Management Team

Sandpiper Capital Management was founded in late 2002 and Gary became its President at that time.  Prior to establishing Sandpiper, he was a senior executive with American International Group, Inc. (AIG), a company that is engaged in a broad range of insurance and insurance-related activities, financial services and asset management activities worldwide.  At AIG he served as Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer in Europe and was also in charge of AIG's financial department's worldwide mergers and acquisitions group.  Prior to AIG, he was a senior executive with CIGNA Corporation, a company engaged in providing employee benefits including healthcare products and services, group insurance and investment management.  In addition to running large financial operations at AIG and CIGNA, he participated in numerous mergers and acquisitions and debt offerings involving these companies.  Gary worked several years with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLC before moving into private industry.  He holds a B.S. in Accounting from American International College in Springfield, MA and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Brian joined Sandpiper in September of 2007 after serving as a member of its Advisory Board. His responsibilities include business development, product strategy, deal structuring, due diligence, and administration. With over 20 years of investment industry experience, Brian has a track record of successfully managing and growing investment management organizations. After beginning his career with PNC Financial Corporation as an equity analyst and systems manager, he joined Pilgrim Baxter & Associates (PBA) in 1987 as a member of that firm’s investment team. Through the early 1990’s, Brian was directly involved in the early development of quantitative research and analytical tools at PBA. Later, as Chief Operating Officer, he successfully established that firm’s mutual funds distribution effort and was directly involved in firm asset growth to over $30 billion. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President with responsibilities for all distribution, as well as retail and financial intermediary distribution for the firm’s parent organization, Old Mutual Asset Management. He holds a B.S. in Physics from Ursinus College, and M.B.A. in Finance from Drexel University and is level III CFA candidate.

Scot joined Sandpiper in June of 2004 and is responsible for identifying potential investments, performing due diligence, monitoring portfolio companies, business development and financial reporting for the funds. Immediately prior to Sandpiper, Scot was employed for three years by Saunders Karp & Megrue (SKM), a private merchant bank with over $1.5 billion in three private equity funds through private company transactions, growth investments, buyouts and going private transactions.  Prior to SKM, Scot spent several years at Manulife Financial Corporation, a public company engaged in providing financial protection and wealth management products and services.  He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLC where he was responsible for performing audits of corporate clients.  Scot has broad based experience in a variety of industries including financial services, manufacturing and technology.  Scot holds a B.A. in Economics from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, and M.B.A. and M.S.A. degrees from Northeastern University in Boston, MA.  He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Ann joined Sandpiper in August of 2007 and is responsible for the financial and regulatory reporting for the funds as well as performing due diligence and monitoring portfolio companies.   She began her career with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLC where she was responsible for performing audits of corporate clients covering real estate, oil and gas and manufacturing industries.  Her private industry experience encompasses working with one of the largest financial institutions in Texas where she was responsible for real estate investment and loan portfolio valuations.  Most recently, she worked with a privately-held real estate development company with holdings in the Phoenix, Arizona and Naples, Florida, where she was responsible for the financial and management reporting, financial projections and analyses of all real estate holdings.  Ann holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  She is a Certified Public Accountant.