Joseph Bencivenga
Prior to becoming the EVP – Finance & Strategy of International Rail Partners, LLC and President & CEO of MedAmerica Properties Inc. (OTC: MAMP), Mr. Bencivenga's provided strategic and financial advice to businesses in real estate, music, gaming and solid waste management. He also served as a board member on numerous companies. Before that he was a founding partner of $5 billion hedge fund whose businesses including lending to and private equity investing in small to medium sized companies. He also spent three and a half years as Managing Director/Global Head of High Yield at Barclays Capital. During his tenure there his team originated over 75 high yield, mezzanine and bridge loan transaction and acted as lead or joint lead on over twenty. In 1999, one of these transactions was awarded IFR’s European High Yield Deal of the Year, Euromoney Deal of the Year and received a Highly Commended Award from Corporate Finance Magazine.
During Mr. Bencivenga first 18 years of experience working in the Investment banking industry he spent his first 13 years working at Salomon Brothers and Drexel Burnham. Mr. Bencivenga served as Head of High Yield Research at both Drexel Burnham in the late 1980’s and Salomon Brothers in the early 1990’s. For two years Mr. Bencivenga also served as Deputy Head of Equity Research at Salomon Brothers. In 1994, Mr. Bencivenga became head of Fixed Income Credit Research and the co-head of Fixed Income Strategy at Salomon Brothers where he used his expertise to develop investment strategies for global investors.
Mr. Bencivenga has a BS in Marketing and an MBA in Finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, where he graduated with honors. Mr. Bencivenga currently resides in New Jersey.