Andrew R. Heyer
Managing Partner | Andrew R. Heyer, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Mr. Heyer is the Chief Executive Officer and a Managing Director of Mistral Equity Partners. Prior to founding Mistral, Mr. Heyer served as a Founding Managing Partner of Trimaran Capital Partners, L.L.C., which is the investment manager of the Prior Funds, and a member of the Investment Committee of Trimaran Advisors, L.L.C., which is the investment advisor to a series of collateralized loan obligation funds. Mr. Heyer was formerly a vice chairman of CIBC World Markets Corp. and a co-head of the CIBC Argosy Merchant Banking Funds. Prior to joining CIBC World Markets Corp. in 1995, Mr. Heyer was a founder and Managing Director of The Argosy Group L.P. Before Argosy, Mr. Heyer was a Managing Director at Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated and, previous to that, he worked at Shearson/American Express. Mr. Heyer currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., Las Vegas Sands Corp., Charlie Brown’s Acquisition Corp., El Pollo Loco, Inc., Brite Media Group LLC and Village Voice Media, LLC.
Mr. Heyer received his B.Sc. and M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating magna cum laude. Mr. Heyer currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice and is a Member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.
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