Leadership

Behzad Taufiq
Managing Principal
Co-Chief Investment Officer
Behzad Taufiq is a Managing Principal and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Valentus Capital Management ("Valentus"), which is the General Partner of the Valentus Funds and was formed in March 2020. Along with Mr. Chun, Mr. Taufiq is responsible for all investment decisions and management operations of Valentus.

James Boyajian
Senior Advisor
James Boyajian is a corporate lawyer with senior in-house and law firm experience. He currently manages a private practice for select clients, based in Newport Beach, California, and focusing on entity formations, securities compliance, corporate governance, asset protection, contract negotiations, and complex litigation in federal, bankruptcy, and state courts.

Soohuck Chun
Managing Principal
Co-Chief Investment Officer
Soohuck Chun is a Managing Principal and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Valentus Capital Management ("Valentus"), which is the General Partner of the Valentus Funds and was formed in March 2020. Along with Mr. Taufiq, Mr. Chun is responsible for all investment decisions and management operations of Valentus.

Derek Boirun
Senior Advisor
Derek Boirun is an entrepreneur with institutional experience in commercial real estate development, EB-5 capital investments, and blockchain-based investing.

Neil Aggarwal
Senior Advisor
Neil Aggarwal has over 16 years of experience in trading, hedging, structuring, and credit analysis of Securitized Products. Neil recently served as the Head of Trading and Deputy CIO at Semper Capital Management from 2017 to 2020.

Ehab M. Samuel
Senior Advisor
Ehab Samuel has over 16 years of experience in intellectual property law with an emphasis on patent and trademark prosecution, counseling, litigation and licensing as well as copyright, trade secret, false advertising and unfair competition.

Patrick Yeghnazar
Senior Advisor
Patrick Yeghnazar has experiences as an investor, advisor and entrepreneur. As an investor, between 2006 and 2014, Mr. Yeghnazar was Portfolio Manager and Sector Head of Industrials, Energy, Materials for the Global Long/Short Equity business at Highbridge Capital Management.