Kuntz will work in partnership with senior leadership and the board of directors to guide Gordon Brothers’ continued, rapid growth and set the firm’s strategy. With nearly 25 years of experience in the private equity, asset management, alternative investment and financial services industries worldwide, she will be responsible for the firm’s operations.

Prior to joining Gordon Brothers, Kuntz was most recently chief operating officer and chief financial officer of global private equity at The Carlyle Group. Over her tenure, Kuntz held various leadership roles where she cultivated a growth strategy, developed a high performing culture, and built and managed teams internationally. She was previously an executive vice president and chief valuation officer at Allied Capital Corporation.

“Norma has joined our firm at an exciting time,” said Ken Frieze, CEO of Gordon Brothers. “With the new CPP Investments partnership, the continued support of Stone Point Capital and over $1 billion of capital available, we’re accelerating the pace of growth, and Norma is a key figure in our future success.”

“I’m thrilled to join Gordon Brothers and to lead a dynamic, global team in the firm’s expansion while ensuring optimal execution, performance and efficiency,” said Kuntz.

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Ken Frieze

Gordon Brothers, the global advisory, restructuring and investment firm, has received US$300 million in financing from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) through its subsidiary CPPIB Credit Investments Inc., increasing the firm’s capital base to over US$1 billion.

This financing will fuel the continued rapid growth of the firm’s capital offerings, which generated over US$700 million in originations worldwide in 2021, building on billions of assets traded and financed in recent years.

“This new investment marks an important milestone in Gordon Brothers’ evolution and builds on our partnership with Stone Point Capital,” said Ken Frieze, CEO of Gordon Brothers. “We look forward to welcoming CPP Investments as we accelerate the growth of our lending, sale leasebacks and investments globally.”

“We are impressed by how the Gordon Brothers’ global platform uniquely leverages deep appraisal and disposition expertise combined with disciplined underwriting to support businesses undergoing transformation,” said Andrew Edgell, Global Head of Credit Investments, CPP Investments. “This new relationship with Gordon Brothers broadens our access to the asset-based lending space as we continue to build a diversified portfolio of credit assets.”

Gordon Brothers provides both short- and long-term capital to clients undergoing transformation. The firm lends against and invests in brands, real estate, inventory, receivables, machinery, equipment and other assets, both together and individually, to provide clients liquidity solutions beyond its market-leading disposition and appraisal services.

Gordon Brothers partners with management teams, private equity sponsors, strategic buyers and asset-based lenders globally to provide our expertise and additional capital in special situations. The firm’s tailor-made solutions provide clients additional capital alongside traditional debt and equity, and its structures complement senior asset-based lending facilities and include credit and yield enhancements.

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