is another
addition to an extensive list of experienced investment banking
professionals recently hired to cover the software sector.
"We're extremely pleased to welcome Jarl to our Global
Technology franchise. His deep technical expertise and focus on
providing software companies with sophisticated advice in
maximizing shareholder value through exits to both strategic and
private equity buyers is a valuable addition to our senior
investment banking team. Having worked alongside Jarl for several
years early in our careers I am only too aware of the breadth and
depth of his advisory and operating experience and how
Oppenheimer's clients will benefit as a result," said Graham in
welcoming remarks.
Berntzen joins Oppenheimer with almost thirty years of
experience in strategic M&A advisory and corporate development
across numerous technology verticals. He spent more than a decade
in the mergers & acquisitions department at Goldman, Sachs
& Co. and later led the M&A group at ThinkEquity Partners,
a national full service technology focused investment bank where he
advised a broad range of fast growing technology companies. In
addition, he has extensive corporate development experience from
both Rambus, Inc. and Dolby Laboratories, Inc., where he was Head
of Corporate Development, executing and evaluating a range of
public and private technology investment and acquisition
opportunities. Immediately prior to joining Oppenheimer, Berntzen
held the role of Managing Director at a boutique investment banking
firm where he focused on vertical SaaS, data and other cloud- based
services, mobile technology, and e-commerce platforms and
marketplaces.
"The disruptive impact of cloud based vertical SaaS applications
as well as the exponentially growing applicability and usage of
data, is driving massive strategic changes across most legacy
industries, resulting in unprecedented strategic transformations
and value creation. I am extremely excited about continuing working
with exciting disruptive and fast growing companies by leveraging
Oppenheimer's exceptional full-service platform and extensive range
of capabilities in providing strategic M&A advice and capital
raising services to our clients."
Berntzen holds both a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. degree in Economics and
Business Administration (Finance) from Copenhagen Business School
and attended an international student exchange program at the
Stanford University Graduate School of
Business.
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
Oppenheimer & Co.
Inc. (Oppenheimer), a principal subsidiary of Oppenheimer
Holdings Inc. (OPY on the New York Stock Exchange), and its
affiliates provide a full range of wealth management, securities
brokerage and investment banking services to high net-worth
individuals, families, corporate executives, local governments,
businesses and institutions.
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