Founder and Chief Executive Officer, MB Global Partners
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Maria Boyazny is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of MB Global Partners, LLC. Prior to launching MB Global in partnership with G2 Investment Group in 2010, Ms. Boyazny was a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Siguler Guff & Company, a New York-based private equity firm with assets under management of $8.5 billion. Ms. Boyazny oversaw Siguler Guff’s flagship Distressed Opportunities Funds I, II, and III, with assets under management of over $4.0 billion, one of the largest institutional fund-of-funds focused on distressed and turnaround investing around the world. In this capacity, Ms. Boyazny designed fund strategy, identified potential investments, negotiated terms and conditions, as well as selected direct investment opportunities.
Ms. Boyazny was a member of Siguler Guff’s Investment Committee and was involved in all aspects of its investment activities. She is active in researching theoretical issues and their application to successful strategies for distressed and turnaround investing in various markets. Ms. Boyazny is the author of several publications, a frequent conference speaker and media commentator, including Fox Business and Bloomberg TV, focusing on various aspects of the restructuring and distressed securities business worldwide. Ms. Boyazny served on the Advisory Boards of many leading firms investing in restructuring and distressed situations in the U.S., Asia and Europe.
Prior to joining Siguler Guff in 1997, Ms. Boyazny was a member of the Investment Banking Division of Smith Barney Inc., where she specialized in providing merger & acquisition and other corporate finance services to financial institutions. Ms. Boyazny graduated with a degree in Economics, with a concentration in Finance and minor in Mathematics, from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She received her M.B.A. from Columbia University.
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