Jane
Abitanta, Founder and Principal
Perceval
Associates, Inc.
Ms. Abitanta is the founder of Perceval
Associates, a consultancy focused on helping leaders deliver more compelling
messages to their investors, clients and sales teams. She has advised many of
the world’s top institutional fund managers, family offices, and countless
hedge funds and private equity firms and their portfolio companies including
management teams from healthcare, technology, insurance, food service and
entertainment companies. Jane is particularly skilled in helping management
teams to more effectively articulate their particular edge in terms of the
real-world needs of their markets.
Prior to the formation of Perceval Associates
in 1996, Jane was an investment strategist with Citicorp Investment Management
and held executive business development positions at Bessemer Trust and Swiss
Bank Corporation. With an MBA in Finance and Investment Management from Fordham
University, and a BA in Economics and Political Science from the University of
Delaware, Jane earned an MA in Social-Organizational Psychology and Change from
Columbia University in 2008. She is a member of the board of 100 Women in
Finance and has served as charter faculty of the Institute for Private
Investors, a member of the Investment Committee of Women’s World Banking, and
director of the Association for Investment Management Sales Executives (AIMSE).