The Investment Table: Lunchtime Webinar What PE Really Values: Financial Infrastructure That Drives Returns

Neely Pielet

Managing Director, New Mountain Capital

Neely Pielet, Managing Director, joined New Mountain in 2020. Ms. Pielet is primarily dedicated to private equity where she leads Office of the CFO, and she also serves as the Audit Chair at ABB and Wipfli. Prior to New Mountain, Ms. Pielet was in the finance organization at Unilever from 2010-2020 and served as a Director on the North America Finance leadership team since January 2019. In her most recent role as Supply Chain Finance Director, Ms. Pielet led the financial operations of 11 Distribution sites, 14 manufacturing facilities and strategic transformation projects. Prior to her role as Director, Ms. Pielet held various positions including: Assistant Controller, Finance Lead of the Hair Care business ($1 billion in sales), Corporate Audit, Finance business partner to the strategic growth channels including, eCommerce and FP&A, where Ms. Pielet led the forecasting of the North America monthly budget.

Jeffrey Glick

CPA, Head of U.S. Operations, Outsourced CFO

Jeff is a US based finance executive with more than three decades of leadership in hedge funds, private equity, SPACs, family offices, and renewable-energy ventures. A former CFO for Sagard Capital, Almaz USA, and other global entities, he founded the outsourced-finance firm Start U Up in 2011 and has guided high-growth companies and funds through launch, scale-up, and strategic exits. Now spearheading Outsourced 

 U.S. expansion, Jeff pairs deep technical expertise with board-level insight to help founders unlock capital efficiency and sustainable growth.

Dimitri Drone

Managing Director, Co-Head of Corporate Valuation Advisory Services, Houlihan Lokey.

Mr. Drone is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Houlihan Lokey’s Corporate Valuation Advisory Services practice as well as leader of the Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences (PLS) practice. He is also a member of the firm’s Financial and Valuation Advisory business leadership team. Mr. Drone is based in the firm’s New York office.

Prior to joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Drone was the global leader of PwC’s Deals business for the PLS sector for nearly a decade.

Mr. Drone is a seasoned deal consultant with over 30 years of experience advising on hundreds of transactions representing billions of dollars in transaction value and/or capital. More specifically, he advises corporate and private equity clients on the structuring of complex M&A transactions, alliances, partnerships, and joint ventures, as well as minority investments, to address financial reporting, corporate finance, and valuation issues. In addition, Mr. Drone is a leading advisor within the valuation community on valuation principles, methodologies, and critical assumptions employed in various business enterprise, intangible asset, and security valuation exercises across the spectrum of life science industries, including pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical device, diagnostics, generics, consumer, animal health, healthcare services, contract manufacturers, and contract research organizations. His clients range from startup biotech and medical device companies to the largest global life science companies.

Mr. Drone holds a B.S. in Accounting from Bucknell University and an MBA in Finance and Economics from the University of Chicago. He is a Certified Public Accountant in New York and a CFA charterholder.