Fady A. Rizk

Fady A. Rizk is Head of International Sales for Weeden’s Fixed Income Division. Formerly, Fady was the Chairman of the Board of Green Holdings Corporation, a company he formed to commercially address ongoing global environmental challenges. Prior to forming Green Holdings Corporation, Fady was a partner at SkyBridge Capital, a $330-million hedge fund incubation platform where he was responsible for international business development.

Previous to SkyBridge Capital, Fady was the President and Portfolio Manager at Falkner Holdings, Inc., a $240-million long/short hedge fund, which he managed from its inception in February 2000 through December 2004.

Fady’s career includes positions with S.G. Cowen, a division of Société Générale Group, as Managing Director in the international institutional sales division where he was responsible for providing research sales coverage (U.S. equities and convertibles) to some of the largest long-only and hedge-fund organizations in the UK, continental Europe, and the Middle East.; senior level positions at NatWest Securities where he oversaw the management and growth of the international institutional equities sales desk in London; Wyser-Pratte & Co, with responsibility for the international risk arbitrage portfolio; and Prudential Bache Securities, where his last assignment was managing a $150-million international risk arbitrage fund under the tutelage of Guy Wyser-Pratte. Prior to Prudential Bache, Fady participated in the management training program at the Bowery Savings Bank.

Fady holds a B.S. in Accounting and Management Information Systems from Syracuse University. He is fluent in English, French, and Arabic, with conversational ability in Italian.

Fady and his wife Maria have three daughters and reside in Greenwich, Connecticut.