Craig Coughlan

Mr. Craig Coughlan is Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Vertus Capital Partners.
Prior to co-founding Vertus Capital Partners in February 2008, Mr. Coughlan managed a fund of hedge funds for two years focused on international managers and concentrated portfolios.
He also raised capital and managed operations and client relations for a single strategy hedge fund launch in early 2007.
Prior to this, he served as Vice President, Equity Research & Sales, for JP Morgan in London, where he headed distribution of US equity research to institutions and hedge funds in Germany and also contributed to the firms efforts in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Spain.
Prior to this, he held similar roles with Merrill Lynch and UBS Warburg, building distribution platforms into the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
Mr. Coughlan began his career in investment banking with BT Alex Brown and also worked as a junior bond trader with Nikko Securities.