Dr. Peresztegi has over 20 years of experience regarding Holocaust era property claims, advising non-profit organizations representing survivors and heirs, including working on all issues related to restitution/compensation for human rights violations committed against Hungarian Jewry during WWII.
Eric Peters
Eric Peters, Chief Executive Officer/Chief Investment Officer, One River Asset Management
Eric Peters is the Founder, CEO, and CIO of One River Asset Management. Eric oversees the Firm’s business development and strategic initiatives and serves as Chairman of the Investment Committee. Prior to founding One River (FKA: Peters Capital Group) in 2013, Eric served as Chairman of Grant Capital Partners, a $1.25 billion discretionary global macro hedge fund. In that role, Eric was a senior member of the Investment Committee focused on thematic investment opportunities and was responsible for all non-investment activities including the direct oversight of the Chief Risk Officer. Over the course of his career, Eric has held various positions that include portfolio manager for Peloton Partners, proprietary trader for both Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse, and Founder and Chief Executive Officer of a TH Lee Putnam funded technology firm.
Eric holds a B.A. in Business Economics from Brown University and is author of a private weekly investment newsletter – Weekend Notes – which is read globally by investment professionals who directly deploy over $1 trillion in alternative assets.
Nathaniel J. Polachek joined Commodity Asset Management in 2016 as a Portfolio Manager and Partner. Nate began his career at Goldman, Sachs, & Co. as a derivatives and options trader. Subsequently, Nate held leadership roles at multiple distinguished asset managers, including Bridgewater Associates and AQR Capital Management. Nate serves on the board of the Washington Heights and Inwood Community Council, as well as on the Mount Sinai Investment Advisory Committee. Outside of investing, Nate utilizes multifactor statistical models to forecast NASCAR race outcomes, and has ranked in the top 1% worldwide.
Beste Portnoff is principal and head of operational due diligence at Bessemer Trust Co. N.A. She oversees the operational risk reviews of all the external hedge fund and long-only investment managers within Bessemer’s investment programs.
Prior to joining Bessemer Trust in 2005, Portnoff was a hedge fund analyst at 3G Capital (formerly Synthesis Asset Management) in New York focusing on operations and back office risk assessments of current or prospective hedge fund investments. Prior to this, she held financial analyst positions at Global Securities (USA), Inc. in New York, Premier Farnell U.K. in Chicago and Kocbank Investment Banking Inc., in Istanbul, Turkey.
She earned a BA in Economics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a MA in Economics from New York University.
Mitch advises clients in evaluating, structuring, negotiating, and executing equity and debt financings, company formation transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures, restructurings, and litigation settlements.
Mitch also advises companies, investment funds and leading non-profit institutions on corporate and other legal matters, including commercial transactions, securities laws, governance, disclosure, and enforcement of rights.
Mitch counsels clients on value accretive engagement between companies and shareholders and on planning and executing proxy campaigns.
His practice serves clients across geographies and industries, including in the healthcare and life sciences, energy, power and infrastructure, financial services, and media industries.
Prior to joining Olshan, Mitch was a director at Seneca Capital, an attorney at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton, and Richards, Spears, Kibbe and Orbe, and a law clerk for the Honorable Naomi Reice Buchwald in the Southern District of New York.
Professional & Community Affiliations
Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Emerging Company Committee)