Bridgewater James Limited

Over fourteen years of international experience placing interests with institutional investors and sophisticated family offices in Europe, the United States and the Middle East.

William J. Bennington, Managing Director
wbennington@bridgewaterjames.com

Mr. Bennington has over fourteen years of experience placing interests with institutional investors in Europe, the United States and the Middle East.

Most recently, Mr. Bennington was a partner and helped found Pantera Global Macro Fund, a global macro hedge fund managed by the former head of trading at Tiger Management. Mr. Bennington was responsible for raising assets domestically and internationally, totaling over $300mm, and managing those investor relationships.

Previously, Mr. Bennington was a Managing Director at Whitney & Co., a diversified global manager of alternative assets with over $5 billion invested in private and public equity and debt. Based in London, Mr. Bennington was responsible for institutional fundraising in Europe and the Middle East for Whitney & Co.'s hedge funds and private equity funds. Together with his fundraising colleagues, Mr. Bennington helped raise over $2.5bn for Whitney's alternative asset class funds, including: Whitney New Japan Fund ($500mm Japan long/short equity hedge fund); Green River Fund ($400mm U.S. long/short equity hedge fund); several CDOs; and Whitney V ($1.1bn U.S. private equity fund).

Prior to joining Whitney & Co., Mr. Bennington was a Director in Deutsche Bank's investment banking subsidiary, Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown (together with predecessor entities 'Alex. Brown'). As a Director of Alex. Brown & Sons Investments Limited in the firm's London office, Mr. Bennington originated, structured and placed private equity funds with institutional investors in Europe, the United States and the Middle East.

Mr. Bennington was a member and then head of Alex. Brown's Principal Investing group that originated, structured, invested in, and raised capital for private equity funds and other alternative asset class vehicles. Alex. Brown committed its own capital to these investments with the goal of obtaining a leveraged return. Mr. Bennington became responsible for the five-person team managing Alex. Brown's related capital and fund management commitments, involving over $135 million committed to 29 funds.

Mr. Bennington was involved in identifying new investments, proposing capital commitments to Alex. Brown's investment committee, structuring partnerships, and serving on a number of fund investment committees and fund boards.

Subsequently, Mr. Bennington established Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown's West Coast private equity fundraising office in San Francisco. This assignment included origination and building relationships with large institutional investors such as the state public pension plans in California, Oregon and Washington.

Mr. Bennington is a graduate of Princeton University, B.A.