The following individuals are on the move in the fund finance industry:

Rich Cocozza has joined the Alternative Markets Group at Goldman Sachs in New York where he will focus on origination and structuring of fund finance and asset financing deals.  Rich was previously the Chief Risk Officer at Avenue Capital Group where he focused on, among other things, fund finance and asset finance.

Fazillah Durante has joined TD Securities as the Head of Fund Finance Origination based in New York. In her new role, Fazillah will collaborate closely with the Financial Sponsors Group, Financial Institutions Group, and Global Markets teams to develop cross-product solutions and strategies for Private Capital clients at the Fund, Manager, and Asset level.

Prior to joining TD, Fazillah was Managing Director of Financial Sponsors & Fund Finance at Scotiabank where she held progressively senior roles across Global Markets and Corporate & Investment Banking over the past 21 years.

Fazillah is also actively involved in industry leadership as the Co-Chair of Women in Fund Finance Americas

Flora Go has joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as the Head of Fund Finance and as a partner in the Finance Group within the Corporate Department in New York. Flora brings extensive experience representing asset managers and investment funds in complex fund-level leverage transactions.

Flora advises asset managers and their investment funds on a wide range of fund-level financings, including for private equity, senior credit, mezzanine credit, special situations, real estate, infrastructure and other strategies. She has particular expertise advising funds with complex tax and regulatory structures on financings collateralized or supported by underlying fund investments. Flora also has broad experience in subscription-based facilities, hybrid facilities and in other types of investment fund leverage. 

She was previously a fund finance partner at a major law firm in New York.

Desi Perez Mayo has joined CBA Americas as Executive Director – Head of Fund Finance in New York. 

He joins from SMBC where he was an Executive Director and Head of Strategy and Execution and before that was Head of Fund Finance Syndications there.

Stephen Prostor has joined Axos Bank as SVP/Managing Director and Head, Portfolio Management, Fund Finance, Commercial Banking. Steve brings over 25 years of sponsor coverage and fund finance lending experience with private equity firms and partners including serving as Director, Senior Credit Officer and Head of Sponsor Finance, North America at Citibank.