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The TerraNova Team
Our senior bankers have decades of investment banking and operating experience in their respective industries. The collective expertise of our team includes equity and debt capital raising, secondary private trades, sell side and buy side M&A advisory services, strategic consulting and merchant banking activities.
Our Leadership
John Steinmetz
Executive Chairman
John Steinmetz founded TerraNova in 1998. He is the Executive Chairman of TerraNova Capital Equities, Inc. (TNCE) and TerraNova Capital Partners, Inc. (TNCP)
John is a seasoned investment banker and serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in investment banking, venture capital and private equity. He has completed more than 100 transactions for both public and private growth companies. Before founding TerraNova, John co-founded Spencer-Trask Securities, Inc. in 1990, an investment banking firm that has provided capital raising and advisory services to companies such as Myriad Genetics, NTN Communications, FirstCom Corporation, and Ciena Corporation. From 1983 to 1990 he served as a capital markets specialist, predominantly in direct equity and private placements, for several notable financial institutions including Smith Barney and Douglas Barclay Investments. Mr. Steinmetz holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University.
Craig Cerny
Chief Executive Officer
Craig Cerny serves as Chief Executive Officer of TerraNova Capital Equities, Inc. and TerraNova Capital Partners, Inc. He joined TerraNova in 2015.
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Peter Gelb
Chief Operating Officer
Peter Gelb is the Chief Operating Officer of TerraNova Capital Equities, Inc. and the Chief Operating and Financial Officer of TerraNova Capital Partners, Inc.
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Jackie Goode
Chief Compliance Officer
Jacqueline Goode serves as Chief Compliance Officer for TerraNova Capital Equities, Inc.
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John Burns
Director TNCE
John has been with TerraNova as part of the Structured Finance team since March of 2019. John is responsible for origination, marketing, and structuring transactions on behalf of TerraNova clients.
Rose Carmichael
Senior Managing Director TNCE
Mrs. Carmichael is a seasoned investment banker with global financial experience. She has led transactions in private placements, corporate finance, restructurings, strategic alliances, merger
& acquisitions, project financings and venture capital.
W. Todd Coffin Senior Managing Director, Head of Structured Finance TNCE
Todd is a Senior Managing Director, Head of Structured Finance. He leads all of TerraNova’s structured credit banking efforts, and has significant experience across a range of industries.
Arthur Gutch
Senior Managing Director, M&A TNCP
Arthur Gutch is a Senior Managing Director in TerraNova’s M&A advisory practice. He has more than 25 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, having acquired, built and managed several high technology and service businesses.
Bill Henneberry
Senior Managing Director, Co-Head Secondary Equity Group
Born and raised in Darien, CT, Bill Henneberry has an eclectic corporate background with experience across leading US Broker Dealers, Asset Management and Investment Banking firms throughout the financial industry with a primary focus on Business / Client Development and Institutional Sales & Trading.
Steven Spence
Senior Managing Director
Steven has over 30 years of experience in Capital Markets, Wealth Management, Investment Banking and private business. Mr. Spence joined Terra Nova Capital Equities, Inc. in October of 2019.
Peter Turner
Senior Investment Analyst
Peter Turner has a background in entrepreneurial business having raised capital and managed the US division for one of the first smart water meter companies in the world based out of Spain.
Hugh Kinsman
Managing Director
Hugh Kinsman is a Managing Director of TerraNova’s investment banking across the capital structure, focused broadly on technology-related businesses and business services.
Robert L. Metzfield
Managing Director
Robert Metzfield has over 25 years’ experience as an investment banking professional with expertise in merger & acquisition, business valuation, corporate development, financial modeling, and strategic advisory services.
Andre Schwegler
Senior Managing Director, Renewable Energy Investment Banking
Andre Schwegler is a Senior Managing Director of TerraNova, focused on technology-related and clean energy investment banking.
Anisa Nagaria
Senior Managing Director
Anisa Nagaria offers more than 20 years of experience in financial analysis and advisory. She has built a reputation among investors and industry leaders for her global industry research, meticulous analysis, and general problem-solving. She also brings strong negotiating and financial transaction completion skills.
Brad Morrison
Senior Managing Director, TNCE
Brad serves clients in the Emerging Technologies and Manufacturing sectors to include “hard tech” that makes an impact on the future of work, life and security. He brings over 20 years of Big 4 consulting, corporate development, capital raising, M&A and start-up CEO expertise in the Telecommunications, Aerospace and Defense sectors to include co-founding and leading multiple high tech companies.
David E. Wenger
Managing Director
David has over thirty years of corporate advisory, investment banking, private equity financing, portfolio management, retail and institutional sales experience. Mr. Wenger was a founder and principle shareholder of Auerbach Financial Group, Inc. and Auerbach Pollak & Richardson, Inc., a regional boutique investment banking firm.
Claire E. Gruppo
Senior Advisor M&A
Claire Gruppo, Senior Advisor at TerraNova Capital Partners, is a multi-disciplined executive with over 40 years of experience in a variety of industries, including media, publishing, direct marketing and investment banking.
Andy Watson
Managing Director
Andy Watson has extensive experience in commercial and investment banking in addition to being a seasoned turn around CEO managing private equity and real estate assets globally.
Lisa Dorsey
Director
Lisa brings a wealth of expertise and a unique perspective to the firm, as she has
a background in institutional sales and training as an equity analyst. At TerraNova, Lisa will be focused on
developing new business for the firm. Formerly, Lisa was an Assistant Director at TEDCO, Maryland’s
foremost venture capital firm exclusively dedicated to technology startups.
Scott E Douglass, CFA
Managing Director
Scott began his career in the 1980’s working in commercial real estate in Dallas, Texas. He later moved to Boston to work for two super regional banks in commercial lending. From there he moved to the securities industry working for two sell-side firms first in institutional equity research sales, and later in investment banking.
Robert C. Buzzelli
Senior Managing Director TNCP
Robert is a Senior Director and Head of our Wealth Advisory Initiative. Robert has over 20 years in financial analysis and general management within the Financial Services Industry and has led significant initiatives at The Coury Firm, Bank of New York Mellon, Fifth Third Bank, LPL Financial and PNC Bank.
Billy Noel
Managing Director
Billy Noel is a veteran capital markets professional with more than 3 decades of experience in investment banking. He has worked with banks, family offices, fund managers, and boutique firms over his career prior to joining TerraNova.
Frank Nunziato
Senior Managing Director, Co-Head Secondary Equity Group
Frank Nunziato has over fifteen years of financial markets experience working across all major asset classes. Originally with a background in alternative investments, Frank is now focused on managing special purpose vehicles and deal flow in the secondary private equity market.
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