Our Board Members

Zev Nijensohn

Board Member

Executive Profile

Zev Nijensohn has more than 25 years of experience investing across public and private equity and credit markets. His expertise includes fundamental analysis, security selection, portfolio management, risk management, investment strategy, structuring, capital formation and platform development.

Zev began his career at Spectrum Equity Investors, where he originated, executed and managed growth equity and leveraged buyout investments. He subsequently joined Empyrean Capital Partners, where he helped build and manage a multi-strategy hedge fund portfolio focused on event-driven and special situations opportunities.

In 2007, Zev co-founded Pine Cobble Capital, a value-oriented long/short hedge fund focused on opportunities arising from corporate, financial and strategic catalysts. The firm managed diversified event-driven and energy infrastructure strategies.

In 2014, Pine Cobble completed a strategic transaction with The Boston Company Asset Management, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon. Following the transaction, Zev joined The Boston Company as Senior Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager and Investment Committee member, where he co-led the firm’s alternative investment group. He later joined Covalent Partners, a credit-focused hedge fund specialising in stressed, distressed and special situations investments.

Today, Zev serves as Managing Director and Head of Business Development at Silver Heights Capital, an integrated private credit platform focused on commercial real estate bridge lending. He is also Managing Partner of Robin Road Capital, through which he invests directly in early and growth-stage private companies and connects family offices with private investment opportunities.

Zev holds an A.B. from Dartmouth College.

Sectors Of Expertise

• Private Equity
• Private Credit
• Hedge Funds
• Capital Markets
• Event-Driven & Special Situations Investing
• Stressed & Distressed Investing
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Real Estate
• Energy Infrastructure
• Financial Services
• Technology, Media & Telecommunications
• Business Services

Positions Held
  • Managing Director, Head of Business Development — Silver Heights Capital (since February 2024)
  • Managing Director — Covalent Partners (December 2019 – December 2022)
  • Senior Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager & Investment Committee Member — The Boston Company Asset Management (BNY Mellon) (November 2014 – December 2017)
  • Co-Founder & Managing Partner — Pine Cobble Capital (January 2007 – November 2014)
  • Senior Analyst — Empyrean Capital Partners (March 2004 – January 2007)
  • Principal — Spectrum Equity Investors (June 1998 – December 2002)
  • M&A Analyst — Robertson Stephens (June 1996 – June 1998)
Key Achievements
  • Co-founded and scaled Pine Cobble Capital, culminating in a strategic transaction with The Boston Company Asset Management, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon
  • Co-led the alternative investment group and served on the Investment Committee of a $40 billion+ asset management platform
  • Co-headed the Event-Driven and Energy Infrastructure team at The Boston Company; the Energy Infrastructure MLP strategy delivered significant excess returns over a 4+ year period, achieving a top-decile institutional performance ranking with eVestment
  • Built, managed and scaled event-driven, energy infrastructure and credit investment strategies
  • Generated attractive risk-adjusted and absolute returns across public and private equity and credit strategies through multiple market cycles, including the global financial crisis
  • Advised management teams and boards on capital allocation, capital structure and strategic alternatives
  • Built and institutionalised multiple investment platforms — including back-office systems, prime broker and fund administration relationships, and initial seed-capital raises
  • A.B. from Dartmouth College
Experience