We have assembled a roster of leaders that add significant value at each stage of the investment process, from origination to realization. The DLB team has experience across all ends of the financial services spectrum in various locations around the world. Our experience includes all management, board, and advisory capacities, providing our team with a valuable perspective for our portfolio companies and investing partners. Click below to access extended biographies of team leaders.
Douglas L. Brown
Chairman & CEO
Doug Brown is the Chairman and CEO of DLB Capital. Doug has spent over 25 years advising financial services companies at the CEO level with respect to corporate financial issues such as restructuring, capital raising and the monetization of key assets. He specialized in providing strategic-oriented advice geared towards corporate value maximization, and in the process, formed lasting relationships with many of the top executives in the global financial services business. In 2005 he retired as Vice Chairman – Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley where he had a wide range of responsibilities on the investment banking side of the firm. During his tenure at Morgan Stanley, he advised on over $80 billion in transactions and was integral in growing the Financial Services practice to over $1 billion in annual revenue. He was responsible for both the origination and execution of his transactions. While at Morgan Stanley, he served as Co-Head of the Global Financial Institutions Group, head of the Global Insurance Group, head of the Client Diagnostic Group, head of Firm Relationship Management, and a leader of the firm’s China Financial Institutions Privatization initiatives. Internationally, he worked with a number of financial institutions in both China and Japan. Most recently, his clients in China included the Peoples Insurance Company of China and China Construction Bank for which he led the raising of over $10.5 billon in IPO proceeds. He was also an advisor to the government of Japan on the bankruptcy and sale of several insurance companies.
Prior to Morgan Stanley, Doug was an Executive Director with First Boston specializing in Corporate Finance and M&A in their Global Insurance Group. Earlier, he was with GE Credit in strategic planning with a focus on acquisitions and business planning and ran its Leveraged Sale Leaseback program.
He is a member of the Board of AEGON USA, China Risk Finance, Harvest Technology, HighTower Advisors and Gottex Fund Management. Doug has an B.A. degree from Bowdoin College.
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Jerry Thomas
Advisory Director
Jerry Thomas was a Partner at the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP from 1979 through 2007 where he concentrated on general corporate, securities and banking law matters and was in charge of managing the firms’ relationship with JP Morgan Chase. At Simpson Thacher, Jerry represented JPMorgan Chase on a regular basis in its corporate activities and as issuer's counsel for its securities issuances. He also represented major underwriters in connection with public offerings and Rule 144A/Reg S offerings of debt and equity securities by investment grade and high yield issuers in a variety of industries. Jerry joined Simpson Thacher in 1972 and became a partner in 1979. He was a long-time member of the firm's Executive Committee and was an Administrative Partner from 1992 to 1995. Mr. Thomas has served as Legal Counsel to The Metropolitan Golf Association since 1983. He is a Trustee of The Chapin School in New York City. He received his B.A. with distinction from the University of Virginia in 1968 where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1972.
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Alexander Kremer
Analyst
Alex Kremer interned at DLB in the summer of 2009 and joined DLB as a full-time analyst in July of 2010. Prior to DLB, he interned at C.W. Downer & Co., a Boston-based middle-market investment bank. In May of 2010, Alex graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Boston College where he majored in Mathematics and Economics.