Jason Beaird has joined Steel Vine Investment Fund, a hedge fund specialising in commodity and stock options based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Beaird will serve as partner and director of marketing, primarily focusing upon marketing to accredited high net worth and institutional investors.

Beaird’s past experience includes director of client service for Jetstream Capital from 2005 to 2011 and positions at Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch in private wealth management from 1999 to 2004. Immediately prior to joining Steel Vine Investment Fund, Beaird worked as a hedge and private equity fund placement agent with Constellation Associates through BTIG.

Spencer Patton, founder of Steel Vine Investment Fund, says: “I am very pleased to be joined at Steel Vine by such an accomplished professional as Jason Beaird. He brings a great deal of experience in business development, investor relations, and asset management which will have a positive impact on all aspects of our growing investment company.”

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