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Mr. Ward is a Managing Director of Riverstone. He is based in New York.
Prior to joining Riverstone, Mr. Ward was a Partner and Managing Director with Hyperion Partners/Ranieri & Co., a private equity fund that specializes in investments in the financial services and real estate sectors. His responsibilities included all aspects of private equity investing, from evaluating acquisition opportunities to serving on the Board of Directors of Hyperion’s portfolio companies. Mr. Ward was also involved in the financing, strategic development and monitoring of Hyperion’s acquisitions. Prior to joining Hyperion, he was an Associate with the Merrill Lynch High Yield Finance Group, where he specialized in acquisition financing and M&A transactions. Mr. Ward began his private equity career as a Senior Financial Analyst at Merrill Lynch Capital Partners, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch, which managed private equity capital for leveraged buyouts across a range of industries.
Mr. Ward serves on the Board of Directors of Buckeye and is the CFO of its general partner holding company, Mainline, L.P. He received his A.B. degree from Dartmouth College and his M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. | 