Lion Capital Team

Mr. Edward C. Forst, is Chairman, Partner, and member of the Investment Committee at Lion Capital. Ed is also Chairman of Leo SPAC initiatives (NYSE). Additionally, he is an advisor to Solamere Capital and Boldstart Ventures. Ed previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Cushman & Wakefield, leading the commercial real estate firm across more than 60 countries. Prior to this, Ed was a Management Committee Partner of Goldman, Sachs & Co. He served as the Co-CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and before that as the Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Vice President of the firm. Ed was also the Executive Vice President and Principal Operating Officer of Harvard University during the financial crisis, as well as Adviser to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Ed sits on the boards of The Feinstein Institute of Northwell Health and the Yale School of Management. He has also served on the board of the Harvard Management Company, as Treasurer of Carnegie Hall, and as the Chairman of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). Ed earned his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his AB in Economics from Harvard University.