The $8.2 billion Perigon Wealth Administration introduced Friday that it has added three new executives, together with a brand new chief monetary officer, as Chief Govt Officer Arthur Ambarik executes a deliberate progress technique that consists of pursuing offers within the M&A market.
David Scarpello is becoming a member of as CFO from Pathstone, a personal equity-backed wealth administration agency specializing in ultra-high-net-worth purchasers, the place he led M&A and strategic monetary planning efforts.
Earlier than Pathstone, Scarpello served in govt positions at ZeroNorth and Sentinel Advantages and Monetary Group, in keeping with his LinkedIn profile. In a press release in regards to the deal, he mentioned he’d been “extremely impressed” watching Perigon’s “rise from afar.”
“I stay up for working to construct upon the unbelievable basis as we proceed to execute into the long run,” he mentioned.
Scarpello is changing present CFO Chuck Pinson-Rose, who’s been with the agency since 2015. He’ll keep on because the agency’s managing director of finance and Funding whereas devoting extra time to being an funding advisor.
Perigon additionally employed Brian McGunnle as its new director of operations. McGunnle has 25 years of expertise within the trade, with experience in main ops groups, tech evaluations and implementations, and shepherding M&A integrations. McGunnle involves Perigon from the Mather Group.
Moreover, Debra Dunham is becoming a member of because the director of transitions and integrations. She beforehand led integration for the Boston-based wealth administration agency The Colony Group.
San Francisco-based Perigon Wealth was based in 2004, with CEO Ambarik becoming a member of in 2013; since then, the agency’s belongings underneath administration have grown from $150 million to greater than $8 billion.
In January, Perigon introduced that Constellation Wealth Capital, a brand new capital funding agency from former Emigrant Companions CEO Karl Heckenberg, would take a minority stake within the firm. Service provider Funding Administration opted to drop its minority funding in Perigon. In response to Perigon, Constellation’s capital would assist each natural and inorganic progress methods in an try and construct a nationwide agency.
Perigon is comparatively new to the M&An area, having accomplished its first acquisition in 2020. However shortly after the Constellation deal, Perigon picked up the $425 million agency Prudeo Companions, an eight-person crew with workplaces in Pennsylvania and South Carolina.
In an interview with WealthManagement.com, Ambarik anticipated the agency to finish between 5 and 7 acquisitions this yr, and a complete progress price for the agency much like the previous 4 years. He additionally mentioned the Constellation deal hadn’t modified Perigon’s M&A method however had solely been “additive.”
“The objective right here is to have Perigon persist and be a sustainable agency,” he mentioned. “And to do this, the emphasis is on bringing in companions – not simply buying companies.”
