Team

Christopher K. Wu

Managing Member

  • 25 years+ of restructuring experience in the middle market as an investment banker, financial advisor, Chief Restructuring Officer, Trustee, Lead Restructuring Director, DIP Lender, Stalking Horse buyer, financier.
  • Mr. Wu has advised, invested in or restructured over 150 enterprises in his career.
  • Mr. Wu began his career on Wall Street as an M&A banker for JP Morgan & Co. in New York and London.
  • Led investment banking practice for Carl Marks & Co, a middle market merchant bank with a focus on special situations serving as Co-Head of Investment Banking, Partner and Executive Committee Member at Carl Marks Advisors LLC.
  • Established Restructuring Division of Teneo Capital LLC where he served as President and Senior Managing Director, Restructuring Advisory Group 2017-2021.
  • Formed Alternative Investment Group at Ault Alliance, a multi-strategy holding company from 2021 to 2023 serving as Head of Alternative Investments; Chairman of the Board of Circle 8 Holdco (Crane Rental Investment); CEO of AGREE, Inc. (real estate portfolio of four lodging properties).
  • B.A. University of Chicago; M.B.A., NYU Stern School of Business.

Jonathan D. Beland

Senior Vice President, Member

  • 17 years+ of professional experience primarily in investment banking and proprietary investing, with several years as a management consultant specialized in industrial real estate development.
  • Mr. Beland began his career as a senior consultant responsible for strategy, business case analysis, design and development of complex industrial facilities for freight and transit railway clients across North America.
  • After that, Mr. Beland has spent 10 years as an investment banker delivering M&A and corporate finance solutions in the broad industrials sector, with a specialization in metals & mining, Industrial minerals, engineering & construction and cannabis.
  • In 2018, Mr. Beland was a co-founding executive of Tidal Royalty, a $45M royalty investment company which he later sold in 2020 to a private investor for approximately 3x capital.
  • Mr. Beland has worked with Mr. Wu for over 5 years at Teneo and Ault.
  • At Secretariat, Mr. Beland is responsible for managing day-to-day new investment analysis, due diligence, asset management.
  • B.A. Architectural Theory, Carleton University, M.B.A., Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto; Candidate in Level three of the CFA program.