Otho Kerr, Partner
Prior to joining EKO, Otho Kerr was an Executive Director at Oppenheimer Asset Management where he was responsible for the firm's asset allocation platform, risk management of the firm's proprietary portfolios, business development and special projects. He has worked in the investment banking and asset management industries for over twenty years, having begun with Goldman Sachs & Co., where he worked in the Investment Banking Division. While at Goldman, Otho managed the U.S.'s first Rule 144A transaction, for British Aerospace. He later became Director and Head of the Corporate Finance Retail Industry Group at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (Deutsche Bank) where his most significant clients included The Home Depot, Toys-R-Us, Kmart, and Spiegel. Otho has a wealth of experience managing private placements and public offerings of debt and equity. He began his professional career as an attorney with the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
Otho received a BA from Dartmouth College and a JD from The Harvard Law School. Throughout his career, Otho has sought to merge his professional career with his interest in social justice. Otho was a co-founder of the Institute for Youth Entrepreneurship in Harlem. He was a fellow in the Rockefeller Foundation's Next Generation Leadership Program. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for PAX, Inc., and he serves on the Board of Directors of the Empire State Pride Agenda.
