Jeffrey M. Stern
Managing Partner

Phone: (212) 290-1765
Fax: (212) 290-1763
jstern@forumcp.com


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Mr. Stern has more than 33 years of experience in the financial services industry. During 24 years at CIBC Oppenheimer and its predecessor firm, he held numerous executive and sales positions - most recently as Managing Director and Head of the Private Equity Group. In that capacity, he was responsible for originating, structuring, marketing and overseeing CIBC Oppenheimer's private equity investments on behalf of itself and its clients worldwide. Mr. Stern joined Oppenheimer in 1976 and served as Director of Investment Management Services, National Retail Sales Manager, Director of Financial Services, and as a member of the firm's Management Committee. He served as a member of the investment committees of the Argentina Private Equity Fund II, the India Private Equity Fund, Genesis Partners I and II, the Brazil Private Equity Fund, the Emerging Europe Private Equity Fund III and CIBC Oppenheimer Private Equity Partners. Prior to joining Oppenheimer, Mr. Stern worked for both A.G. Becker and Merrill Lynch.

Mr. Stern is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the boards of directors and investment committees of several philanthropic organizations, including UJA-Federation of New York, United Jewish Communities and the American Friends of Tel Aviv University. An honors graduate of Yale University, Mr. Stern is a trustee of the Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale. He chairs the international board of the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University and is a trustee of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Mr. Stern and his wife, Susan, have two sons, Michael and Peter.