Breakwater Investment Management, LLC ("Breakwater") a private investment firm headquartered in Los Angeles, announced the appointment of Richard A. Rowella to the position of Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Business Development. Breakwater is the General Partner of Breakwater Structured Growth Opportunities Fund, LP (the Fund), a private investment partnership that provides direct investment to leading lower middle market businesses that demonstrate attractive opportunities for growth.
Prior to joining Breakwater, Rowella was Senior Vice President of Investor Relations and Business Development at RD Legal Capital, an alternative asset manager specializing in receivables and collateralized lending to the US legal community. Rowella also served as a Director at a $1 billion alternative investment firm, where he was responsible for underwriting in excess of $100 million in asset-based lending investments.
"The Fund has a deep pipeline of attractive deal opportunities that is growing rapidly, both in volume and in size of opportunity, and is eliciting strong interest from the global high-net-worth and wealth-management community, said Saif Mansour, Managing Partner at Breakwater. Rowella will develop Breakwater's investor relations department and lead efforts to identify and pursue new investor relationships and fundraising opportunities. He brings a broad array of investor relations expertise to Breakwater honed in a long career in finance, alternative lending, and asset management. We welcome Rick's addition to our executive team."
Rowella started his career in commercial finance with GE Capital in 1982. Since then, he has been responsible for the origination and underwriting of large ticket equipment leasing transactions, franchise finance loans, asset-based financing, and loans to specialty lenders. Rowella is a graduate of DePauw University, Indiana.
About Breakwater Investment Management, LLC
Breakwater Investment Management is a private investment firm that specializes in direct investments in small to lower middle market growth businesses with annual sales ranging between $5 million and $100 million. The firm serves as general partner of Breakwater Structured Growth Opportunities Fund, LP, a $100 million open-ended private investment partnership organized in August 2008 under Delaware law. The Fund's investment objective is to generate both current income and capital appreciation through secured debt investments accompanied with equity participation rights, primarily in growth-oriented companies across a variety of industries.
