AAA SoftBank Vision Fund shakes up investment team

SoftBank Vision Fund shakes up investment team

Kristin Bannon has been hired by telecommunications and internet group SoftBank’s Vision Fund as a vice-president, Fortune has reported.

Bannon had been a vice-president for nearly a decade at Morgan Stanley, where she led its technology investment banking. She joined SoftBank Investment Advisers, which manages Vision Fund on behalf of the corporate.

Vision Fund has also hired Serena Dayal as an investment director. She had been a senior vice-president at Fortress Investment Group (FIG) since 2017, overseeing real estate private equity deals, before SoftBank and FIG joined forces to form an asset management arm called SoftBank Financial Services in March 2018.

By Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.

Leave a comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *