Vice President and Regional Director for Private Equity, Fort Washington Capital Partners
John P. Bessone is Vice President and Regional Director for Private Equity at Fort Washington Capital Partners Group (FW Capital). FW Capital is the institutional private equity arm of Cincinnati-based Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.
Bessone manages the Albuquerque, New Mexico office for FW Capital, serving investment needs by assembling portfolios of direct investments that are diversified by stage and industry. He is responsible for sourcing and evaluating various direct investment opportunities for New Mexico Co-Investment Partners, L.P., a direct co-investment fund in which the New Mexico State Investment Council is the sole limited partner, as well as pursuing business development opportunities for Fort Washington in the Western part of the United States.
A New Mexico resident for 13 years, Bessone has 20 years of experience as a results-oriented investment banker specializing in merger and acquisition advisory work, including evaluating the growth prospects businesses.
Bessone previously served as executive vice president for KTLindustries, Ltd., a private investment banking firm, and was a senior vice president at Stevenson & Company, a full service private investment banking firm. He is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire and Williams College in Williamstown, Mass.
