Harkness Capital Partners
Principal
Stephanie Perry is a principal at Harkness Capital
Partners, a New York-based middle market private equities firm focused on the
services and niche manufacturing sectors. Perry is responsible for all
aspects of the investment process, including investment origination,
transaction structuring, and portfolio company oversight of Harkness Capital
Partners.
Prior to joining Harkness Capital Partners, Perry
spent 14 years at Deutsche Bank Securities in New York as an investment banker.
She was managing director at Deutsche Bank Securities where she was head of Middle Market Sponsor Leveraged Finance, head of Financial Services
Leveraged Finance, and co-head of Media Leveraged Finance.
Over her career, Perry has worked on over 100
leveraged financings, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and acquisitions
across all major industry sectors. She began her investment banking career in
the Financial Sponsors Group at BT Alex Brown, acquired by Deutsche Bank.
Previously, Perry was a senior manager in the Merger
and Acquisition Services Group of Deloitte & Touche LLP in New York,
where she structured and executed merger and acquisition transaction services
for leveraged buyout firms. She started her career in the Accounting
and Auditing Services Group in the Pittsburgh office, and then moved to New
York in conjunction with being selected to participate in the firm’s National Management
Development Program.
Perry received a BS in Business Administration from
IUP in 1988 and an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School. Perry is a certified public
accountant.
Inducted spring 2017