Blue Ocean
Strategic Capital Management (US) LLC
Management Team
Thomas R. Byrne
Director
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Financial Conduct Authoruty ("FCA") Ref. No. TRB01023
Tommy is jointly responsible for managing the Company's daily operation. He is also responsible for the Company's strategic investment advisory services. Mr. Byrne has been involved with the bond markets and the private equity markets for over 35 years.
Before taking over Blue Ocean he orchestrated a Management-Buy-Out of BlueStone Capital Partners (UK) Ltd., of which he was a partner, in January 2001 and renamed the company Anchorage Capital Partners Ltd. At the time BlueStone was 25% owned by ABN AMRO. He had joined BlueStone Capital Partners in New York in early 1997 as Senior Vice President in the Institutional Sales and Trading department, eventually running the bank’s fixed income department. He also expanded his years of private equity experience in the Music Industry, Aviation, Media, MedTech, Gaming, Nano-Technology, and Strategic Biological Warfare Rapid Detection systems.
He began his career in 1981 at Irving Trust Co. in the International Private Banking Division and was responsible for developing the division’s gold and precious metals customer trading department. Between 1984 and 1997 he worked primarily in the US Treasury markets and foreign sovereign bond markets.
Douglass Jackson
Douglass is in charge of deal origination for the consumer goods and associated technologies in the U.S. His responsibilities include sourcing deal flow and advising on the practical applications of the related technologies.
He was the Vice President and co-founder of an electronic components company, a Virginia based firm that made switches for musical instrument accessories.
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Douglass holds a BS in Advertising Communications from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.
Kelly Smyth - Company Secretary
Kelly acted as the Head of Blue Ocean's European business development beginning in 2014. Once COVID helped to redesign the Company's international efforts, Kelly became the Company Secretary with addded responsibilities, including research and analysis of consumer ABS markets.
Operations Head operations@blueocean-scm.com
Pedro Regina Senior Economist