Lee A. Gardella

Lee Gardella is the head of Adveq's US office， leads the Firm’s Risk Management efforts and works closely with US based clients. Lee is a member of the Executive Management Group. He represents Risk Management in the Investment Committee.Before joining Adveq in 2007， Lee was a Managing Director leading the Private Markets Group for CTC Consulting， the family office investment advisory subsidiary of US Trust Company in Stamford， Connecticut. From 1997 to 2005 he worked for the US Trust Company in the private equity and Alternative Investment Divisions making private equity direct and fund investments and leading the development of private equity， real estate， and hedge fund investment products. Prior to that， Lee was an Associate at the Edison Venture Fund and Wilshire Associates and a Treasury Analyst at National Steel Corporation.