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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 BurnsDirector 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.
Bob Buzzelli Senior Managing Director, Co-head Wealth Management Group TNCP
Robert is a Senior Director and Head of our new Wealth Advisory initiative. Robert has over 20 years in financial analysis and general management within the Financial Services Industry and has led significant programs at The Coury Firm, Bank of New York Mellon, Fifth Third Bank, LPL Financial and PNC Bank.
Rose CarmichaelSenior 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.
John Gamble
Senior Managing Director, Co-head Wealth Management Group
Previous to TerraNova John was with PNC. Since 1979 he served in a variety positions, ranging from the branch system to relationship manager.
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.
Martín Guerrero
Managing Director
Over his 20-year career, Martín has managed 9-figure portfolios for Single Family Offices, spearheaded over $600mm in direct debt and equity investments and run an early-stage technology company.
Arthur GutchSenior 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.
Jeff Hudson
Managing Director
Hudson is currently an investment banker heading up the cannabis, regenerative agriculture, circular agriculture and economic development practice at TerraNova Capital. Prior to joining TerraNova Capital, Hudson consulted for a large Family Office in Charleston SC. Hudson went on to help the family develop two seed-to-sale Hemp operations in the State of SC.
John W. Kennedy
Managing Director
John W. Kennedy is a Senior Managing Director at Terra Nova Equities, Inc. Mr. Kennedy has 37 years of experience in management, consulting, and investment banking. Since August 2018 Mr. Kennedy has served as the Chief Financial Officer at SeqLL Inc., a biotechnology company.
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.
Joe McCallum
Managing Director
Joe’s 17-year career began with training as an investment banker focused on M&A and capital markets transactions. He then moved to the buy-side where he worked on private equity and mezzanine debt transactions across a variety of industries.
Joe Wolfe
Managing Director
Joe has over 40 years of successful investment banking experience, concentrating on early stage growth companies, both public and private. As a financier, advisor or board member, he has been instrumental in creating more than one billion dollars of shareholder value.
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.
Randy Rock
Senior Managing Director
Randy Rock has over 30 years of experience in investment banking and corporate finance. He has been involved in numerous transactions, including debt and equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, structured finance and complex restructurings and bankruptcies.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sunil Shenoy
Senior Managing Director
Sunil has over 24 years of solid global (US, South Asia, Middle East, Africa, Russia, and China) leadership level experience in investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate development, and strategy and operations consulting with Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, The Abraaj Group, Arthur Andersen, and GE Capital.
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.
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