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Profile
Mr. Jay A. Johnston is Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer at Cazador Acquisition Corp.
Ltd., Founding Member, CEO & Chief Compliance Officer at Arco Capital Management LLC, and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Arco Capital Corp.
Ltd.
Prior to co-founding Arco in January 2007, Mr. Johnston was Senior Advisor at Gramercy Advisors LLC, Head of Emerging Markets Fixed Income Sales at Deutsche Bank Securities, and Senior Vice President for Emerging Markets Group at Lehman Brothers.
Previously, he worked in institutional fixed income, emerging market and high yield sales at a variety of institutions, including ING Baring Securities, Inc., Oppenheimer & Co, Inc. and Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. He started his career as a Portfolio Manager at Patterson Capital Corp.
where he was responsible for managing mortgage backed securities for a variety of U.S.
Savings and Loans.
He also served on the board at Luminent Mortgage Capital, Inc.
Mr. Johnston received a BS in Finance from the University of Florida.
Former positions of Jay Johnston
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Cazador Acquisition Corp. Ltd.
 Cazador Acquisition Corp. Ltd. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Operates as a blank check company | Chairman | 2012-03-21 |
Gramercy Advisors LLC
 Gramercy Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Gramercy Advisors is an event-driven investor that specializes in distressed emerging and global market investment management. The firm employs an event driven, value-oriented strategy. They seek to invest in securities that are distressed or that could benefit from restructuring and that are selling below their intrinsic value. Their strategies include emerging markets distressed securities, emerging markets private equity and distressed global and emerging market equities | Chief Investment Officer | 2009-12-30 |
Luminent Mortgage Capital, Inc.
 Luminent Mortgage Capital, Inc. Real Estate Investment TrustsFinance Real Estate Investment Trusts | Director/Board Member | 2009-08-05 |
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.
 Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services | Corporate Officer/Principal | 1999-10-30 |
Lehman Brothers, Inc.
 Lehman Brothers, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides investment banking services | Corporate Officer/Principal | 1997-12-31 |
Training of Jay Johnston
Experiences
Positions held
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Listed companies
Private companies
Connections
71
1st degree connections
12
1st degree companies
Male
Female
Members of the board
Executives
Linked companies
| Private companies | 12 |
|---|---|
Lehman Brothers, Inc.
Lehman Brothers, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides investment banking services | Finance |
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services | Finance |
ABN AMRO Securities (USA), Inc.
 ABN AMRO Securities (USA), Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services | Finance |
Luminent Mortgage Capital, Inc.
Luminent Mortgage Capital, Inc. Real Estate Investment TrustsFinance Real Estate Investment Trusts | Finance |
Oppenheimer Asset Management, Inc.
 Oppenheimer Asset Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance OAM uses a third-party risk model providers and an attribution to examine portfolio characteristics and risk exposure of a manager’s historical portfolio holdings. The firm focuses both on active portfolio management that utilizes both a top-down/bottom-up style emphasizing security selection and value investing. | Finance |
Arco Capital Management LLC
 Arco Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Provides investment advice | Finance |
Cazador Acquisition Corp. Ltd.
Cazador Acquisition Corp. Ltd. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Operates as a blank check company | Finance |
Gramercy Advisors LLC
Gramercy Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Gramercy Advisors is an event-driven investor that specializes in distressed emerging and global market investment management. The firm employs an event driven, value-oriented strategy. They seek to invest in securities that are distressed or that could benefit from restructuring and that are selling below their intrinsic value. Their strategies include emerging markets distressed securities, emerging markets private equity and distressed global and emerging market equities | Finance |
Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
 Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Investment management | Finance |
University of Florida
 University of Florida Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
The Patterson Capital Corp.
 The Patterson Capital Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Provides investment advisory services | Finance |
Arco Capital Corp. Ltd.
 Arco Capital Corp. Ltd. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Engages in mid-market commercial, infrastructure and real estate financing activities | Finance |
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