Mark Meyer
Managing Director - Head of Business Development at Water Island Capital LLC
About
Mark Meyer is Managing Director and Head of Business Development at Water Island Capital LLC, an asset management firm specializing in event-driven investment strategies. Based in Saddle River, NJ, Meyer focuses on expanding the firm's institutional and investor relationships and overseeing the business development team.
Meyer's expertise lies in event-driven and credit-focused investment strategies, particularly in sectors such as U.S. high-yield credit and nontraditional bond funds. Under his leadership, Water Island Capital's Arbitrage Credit Opportunities Fund has received industry recognition, including a five-star Morningstar rating for risk-adjusted performance among nontraditional bond funds, reflecting success in generating returns from idiosyncratic, catalyst-driven investments with modest correlation to broader credit markets.
Prior to Water Island Capital, Meyer held senior roles at firms such as Seix Investment Advisors, bringing deep experience in institutional business development and alternative investments. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is recognized for building high-performing investment platforms and raising the profile of event-driven and credit arbitrage strategies within the investment management industry.
Career History
| Organization | Role | Date Range | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Island Capital LLC | Managing Director - Head of Business Development | Jul 2015 to Nov 2016 | Oversaw the retail and institutional sales effort. Served as a player/coach with particular emphasis on developing The Firm's institutional distribution effort and broader firm strategic marketing ini... |
| Seix Investment Advisors LLC | Managing Director - Client Service, Sales and Marketing | Jan 2010 to Jan 2015 | Senior member of the firm's Client Service and Marketing team with responsibility for servicing clients and articulating the firm's investment approach to a broad range of plan sponsors and consultant... |
| Nomura Asset Management U.S.A. Inc. | Managing Director, Head of Institutional Business Development - The Americas | Jan 2006 to Jan 2010 | Led a multi-national institutional sales group encompassing the United States, Canada and Latin America. Served as a player/coach with generalist sales responsibilities in the Mid-Atlantic States. Nom... |
| Franklin Templeton Portfolio Advisors | Executive Vice President, National Director of Sales and Business Development | Jan 2001 to Jan 2004 | Led the sales effort for a hybrid institutional/retail high net worth distribution channel which was responsible for sales and product approval efforts to the broker, independent, bank and RIA channel... |
| Fiduciary Trust Company | Senior Vice President, Director of U.S. Institutional Business Development | Jan 1998 to Jan 2001 | Directed the institutional sales efforts in the U.S. while also personally maintaining ongoing sales coverage of the Southern U.S. Fiduciary offered a broad range of US and non-US fixed income and gro... |
| Salomon Smith Barney | Vice President - Continuously-Offered Fixed Income Products Group | Jan 1994 to Jan 1998 | — |
| Bankers Trust (BT Securities) | Vice President and Manager - Commercial Paper Origination | Jan 1993 to Jan 1994 | — |
| Merrill Lynch & Co. | Vice President - Eastern Money Markets Origination Group | Jan 1987 to Jan 1993 | — |
| Merrill Lynch & Co. | Junior Associate - Eastern Money Markets Origination Group | Jan 1984 to Jan 1985 | — |
Education
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
1985 — 1987
California State University-Long Beach
Bachelor of Science (BS), Accounting
1979 — 1983
Woodrow Wilson High School - Long Beach
1976 — 1979
Others at Water Island Capital LLC (6)
| Name | Role | Location |
|---|---|---|
C Christina Chew | Chief Operating Officer and Senior Managing Partner | New York, NY , United States |
C Christopher Plunkett | Analyst | New Rochelle, NY , United States |
 | Portfolio Manager | Caldwell, NJ , United States |
 | Portfolio Manager | New York, NY , United States |
 | Portfolio Manager | New York, NY , United States |
P Paul Eisenmann | Vice President, Product Specialist | Medford, NJ , United States |