Giffen Ott
Giffen Ott
Overview
Giffen brings to Synova over 25 years of experience applying strategic and operational improvements to private equity investments, including seven years running operations of two successful management buyouts. He has served as an operating executive at Golden Gate Capital, a $9.6 billion PE fund, where he focused on conventional and renewable energy. Before that he was a senior managing director at Evercore Partners, during which time he focused on energy. He also helped launch the electric utility practice at Bain & Company, where he was primarily responsible for case teams performing due diligence and turnaround work for private equity clients. He has a BBA from Southern Methodist University (graduated summa cum laude) and a JD from Stanford Law School (CPA, attorney).
