HighPost Capital – a leading private investment firm focused on the global consumer sector – announced that Jay Steinle has joined the firm as Managing Director and head of Investor Relations. Steinle will lead the firm’s fundraising and investor relations activities and be responsible for creating and strengthening new and existing client relationships. He will be based in West Palm Beach, FL, and report to David Moross, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HighPost.
Steinle brings two decades of experience in investor relations and institutional fundraising in the alternative investment sector. And most recently, he was a Partner, Investor Relations at Atlantic Street Capital, a lower middle market private equity firm, where he spearheaded the diversification of the firm’s limited partner base, established a more integrated fundraising procedure, and directed all aspects of the capital formation process.
Before Atlantic Street Capital, Steinle was Managing Director of business Development at Lighthouse Partners and, before that, was the Director of Marketing at BNY Mellon Asset Management’s EACM Advisors. And he started his career working in various advertising and sales roles. Steinle holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies and Business Management from the University of Vermont.
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“Jay is a savvy investment professional who brings to HighPost a deep, active network of global allocators and the investment consultants that advise them. Further, throughout his 20 year career, Jay has developed a proven track record of raising capital across strategies and market cycles and can manage the full spectrum of investor relations activities. We look forward to his many contributions to our firm.”
– David Moross, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HighPost
“In just a short time, HighPost has built an outstanding reputation as a premier investor in disruptive consumer businesses. I am excited to collaborate with David and the team to further enhance and grow HighPost’s relationships in the institutional investor community and meaningfully contribute to the firm’s long-term success.”
– Jay Steinle
