Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. Hires Jeff Jaenicke as Managing Director and Head of Private - Equity LP Fund Financing. Mizuho Americas announced that Jeff Jaenicke has joined as Managing Director, Head of Private Equity LP Fund Financing within the Equity Division. In this role, Jeff will lead a team responsible for the sales, structuring, trading, and front office risk management for Private Equity LP financing transactions, focused on Fund of Fund Managers within Asset Management and Private Equity Funds.

Jeff has a long track record of building and managing successful financing businesses, having worked at Credit Suisse for 25 years where he was the Global Head of Fund Financing business. He will be based in New York, reporting to Sandeep Sureka, Head of Structured Equity Finance &Swaps/D1 Trading. Jeff comes to Mizuho with an outstanding reputation for building long-term relationships across the private equity and fund of fund community, said Sureka.

Backed by the resources of a global firm with a strong balance sheet and credit rating, complementary products and expertise across company's Corporate &Investment Bank, and entrepreneurial culture, Jeff and his team will be able to build a top-tier equity fund financing business at Mizuho. Jeff holds a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia Business School and a Bachelors in Accounting from Binghamton University.