Experienced Leadership
Arena is 100% employee owned.
The leadership team has an average of 26 years of industry experience.
Research analysts have an average of 21 years investment experience.
Jeremy Sagi
Chief Investment officer
Jeremy Sagi is a Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Arena Capital Advisors. Jeremy has 24 years of industry experience. He was the Chief Investment Officer and Lead Portfolio Manager for the Limited Term and Intermediate Term products at Post Advisory Group. Jeremy joined Post in 2002 when assets under management were approximately $1.5 billion and helped grow the firm to over $12 billion in assets. During Jeremy’s tenure at Post, he helped build a solid short duration platform, growing assets from $100 million to over $4 billion in under five years. He is a CFA charterholder and an inactive CPA. Jeremy received a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Economics and a Minor in Accounting from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with honors.
sanije perrett
president
Sanije Perrett is a Founding Partner and President of Arena Capital Advisors. Sanije has 30 years of industry experience. Most recently she was with Post Advisory Group as the Chief Operating Officer and member of the Board of Directors. Prior to Post, Sanije was the Chief Legal and Compliance Officer at Relational Investors, where she had responsibility for all legal, compliance and regulatory affairs at the firm. Before Relational, she worked in London as Senior Counsel for Nomura International where she was responsible for corporate, regulatory and litigation matters. Prior to Nomura, Sanije was a regulator for the State of Arizona, Securities Division where she was part of the Enforcement, Trading & Markets and Investment Management Divisions. Sanije earned her law degree from the University of Wales, UK, where she graduated with Honors.
Daniel elperin
Portfolio Manager & Head of Trading
Daniel Elperin is a Founding Partner, Portfolio Manager and Head of Trading at Arena Capital Advisors. Daniel has 25 years of industry experience and manages all trading and market relationships for the firm. He was most recently at Silver Rock Financial where he was Director of Trading and responsible for trading, risk and the overall profitability of the trading business. Prior to Silver Rock, Daniel was Director of Trading at Post Advisory Group where he was responsible for all trading positions, risk and profitability of the firm’s trading business. Before Post, he was Director of Trading at Financial Management Advisory where he managed all trading on behalf of the firm. Daniel attended the University of Arizona.
Jacob Rothman
Portfolio Manager
Jacob Rothman is a Portfolio Manager at Arena Capital Advisors. Jacob focuses on the credit opportunities strategy which invests in distressed debt, stressed debt, special situations and private investment in public equity (PIPEs). Jacob has over 20 years of experience investing in credit and equity. He was a Portfolio Manager at Beach Point Capital where he focused on distressed and opportunistic credit opportunities. Jacob joined Beach Point in 2009 when assets under managements were approximately $4 billion and helped grow the firm to approximately $11 billion in assets under management. Prior to Beach Point, Jacob worked at Watershed, KKR and Morgan Stanley where he worked on distressed debt, private equity and M&A, respectively. Jacob received a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Economics and a Minor in Accounting from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he graduated Cum Laude with honors.
Jamie Farnham
Senior Managing Director
Jamie Farnham is a Senior Managing Director, Portfolio Manager and Head of Research at Arena Capital Advisors. Jamie has over 25 years of industry experience, with 13 years in leveraged finance portfolio management including High Yield, Leveraged Loans and CLOs. Prior to joining Arena, Jamie was Managing Director, Portfolio Manager and Director of Credit Research at TCW Group (TCW) where he co-led the credit investment team, helping to grow the firm’s credit assets under management to over $50b during his tenure. Jamie joined TCW following its acquisition of predecessor firm Metropolitan West Asset Management (MetWest) in 2009. Prior to MetWest, Jamie was a private equity investor at Primus Capital Group after working as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch. Jamie holds an AB in economics from Princeton University and an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Anderson School of Management.
Brian Houle
Marketing
Brian leads the external marketing and client service effort at Arena, interacting with family offices, institutional clients, and their advisors. Prior to Arena, Brian led the team responsible for client service, consultant relations and product management at Income Research + Management, an investment-grade fixed income manager. Brian also worked at GW&K Investment Management in a variety of relationship management roles. Brian received his BS in Business from Wake Forest University and is a CFA Charterholder.
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