Granite Hall Partners (GHP) creates private investment vehicles in select categories of the liquid and illiquid alternative investment universe. The firm currently manages multi-manager funds in the following categories: leveraged buyouts, private real estate, alternative credit and hedge funds. Each fund is category specific and built to solve a particular problem that investors face in the marketplace. The firm applies a macroeconomic overlay when constructing its funds in order to provide investors with exposure to the alternatives category that has the most attractive risk/reward characteristics at the time of the fund’s launch. Once the macroeconomic analysis is complete, the firm utilizes its deep roster of relationships with many of the world’s most talented investment managers to construct its funds.
GHP is owned entirely by its employees and is completely independent. GHP aligns its interests with those of its partners and is devoid of conflicts of interest which exist at many larger and more diversified financial service firms.
Granite Hall Partners was founded in 2000 and has invested successfully through a wide variety of market environments and crises, including the Tech Wreck, 9/11 and the Credit Crisis.
James M. Flanigan, Co-Founder and Managing Director
Jim Flanigan is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Granite Hall Partners. As Co-Founder, Mr. Flanigan is responsible for the strategic direction of the firm and is accountable to all of its clients. He is a member of the Investment Committee and participates in the evaluation of prospective underlying managers. Mr. Flanigan also maintains many of the firm’s client relationships.
Prior to co-founding the firm, Mr. Flanigan played ten seasons in the National Football League as a defensive tackle. As a player, he was highly active in the community, forming a foundation that donated more than 1.3 million books to disadvantaged children. Mr. Flanigan was named the 1999 USA Today Most Caring Athlete and the 2000 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year for his efforts on and off the field.
Mr. Flanigan earned a B.B.A. in Management Information Systems from the University of Notre Dame in 1994.
John R. Wagner, Co-Founder and Managing Director
John Wagner is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Granite Hall Partners. As Co-Founder, Mr. Wagner is responsible for the strategic direction of the firm and is accountable to all of its clients. He is a member of the Investment Committee and participates in the evaluation of prospective underlying managers. Mr. Wagner also maintains many of the firm’s client relationships.
Prior to co-founding the firm, Mr. Wagner was the Director of Marketing for the Washington Redskins, where he was responsible for creating and overseeing sponsorship packages, advertising, official licensing and all team-related corporate associations.
Mr. Wagner received a B.S. in Marketing in 1990 from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. in Marketing in 1992 from the University of Illinois.
Patrick Barry, Director and Chief Investment Officer
Pat Barry is Director and Chief Investment Officer of Granite Hall Partners. As Chief Investment Officer, Mr. Barry oversees fund construction, the firm’s investment processes and underlying manager due diligence. He is a member of the Investment Committee.
Prior to joining GHP, Mr. Barry led the efforts of Frontier Partners as it expanded into private equity by assisting domestic and European private equity firms in raising institutional assets domestically and abroad. Prior to Frontier Partners, Mr. Barry spent eight years with JP Morgan Asset Management and its heritage organizations focused upon alternative asset programs, including construction of customized products for Institutional and Sovereign Wealth Fund clients in the Middle East and Europe.
Mr. Barry earned a B.S. in Business Administration from Georgetown University in 1996.
Bradley T. Leshnock, Director of Finance
Brad Leshnock is Director of Finance of Granite Hall Partners. As Director of Finance, Mr. Leshnock oversees GHP’s financial reporting, advises on internal financial matters, assists in fund administration and is a member of the Investment Committee.
Previously, Mr. Leshnock was a Senior Consultant at Deloitte & Touche in the firm’s Risk Intelligence group.
Mr. Leshnock earned a B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame in 1993 and an M.B.A. from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 1998. He is a Certified Public Accountant.