Mark Goldwasser
CEO at CEROS FINANCIAL SERVICES
Mark Goldwasser has worked in Finance based in Wall St for over 40 years. Mark has worked at a variety of Investment Banks including Bear Stearns, Lazard Freres, Jefferies, and ING Barings in leading roles, many as a Managing Director or Executive Vice President.
Mark was responsible for building National Securities into one of the fastest-growing Independent Broker-Dealers and Investment Bank. Mark was CEO of National for 16 years and Executive Chairman of National Holdings Corporation, a Public Co. for over 10 years. As Chairman he was responsible for the acquisition of two other publicly traded financial service companies.
At National Mark was the Co-Founder of Robotic Ventures the countries first VC fund investing in Robotics. One company was iRobot which went public and Z Cat which evolved into Mako Surgical.
Over his long career, Mark has been responsible for raising tens of Billions of dollars in a variety of securities and markets including emerging markets, SPV’s for Unicorns, Fixed Income and Private Venture Equity including Israel.
Mark is currently the CEO of Ceros Financial Services with over $7.5 Billion in Assets.
Chris Dewey
Partner at CEROS FINANCIAL SERVICES
Chris Dewey has over 40 years of financial services experience that started on the high yield bond desk at Bear Stearns. In 2001, Chris and Mark Goldwasser started Robotic Ventures LLC, the first fund of its kind exclusively dedicated to robotics and artificial intelligence. Chris has since gone on to achieve an impressive venture track record. Of note, he was a founding board member and angel investor in Mako Surgical (acquired by Stryker for $1.65bn); founding board member and angel investor in Auris Surgical (acquired by Johnson & Johnson for $5.7bn).
Earlier in his career, Chris was Executive Vice President at Jefferies LLC and Vice Chairman of the Board at National Securities Corp. He also co-founded Canon Films in 1965, acting as president for the first independent film studio and public company.
Jeffrey B. Engel
Senior Managing Director, Capital Markets
Joseph Hain
Managing Director, Investment Banking
Ahmed Gheith
Managing Director
Jeffrey B. Engel
Senior Managing Director, Capital Markets at CEROS FINANCIAL SERVICES
Jeffrey is a longstanding Wall Street professional with 36 years’ experience as a distressed debt analyst & portfolio manager (Banco Santander and Standard Bank) and, since 2003, as a senior executive in Credit Sales and Trading (RBC, Stifel and GMP). Mr. Engel has significant experience as a principal, and as an adviser, in investing across the capital structure in a wide variety of industries and asset classes, including energy, healthcare, biotech, telecom, and digital assets. He is currently Senior Managing Director of Capital Markets at Ceros Financial Services (FINRA member Firm). In addition, Mr. Engel is a General Partner in the Pangea Blockchain Fund and a Board of Directors Member of Real Brands Inc (OTCMKTS: RLBD) a CBD extraction and branding company. Mr. Engel began his career in 1988 at Drexel Burnham Lambert as an Associate in their M&A Department in New York.
Mr. Engel has a J.D, University of Miami School of Law (’87) and a B.A., Sarah Lawrence College, (’84). He was a Trustee of Sarah Lawrence 2003-06 and was a board member of the Genetic Disease Foundation at Mt. Sinai Hospital, NY 2006-2023.
Joseph Hain
Managing Director, Investment Banking at CEROS FINANCIAL SERVICES
Mr. Joseph Hain, also known as Joey, serves as Managing Director of Ceros Capital Markets. Prior to Ceros, Mr. Hain was Director of Noble Capital Markets. Mr. Hain also served as Managing Director, Head Trader, and Portfolio Manager at the Lawrence Fund LP, where he oversaw and directed the entire trading and class action lawsuit operation. Mr. Hain is the Co-Founder and Limited Partner at Intrinsic Value Capital LP. Previously, he served as a Portfolio Manager of Robotti & Company, Incorporated, where he managed portfolios of HNW individuals and family businesses as well as served as Portfolio Manager of the Glaubman Rosenberg & Robotti Fund LP. a fundamental value focused hedge fund. Mr. Hain began investment banking in 2008 and served as Senior Vice President at WestPark Capital, Tejas Securities, Wynston Hill Capital Management, and Paulson Investment Company. Mr. Hain was also Senior Vice President at Stern Aegis Ventures an affiliate of Aegis Capital Corp. and worked with both public and private companies as well as institutional, retail and HNW clients globally. Mr. Hain is a recipient of 40 under 40 for M&A and Dealmaking from M & A Advisor, and is on the Regional Board for The Diabetes Research Institute. Mr. Hain holds the following security designations: Series 7, 63, 65, and 79 FINRA Licenses. Mr. Hain received a Bachelor of Science from the State University of New York at Albany with a core concentration in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.
Ahmed Gheith
Managing Director at Ceros Capital Markets
Ahmed Gheith currently serves as the Managing Director of Ceros Capital Markets. Prior to this role, he held the position of Vice President in the Capital Markets division at Noble Capital Markets. Ahmed's journey in the Private Equity arena began at Paulson Investment Company, where he quickly became one of the firm's top-producing brokers. Throughout his career, Ahmed has skillfully nurtured long-lasting relationships with institutional partners, family offices, and High Net Worth investors domestically and internationally. Additionally, he has played a pivotal role in numerous Investment Banking transactions, contributing to aggregate proceeds in excess of $250 million.
