Our Leadership

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Tommy is Managing Director at Brand Capital Ventures, a brand asset management and value creation firm in PE/VC and ESG Impact Investments. He has extensive experience in Private Equity Investments, Fund Distribution/Management, and Operating Transformations. He has extensive domain experience in Private Equity, Financial Services, Technology, Energy, Industrial, Automotive, Aerospace, DTC/B2B Digital Marketplace, Consumers, Retail, and Health & Beauty in the US and Asia Pacific. 

In investments, Tommy led 100+ deals with $13B in cumulative value with Middle Market assets valued $20M-$200M, larger caps $300M-$1B. He has used ESG screening criteria in investments and portfolios. Measured ESG KPIs, evaluated ESG impact to portfolios, investment returns, and fund raising. 

In CEO/COO initiatives and operating transformations at buyout and growth portfolios valued $100M - $1B, value creation initiatives impacted 10-30% on topline growth and achieved 20-25% EBITDA margins. Most portfolios achieved revenue growth of 3.0-10.0x, EBITDA 3.0-12.0x, MoIC 3.0-10.0x, IRR 30-100%. 

In Fund Distribution / Management, he helped raise $2B for leading global GPs. Reviewed LP/GP Agreements. Led in-depth market evaluation and capital market fund strategy for GPs, Family Offices, Ultra/High Net Worth Investors. He has deep domain experience working with global GPs and LPs with $1B - $200B in AUM. He interacts with Sovereign Funds, Pensions, Endowments, Foundations, Fund of Funds, Insurance Asset Managers, Family Offices, and UHNWI. He frequently evaluates best practice tools/technology in fintech, fund administration, regulatory compliance, risk management, and 3rd party agencies. 

Tommy has advised and worked with The Carlyle Group, CVC Capital, JP Morgan Partners, JP Morgan Private Equity, Morgan Stanley Private Equity, Goldman Sachs Special Situations Group, L Capital, UBS Capital, Affinity Equity Partners, ICG, 3i Group, Citibank Venture Capital Investment, Citigroup, Standard Chartered Private Equity to name a few.  Tommy worked with over 50 global beauty and 50 world-class consumer products/life style/tech brands making build and buy decisions, 30% in digital. This includes LVMH Christian Dior, Burt's Bees, P&G, top K-beauty brands, and Estee Lauder Companies across 30+ brands. He also worked with world-class companies in SaaS S/W solutions, electronics, computers and networking solutions, electric vehicles, big-five automotive OEMs and engine management systems, semiconductor and aerospace companies, global financial institutions in consumer/institutional products in the US and Asia Pacific.     

Previously, Tommy was a Partner at Southern Capital Group, a $1B growth equity fund. He served as a Management Advisor to Estee Lauder Companies, Regional Director at Philip Morris International, Senior Advisor to CEO at Clearbrook Global Asset Management with $10B in Assets Under Advisement, Operating Partner/Advisor to Affinity Equity with $15B in AUM and CEO/COO at THEFACESHOP, Head of Private Equity Financial Sponsors Group at Kearney and Bain & Company Strategy-Private Equity Group, Strategist at Samsung Electronics/Samsung Software. Tommy has a BA from Columbia University, MBA Columbia Business School, and Executive Education/Post Grad Studies from Harvard Business School and Stanford University.  

Leia is Managing Director at Brand Capital Ventures in commercial real estate transactions. 

She is an expert in commercial real estate acquisitions, leasing, renovations, exits including retail space and office leasing and purchase with a strong understanding of how retailers, consumers, health and beauty products interact with customers at relevant key commercial sites. She works in deal sourcing and private placements in commercial real estate investment opportunities in gateway cities with asset managers, private equity and venture capital investors. She also advises fortune 500 companies in commercial leasing consulting. 

Leia studied at Parsons School of Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, and Columbia University.   

Taeho is a Managing Director at Brand Capital Ventures. He works in institutional fund raising and direct investments. He is a Registered Fund Manager (RFM). 

Taeho has decades of experience working in leadership positions in asset management, public and private equities at world-class asset management companies. TH maintains strong institutional relations with global asset management companies, sovereign funds, pension funds, and global insurance asset management companies. 

Taeho is also the CEO of Boaz Global, an investment and financial service firm. Previously, he was a Director at Leadcorp, a micro credit and financial service company acquired by H&Q private equity. He was also the CEO & Managing Director of Morningstar Investment Advisory. Vice President of Lipper, Senior Manager of Reuters, Research Analyst at Meritz Securities, and a Junior Staff at Samsung Group. Prior to that, he served as a First Lieutenant in the Korean Army. 

Taeho has a Master of Science in MIS from Boston University, an MBA from Oklahoma City University, and a Bachelor's degree in International Trade and Arabic Studies from Hankook University of Foreign Studies. He is the Chairman of the Seoul Hwasan Rotary Club, District 3650 of the Rotary International. 

Elliott is the CEO and founder of Clearbrook Global, a diversified asset management and OCIO company headquartered in New York with offices in the U.S. and Asia Pacific. 

Clearbrook develops customized investment solutions for institutions, family offices and high net worth individuals. With its strong global capital markets network and financial institutional leaderships in fund allocation and placements, Clearbrook advises Brand Capital in private placements for small to large capital opportunities. 

Prior to Clearbrook, Elliott held senior executive positions in marketing and distribution with UBS, FleetBoston, United Jersey Bank and The Boston Company, a division of Mellon Bank. At UBS, Elliott ran two of the PRIME Consulting Offices serving Endowments, Foundations, Corporations, and Family Offices. While at Fleet, Elliott was responsible for growing the Institutional Asset Management businesses for more than a decade. He oversaw the sales, marketing, and business development areas focused on endowment, foundations and retirement plan assets. He assisted in the integration of the Columbia and Liberty Asset Management acquisitions, as well as a host of smaller bank acquisitions. At The Boston Company, Elliott worked with major corporate and governmental clients assisting them in developing balance sheet investment programs.

Elliott’s family immigrated to the U.S. in the 1660s and settled in Princeton, New Jersey where the family still lives today. An avid sailor and ocean racer, Elliott has served on numerous boards and charities, which include President of the Board for the Newgrange School of Princeton and Head of the Investment Committee and Board member for the Sacred Heart School of Princeton.

Elliott received his BA in Political Science from the University of Arizona and received his MBA in International Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management and has completed Advanced Management studies at the Kellogg School of Management.