Melissa Richards joins as head of strategy, product and growth. She will be based in New York.
Melissa Richards.
Global infrastructure investment firm Morrison & Co has announced that accomplished alternative investments capital formation and strategy professional Melissa Richards has joined the firm as a partner and head of strategy, product & growth, effective March 27.
Based in New York, Richards will oversee Morrison & Co’s global strategy. She has more than 15 years of private markets experience, working across infrastructure, real estate, private equity, and credit on behalf of both institutional and private wealth clients. Throughout her career, she has developed strategies for new investment platforms and launched several fund products across multiple asset classes.
“Melissa is an internationally experienced senior executive who’s helped build significant global businesses in our sector,” Morrison & Co partner and chief executive Paul Newfield said.
“Her collaborative approach, intellectual curiosity, and long-standing industry relationships are a great fit with our culture. We’re excited to welcome her to our partnership.”
Richards said: “Morrison & Co is at an exciting point in its evolution. I’m thrilled to be a part of the growing boots-on-the-ground team in the US and look forward to working alongside the entire team to strategically scale the business.”
“We’re excited to attract a professional of Melissa’s calibre to our New York-based team. We look forward to leveraging her fund formation and strategy expertise as well as her global network to further cement Morrison & Co’s position as a leading player in infrastructure investing,” Morrison & Co partner and head of North America Perry Offutt said.
Richards was most recently senior vice-president and head of product strategy and client solutions at Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions in New York. Prior to that she was Brookfield’s head of infrastructure project management. In these roles she developed fundraising strategies and investment vehicles to access capital in several of Brookfield’s growth areas.
Prior to her tenure at Brookfield, she worked at Morgan Stanley. Earlier in her career, she was at BNP Paribas. Richards earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Colorado.
Morrison & Co also recently announced the appointment of Geraldine Buckingham, formerly BlackRock’s global head of corporate strategy and chair of Asia-Pacific, to its global board.
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