Gerry Coughlin
Managing Partner
Tampa, FL
Gerry is founder and Managing Partner of Oakpoint Advisors. He is responsible for business development, capital formation and manages Oakpoint’s strategic relationships globally. Gerry is advisor to Oakpoint’s Investment Manager Services which oversees all non-investment functions for select institutional investment managers performing all accounting, operations and regulatory compliance services. Gerry has previously held the role of Co-President of Vinik Asset Management, a U.S. based equity long/short fund, both in Boston, MA and in Tampa, FL. He spent 20 years of his career at Morgan Stanley beginning in 1989 with their Equity Controllers group, working in New York, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong. Gerry established Morgan Stanley's Equity Trading and Sales Trading for Southeast Asia in Singapore, before moving to Hong Kong in 1999 to run regional sales trading, and ultimately assuming responsibility for Asia distribution globally. Gerry returned to Morgan Stanley headquarters in New York in 2004 as a member of the Prime Brokerage Executive Committee, where he assumed responsibility for Capital Introductions and Business Consulting. He holds a BS in Finance from Northeastern University and is FINRA registered series 7, 9, 10, 63, 79 and 24. Gerry is an Executive Board Member of Metropolitan Ministries, a non-profit working with homeless and at-risk children and families in the greater Tampa Bay region.
Chris Capozzalo
Partner | COO
Tampa, FL
Chris Capozzalo is Partner and Chief Operating Officer and joined Oakpoint Advisors in 2009. Chris contributes significantly to planning the strategic direction of the firm and its infrastructure. He is responsible for Oakpoint’s broker-dealer operations in Tampa, FL and is the liaison to the firm’s strategic legal relationships globally. Chris shapes and implements the firm’s compliance program, overseeing key service partners, while serving as the point person with FINRA and the SEC. Prior to joining Oakpoint, Chris was Vice President at Citigroup’s headquarters in New York, NY, serving as a Structurer for their Prime Brokerage and Equity Derivatives groups. Chris developed unique financing transactions for some of Citi’s largest hedge fund relationships. Before his time at Citi, he worked at Amaranth Advisors, a $9BN multi-strategy hedge fund based in Greenwich, CT as a member of their Treasury and Portfolio Finance desk. During his 4 years at Amaranth, Chris was a meaningful contributor in the build out and development of their middle office and operational control groups. With the Treasury group, Chris negotiated Credit, ISDA, Prime Broker and Master Repo Agreements. Chris helped the firm manage liquidity on their US broker-dealer. He reduced financing costs and collateral usage through swaps, securities lending, repurchase agreements and strategic asset allocation at various custodians and prime brokers. He started his career at Morgan Stanley and has a BA in Finance from Pace University. Chris is FINRA registered series 3, 7, 63, 79 and 99.
Mark Paverman
Chief Compliance Officer
Tampa, FL
Mark is Chief Compliance Officer and responsible for developing and implementing Regulatory and Compliance programs to Oakpoint’s Manager Services clients. Mark has over 25 years of experience as a regulatory compliance officer covering both Registered Investment Advisors (RIA’s) and US Broker-Dealers. Most recently, Mark served as Chief Compliance Officer at INTL FC Stone Financial Inc. where he was responsible for the compliance and AML programs for the firm’s proprietary RIAs, affiliated hedge funds and related Broker-Dealers as one of the firm’s primary liaison’s with both the SEC & FINRA as it related to reporting, surveillance, audit and exams. Prior to his time at INTL FC Stone, Mark oversaw all elements of the regulatory and compliance program as Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Regulatory Officer at The Vertical Group. Mark previously held senior compliance positions in New York City at Citigroup, RBC Capital Markets Corp., Societe Generale, ABN AMRO and Merrill Lynch & Co. Mr. Paverman received his M.B.A. from Long Island University and a B.S. in Economics from Brooklyn College and holds his Series 4, Series 7, Series 8 (9/10) Series 14, Series 24, 63 & 99 licenses with FINRA.
Kate Pettersen
Director | Controller
Tampa, FL
Kate is a Director and Controller for Oakpoint's manager services platform. Kate has over 15 years of experience at large financial institutions and alternative asset managers. Kate began her career at State Street Corporation. More recently she was the Controller for Centaur Performance Group, LLC, a convertible arbitrage hedge fund in Greenwich, CT. In Tampa, Kate was Controller at Vinik Asset Management, a multi-billion dollar equity long/short hedge fund and then Controller at Third Lake Capital, LLC, a large, single family office. Kate studied at the College of International Studies in Madrid, Spain and graduated cum laude receiving a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Bentley University.
Beau Audirsch
Accounting Analyst
Tampa, FL
Beau Audirsch is an accounting analyst. Prior to joining Oakpoint Advisors, he worked for Gator Capital Management and MAC Investment Management, where he provided a wide variety of back-office operation services and research assistance, respectively. Beau studied at St. Petersburg College.