Gottex Fund Management, an alternative asset management group, has hired Debra Rothman as managing director, head of North American sales and marketing, and Mark Oestergaard as marketing director in Europe.
Rothman will be based in Boston and play an active and leading role in marketing and business development in North America.
She has an extensive background of consulting relations, sales, and product development and most recently was head of business development at SCS Financial, leading the expansion of its fund of hedge funds effort. During her 25 year career, she has held senior roles with Robeco Investment Management, Putnam Investments and Price Waterhouse.
Oestergaard will be based in London focused on sourcing and servicing Northern-European opportunities. He has over 15 years of experience serving the institutional investor marketplace as an institutional sales professional and was most recently with asset management company London and Capital, where he worked closely with the Nordic institutions.
Prior to this Oestergaard spent four years in the institutional investment business with HSH Nordbanks’ Nordic brokerage arm heading up the institutional business on the equity cash side.
“Hiring marketing professionals of the highest calibre is vital to our continued success.” says Max Gottschalk (pictured), global head of marketing of Gottex. “We are delighted to welcome Debra and Mark to Gottex. With their extensive marketing and relationship management experience, they will augment an already strong team.”
