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Gerry is founder and Managing Partner of Oakpoint Advisors. He is responsible for business development, capital formation and manages Oakpoint’s strategic relationships globally. Gerry is advisor to Oakpoint’s Investment Manager Services which oversees all non-investment functions for select institutional investment managers performing all accounting, operations and regulatory compliance services.  Gerry has previously held the role of Co-President of Vinik Asset Management, a U.S. based equity long/short fund, both in Boston, MA and in Tampa, FL.  He spent 20 years of his career at Morgan Stanley beginning in 1989 with their Equity Controllers group, working in New York, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong.  Gerry established Morgan Stanley's Equity Trading and Sales Trading for Southeast Asia in Singapore, before moving to Hong Kong in 1999 to run regional sales trading, and ultimately assuming responsibility for Asia distribution globally. Gerry returned to Morgan Stanley headquarters in New York in 2004 as a member of the Prime Brokerage Executive Committee, where he assumed responsibility for Capital Introductions and Business Consulting. He holds a BS in Finance from Northeastern University and is FINRA registered series 7, 9, 10, 63, 79 and 24.  Gerry is an Executive Board Member of Metropolitan Ministries, a non-profit working with homeless and at-risk children and families in the greater Tampa Bay area.

Glenn's primary focus at Mangrove is originating deal opportunities and qualifying acquisition candidates.

He also assists Mangrove portfolio companies with corporate development issues and is a member of Mangrove's Investment Committee. Prior to co-founding Mangrove, Glenn was the most tenured partner at Florida Capital Partners. Between Mangrove and FCP, Glenn has helped to build two of the most experienced and successful lower middle market private equity funds in the nation.

Over the past 28 years as a private equity partner, Glenn is well known for his candid and effective "win/win" partnering with company owners, managers, and their advisors.

Glenn is a firm believer in the power of internal operating partners in private equity, to bring more than just the commodity of cash to portfolio partners. Glenn worked in the southeastern headquarters of L.F. Rothschild and at NCNB National Bank early in his career, and holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia.