Maria Boyazny

Managing Director

New York Office

Maria Boyazny is a Managing Director at Siguler Guff and has been with the firm since 1997. Ms. Boyazny oversees Siguler Guff’s flagship Distressed Opportunities Funds I and II, the largest institutional fund-of-funds focused on distressed and turnaround investing around the world, with assets under management of over $1.5 billion. In this capacity, Ms. Boyazny designs fund strategy, identifies potential investments, negotiates investment terms and conditions, monitors the portfolio, as well as selects co- investment opportunities.

Ms. Boyazny is also a senior member of Siguler Guff’s investment team and shares responsibility for all aspects of the firm’s advisory activities, including manager due diligence, fund selection and portfolio monitoring. She serves on the advisory boards of several of the leading funds investing in restructuring and distressed situations in the U.S., Asia and Western Europe. Ms. Boyazny is active in researching theoretical issues and their application to successful strategies for distressed and turnaround investing in various markets. Ms. Boyazny is the author of several publications, a frequent conference speaker and media commentator focusing on various aspects of the restructuring and distressed securities business worldwide.

Prior to joining the firm in 1997, Ms. Boyazny was a member of the Investment Banking Division of Smith Barney Inc., where she specialized in providing merger & acquisition and other corporate finance services to financial institutions.

Ms. Boyazny graduated with a B.S. in Economics, with a concentration in Finance and minor in Mathematics, from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.