Stuart is Head of Investor Relations in North America at Tower Peak Partners, based in the firm’s New York City office. He is responsible for investor relations and capital formation across North America and will drive strategic engagement with institutional investors and enhance the firm’s presence across the region.
Prior to Tower Peak, Stuart was the Senior Managing Director at CAVU Securities LLC, where he oversaw the firm’s investor relations and capital raising strategy. He built and led a robust distribution platform that managed fundraising for a range of alternative strategies.
Prior to CAVU, Stuart was Head of Business Development at CDK Financial Services, a New York based multi-family office, where he led global fundraising initiatives that brought in capital from institutional investors across North America, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific. He was instrumental in building the firm’s international footprint and establishing strategic distribution partnerships in key global markets.
Stuart also held a senior leadership role at NASDAQ, where he served as Head of Asia Pacific. There he recruited and led regional relationship teams in India, Japan, and China. He built relationships with CEOs, government officials, regional exchanges, and institutional investors and played a pivotal role in bringing high-profile Chinese IPOs to the US market.
Earlier in his career, he led institutional client strategy at Bank of America Specialist, managing C-suite relationships across 300 NYSE-listed companies and winning major IPO mandates. He began his career as a treaty accountant with Guy Carpenter, leading a team responsible for managing high profile catastrophe reinsurance programs.
Stuart holds a BA (Honours) in Politics & Government from City of London Polytechnic and maintains FINRA Series 24,7, 63, and SIE licences.