VSS Capital Partners Appoints David Fann to Head Investor Relations
August 27 2024 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
VSS Capital Partners (“VSS”), a private investment firm
investing in the healthcare, education, and business services
industries, announced that David Fann has joined the firm as Senior
Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations. Mr. Fann brings
vast experience, having held executive leadership roles in private
market firms that have invested over $50 billion in private equity
and private credit for institutional investors. He joins VSS from
Apogem Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of New York Life
Investment Management, where he was a Vice Chairman.
"We have known David Fann for many years and extend a warm
welcome to him. We are thrilled to have his expertise building out
existing client relationships going forward to pursue meaningful
growth opportunities we're seeing for our firm,” said Jeffrey
Stevenson, Managing Partner at VSS. "Globally, institutional
investors are seeking attractive yield and greater diversification
in a continued uncertain market environment. Additionally, over the
past years we've seen growing interest in Structured Capital
solutions as well as Limited Partners’ interest in building out
exposure to the U.S. marketplace.”
Mr. Fann will oversee Investor Relations and Fundraising for
VSS, bringing his broad institutional relationships across global
regions, experience in private equity transactions and different
private markets strategies and in-depth familiarity with
sophisticated investors of all types to the firm.
“David’s private markets experience and institutional investor
network will be an invaluable asset to VSS as we look to capitalize
on next market opportunities,” said Patrick Turner, Managing
Director at VSS. “Our paths have crossed many times, and we are
thrilled to have David lend his expertise to lead our firm’s
Investor Relations.”
"I am delighted to join this experienced team and look forward
to bringing my industry know how and relationships to bear at a
time when investors are seeking to benefit from strategies that
support longer term strategic growth and value creation
opportunities,” said David Fann, Senior Managing Director and Head
of Investor Relations at VSS. "With an exceptional track record
investing structured capital for years and continued global demand
in the market for flexible financing solutions, I am excited about
VSS's growth opportunities ahead.”
Mr. Fann holds a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degree in
Industrial Engineering and Economics from Stanford University. He
serves on the advisory boards of the Robert Toigo Foundation and
the Association of Asian American Investment Managers.
About VSS Capital Partners (www.vss.com)
Headquartered in New York, VSS is a private investment firm that
invests in healthcare, business services and education companies.
Since 1987, VSS has partnered with lower middle-market companies,
working closely with management teams, to facilitate their next
stage of growth. VSS provides capital for growth financings,
recapitalizations, strategic acquisitions, and buyouts with the
flexibility to invest control or non-control capital, based on the
needs and objectives of each company. VSS has managed $4 billion in
committed capital across 8 funds and has completed 99 platform
investments and over 600 add-on acquisitions.
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