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(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands)
We are a newly organized blank check company. We intend to focus on targets that complement our management team’s background and experience, including in the asset management, wealth management and financial services markets, and intend to seek businesses with enterprise values of approximately $500 million to $2 billion.
Richard H. Haywood, Jr., our CEO, brings over 30 years of global investment banking and private equity experience from some of the world’s largest financial institutions. Since 2010, Mr. Haywood has served as a co-owner and managing director of Cambridge International Partners LLC (“Cambridge”), a Stamford, Connecticut-based investment banking firm focused on providing mergers and acquisitions advisory services to the asset and wealth management industries. In this capacity, Mr. Haywood has originated and executed numerous mergers and acquisitions assignments for both asset and wealth managers. Prior to Cambridge, Mr. Haywood served as executive vice president of Asset Management Finance, a company which invested in asset management firms using a proprietary revenue sharing structure. In this capacity, Mr. Haywood was responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the company and co-leading the origination and deal execution functions, while being a member of the investment committee. Prior to Asset Management Finance, Mr. Haywood worked in the investment banking groups of Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers and Société Générale, where his sector focus was asset management.
Anthony J. DeLuca, our COO and CFO, brings over 40 years of global finance and infrastructure experience in the financial services industry. He began his career in public accounting serving a wide range of global financial institutions in assurance, audit and advisory roles. Mr. DeLuca spent 15 years at Moore Capital Management, or Moore, where he was a member of its board and served as chief financial officer. During his time at Moore, he was responsible for various functions including finance, treasury, accounting, operations, technology and facilities. Mr. DeLuca was instrumental in helping Moore successfully navigate the financial crisis and the company’s subsequent registration with global regulators. He also was Moore’s representative at the Managed Funds Association where he served two terms on its board and executive committee. Prior to joining Moore, Mr. DeLuca spent eight years at Morgan Stanley. His career with Morgan Stanley began as the chief financial officer of its investment management business where he was responsible for the post-merger integration of several asset management companies as a result of Morgan Stanley’s acquisition of Van Kampen and Miller Anderson along with its subsequent merger with Dean Witter. The resulting merger and acquisitions took the business from $35 billion in assets under management to over $400 billion in assets under management in a short period of time. Mr. DeLuca was then asked to take the position of Global Audit Director to restructure the department to assist Morgan Stanley’s board and management committee with the changing regulatory and control environment following the adoption of Sarbanes-Oxley. During his over three years as Global Audit Director, he restructured processes and procedures while reconstituting the global staff from 120 to over 300 employees in ten global cities. While at Morgan Stanley, Mr. DeLuca was a member of the board of directors of various funds and partnerships. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. DeLuca was a partner in the financial services practice of Ernst and Young. While at Ernst and Young, he served multinational clients including investment management firms (alternatives, mutual funds, fund of funds and partnerships), investment banks, broker dealers, commodities and energy companies on assurance and advisory engagements. Mr. DeLuca has conducted extensive risk management and trading reviews of international investment and commodities companies. He has also managed and led M&A due diligence engagements for investment funds involved in venture capital, private equity, real estate, energy and energy derivatives businesses. Mr. DeLuca served as a director for the DTCC/Deriv Serv, DTCC Data Repository (U.S) LLC and DTCC Derivatives Repository Ltd, businesses which were formed to address the needs of the financial industry due to regulatory changes following the 2008 financial crisis.
(Note: Solarius Capital Acquisition Corp. disclosed the terms for its SPAC IPO – 15.0 million units at $10.00 each – to raise $150.0 million, according to its S-1 filing dated June 16, 2025. Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant.)
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