Bio

Jeff co-founded LaSalle Capital in 2004 and is responsible for sourcing investment opportunities, overseeing due diligence, structuring and negotiating transactions, portfolio management and investor relations. Prior to co-founding LaSalle, Jeff founded Chicago / Europe Partners L.P., where he served as Chairman of Pudliszki Holdings, S.A., a large tomato and vegetable processing company purchased through privatization from the government of Poland. Previously, Jeff was a Managing Director and Partner with BT Securities Corporation and Bankers Trust Company and a Vice President with Citicorp’s Leveraged Capital Group. He began his career as a Commercial Banking Officer with American National Bank & Trust Company of Chicago. Jeff is currently a Fellow at the Culinary Institute of America and previously served as a member of the Board of Governors of the SBIA (Small Business Investors Alliance). Jeff was born in Wisconsin and grew up in the northern suburbs of Chicago. He holds a BA from Tufts University.