Our Team

Our reputation and people are our greatest assets.

We make significant ongoing investments in our people and infrastructure to bring our clients a premier service offering built upon unparalleled business experience. We are uniquely positioned in our ability to offer our clients a personalized and high touch service.

Conifer’s diverse team is dedicated to providing excellence and innovative solutions to our clients. We devote all our resources to ensure that we pave the way for our clients’ success. Your success is our success.   

Conifer is an entrepreneurial firm with an institutional heritage. Bringing together some of the best and brightest professionals in the industry, we have built a high caliber team of experts, along with a comprehensive suite of leading-edge services, to help our clients grow their businesses.

Executive Committee

Phil Stapleton	Chairman, Founder	40 years of experience in financial services Senior Inspection Representative, AMEX Morgan Stanley Capital Markets Director of Administration, Montgomery Securities
Jack McDonald	President, CEO	15 years of experience in financial services Managing Director, UBS Institutional Equities, Western Region Vice-President, Institutional Equity Sales, Schroders Recognized in 2008 by Institutional Investor magazine as one of "20 Rising Stars of Hedge Funds."
Dick DelBello	Senior Partner	25 years of experience in prime brokerage Head of Prime Brokerage for the Americas, UBS, responsible for Prime Brokerage, Swaps, and Securities Lending Founder and Head of Prime Brokerage, PaineWebber Member of Hearing Board, NYSE
Sal Campo	Partner	28 years experience with Citigroup Managing Director of Equity Finance & Prime Brokerage Sales, Prime Brokerage, Swaps, and Securities Lending Senior Management Committee, Citigroup Alternative Investments Group Managing Director and Founding Member of Citigroup’s Equity Finance/Prime Broker Group

Management Team


Jack McDonald	President & CEO
Peter O'Connell	Chief Financial Officer
Sal Campo	Chief Operating Officer
William Byrne	Execution Services
John Guaspari	Middle Back Office Services
Doug Lang	Fund Administration