PROVIDING CAPITAL,
STRATEGIC DISTRIBUTION &
OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE TO
EMERGING & IMPACT INVESTMENT MANAGERS
About Us
STRATEGY / COLLABORATION / EXECUTION / INTEGRITY
Veridien Capital's founders sought to leverage over 50 years' combined experience working with both well-established and emerging investment firms to deliver clear and effective strategic playbooks to investment managers seeking to become successful firms within the institutional market.
In addition to providing capital, we partner with investors and existing management teams to identify areas of strength, weakness and opportunity in designing customized marketing, distribution and operating plans to help company founders realize their objectives.
OUR TEAM
R. Barney Walker
Managing Principal
Barney Walker is a Managing Principal at Veridien Capital Partners. He is responsible for developing and managing partnerships in North America, Europe and the Middle East.
Prior to co-founding the firm, Mr. Walker was co-head of global distribution at Strategic Global Advisors. Previously, he was a Partner at Aligned Asset Managers LLC, a portfolio holding company of GTCR, LLC where they provided growth equity capital and distribution expertise to their member firms. Previously, Mr. Walker was a Senior Vice President at Artio Global Investors, LLC (f/k/a Julius Baer Investment Management, LLC) where he shared leadership for new business and client service from 2002-2012, helping grow the firm to over $80 billion.
Mr. Walker started his career at Ark Asset Management, Inc. where he worked from 1996-2002 holding various institutional new business/client service roles after spending two years as a junior member of the portfolio team. He earned his BS from Boston College.
John Dewey
Managing Principal
John Dewey is a Managing Principal at Veridien Capital Partners. He is responsible for developing and managing new partnerships in North America, Latin America and Asia.
Prior to co-founding the firm, Mr. Dewey was co-head of global distribution at Strategic Global Advisors, tripling firm assets over a four-year period. Previously, he led Australia-based Magellan Financial Group’s North American business development and client service helping drive asset growth to over $100B. Mr. Dewey’s prior experience also includes serving as a product specialist while at PIMCO, and numerous roles at Capital Guardian Trust Company, including the launch of the firm’s middle market business. Mr. Dewey's previous experience includes serving as treasurer for a publicly traded leasing company and direct lender to venture capital backed technology and life science companies. Mr. Dewey earned an MBA from Santa Clara University and a BA from University of California, Los Angeles.
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