Pete
Vaky is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of VVS CAPITAL.
He has over 30 years investment banking experience and is
the former Managing Director and Head of Debt Capital Markets
Distribution and former Head of Syndicated Finance at SunTrust
Capital Markets. Pete has raised funding for leveraged and
investment grade issuers and negotiated financing with large,
middle and small private equity firms for a variety of transactions.
He has worked for Bank of America Capital Market, Continental
Illinois, Bank of Montreal and Wells Fargo and is the past
co-chair of the Loan Sales and Trading Association (LSTA).
Throughout his career, Pete has worked in Mexico City, Hong
Kong, Sydney, London, New York and Chicago. He holds a BA
with Distinction in History and English from DePauw University
and an MBA from DePaul University in International Business.
Currently, Pete is on the Board of Directors at Holy Innocents
Episcopal School, on the Advisory Board of The Verus Carbon Neutral Partnership, and an official observer on the Board of
James Brown Contracting Inc. the leading freight dedicated
hauler for the Paper and Packaging Industry in the Southeastern
United States.
John Van Slooten is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of VVS CAPITAL. He has over 20 years of experience in the capital markets. He has executed private equity transactions in a variety of industries as principal. Currently, John serves on the Board of Directors for Western Petroleum, Inc., which has become the leading energy supplier to the drilling industry in the Rocky Mountains. Previously, he was the Head of Derivative Sales at SunTrust Capital Markets and served as the CFO of International Biolaser Corporation. He has worked for Standard Chartered Bank and First Interstate Bank, Ltd. He holds a BS in Accounting and an MBA with Honors in Finance and Marketing from Brigham Young University.
Former
CEO of SunTrust Equitable Securities, Inc. He has over 20
years of experience building highly profitable business
models. He has held senior investment banking and capital
markets positions with SunTrust Capital Markets and Barclays
Bank BZW. He began his career at Shell Chemical. He currently
serves on the board of Georgia Youth Soccer. He holds an
MA with Honors in Chemistry (Mathematics) from Oxford University
- Queens College.
Pete
Vaky is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of VVS CAPITAL.
He has over 30 years investment banking experience and is
the former Managing Director and Head of Debt Capital Markets
Distribution and former Head of Syndicated Finance at SunTrust
Capital Markets. Pete has raised funding for leveraged and
investment grade issuers and negotiated financing with large,
middle and small private equity firms for a variety of transactions.
He has worked for Bank of America Capital Market, Continental
Illinois, Bank of Montreal and Wells Fargo and is the past
co-chair of the Loan Sales and Trading Association (LSTA).
John Van Slooten is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of VVS CAPITAL. He has over 20 years of experience in the capital markets. He has executed private equity transactions in a variety of industries as principal. Currently, John serves on the Board of Directors for Western Petroleum, Inc., which has become the leading energy supplier to the drilling industry in the Rocky Mountains. Previously, he was the Head of Derivative Sales at SunTrust Capital Markets and served as the CFO of International Biolaser Corporation. He has worked for Standard Chartered Bank and First Interstate Bank, Ltd. He holds a BS in Accounting and an MBA with Honors in Finance and Marketing from Brigham Young University.
