Graham Michener
New York
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ABOUT GRAHAM
Graham is a Partner at Ridgeway Partners, based in the New York office, and is a member of the Banking & Capital Markets, Board, Private Equity, and Finance & Accounting Practices. Throughout his career, Graham has partnered with leading investment banking, merchant banking, asset management, and private equity organizations to help them attract senior leadership. He also has extensive experience consulting with corporations on an agnostic basis with corporate governance issues, including recruiting new board members for boards of directors.
Prior to joining Ridgeway, Graham led Dore Partnership’s Global Banking & Advisory and the CFO Practices for North America. He also spent over a decade at RSR Partners as Head of the Financial Services Practice, Co-Head of the CFO Practice, Head of the New York office, a member of the Board Practice, and as an elected member of the Executive Committee. Earlier experiences included Russell Reynolds Associates in both the Financial Services and Financial Officers Practices, JP Morgan Chase in both Investment Banking as part of the Global Industrials Group and later in Private Banking. Graham began his career with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as a Research Analyst.
Graham received his A.B. in English and Anthropology from Lafayette College and an M.B.A. in Finance and Marketing from New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is currently an Advisory Board member of LogicSource, a Bain Capital portfolio company, as well as Chairman emeritus of the Southport Conservancy.
EXPERTISE
- Banking and Capital Markets
- Board of Directors
- Executive Leadership
- Financial Officers
- Legal, Risk, and Compliance