Alternative Investments Valuation Expert Joins BRG Corporate Finance Practice

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Nov. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Global strategic advisory and expert consulting firm Berkeley Research Group announced today that private equity and infrastructure valuation expert Federico Jost has joined as a Managing Director based in New York.

Jost has more than 16 years of corporate finance and investment management experience. He has served global private equity, infrastructure, pension and sovereign funds in establishing fair-value policies and procedures, and has supported monitoring and reporting activities.

For the past five years, Jost oversaw and led the private equity valuation activities at ADIA (Abu Dhabi Investment Authority), particularly focusing on private equity and infrastructure direct investments, co-investments, primary funds and credit funds. Before that, he served as a senior manager at KPMG, serving clients in the alternative investments valuation practice. He also serves on the boards of directors of several small startups.

Jost graduated from Universidad Metropolitana in Venezuela in business administration and holds an MBA in international business from Thunderbird School of Global Management.

Michael Athanason, BRG's Head of Alternative Investments Advisory, offered his welcome today at a BRG New York gathering: "Federico is a key addition to our Alternative Investments team. He will bring valuable perspectives as we work to promote valuation transparency between investors and investment managers in the global markets."

"I am excited to join BRG's Corporate Finance practice," said Jost. "The firm has managed to attract and retain top talent in the alternative investments space and is now considered one of the 'go-to' advisors in private equity and infrastructure."

About Berkeley Research Group, LLC

Berkeley Research Group, LLC (www.thinkbrg.com) is a leading global strategic advisory and expert consulting firm that provides independent advice, data analytics, valuation, authoritative studies, expert testimony, investigations, transaction advisory, restructuring services, regulatory and dispute consulting to Fortune 500 corporations, financial institutions, major law firms and regulatory bodies around the world. BRG experts and consultants combine intellectual rigor with practical, real-world experience and an in-depth understanding of industries and markets. Their expertise spans economics and finance, data analytics and statistics, and public policy in many of the major sectors of our economy, including healthcare, banking, information technology, energy, construction and real estate. BRG is headquartered in Emeryville, California, with offices across the United States and in Asia, Australia, Canada, Latin America, the Middle East and the United Kingdom.

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