Formerly, he was Co-Founder and President of The Receivables Exchange, the first and largest electronic marketplace for the trading of commercial receivables.
Prior to founding The Receivables Exchange, Mr. Perkin was part of the leadership team that built and ultimately sold Massive Incorporated to Microsoft Corporation in May 2006. Earlier in his career Mr. Perkin worked in investment banking and mergers and acquisitions for Veronis Suhler & Associates, at the time the premier media M&A advisory practice. He has worked in various positions in financial technology, specifically in technology for order management and risk management for fixed income, as well as for numerous media companies, specifically around the acquisition and assimilation of operating assets.
Mr. Perkin holds a Master of Science in Finance from the London Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from Tulane University. He served as the appointed (and ratified by the state legislature) Vice Chairman of the Louisiana Innovation Council, which is a think tank to analyze and address the future of innovation in the State of Louisiana, and served as a member of the council. He is also a former board member of The Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Currently, Mr. Perkin is a member of the New York Weill Cornell Council (NYWCC) which serves to support patient care, medical research, and education at New York Weill Cornell Medical Center, as well as serves on the Louisiana Technology Council, The New Orleans Business Alliance Leadership Council and the New Orleans Advisory Board of the Posse Foundation.
Past Speaking Events
- Democratization of Alternative Investments via CrowdFunding hosted by FLAIAMarch 18, 202112:00 PM - 13:00 PMPanelView Details
In this conversation, we'll discuss what democratization really means and how it has played out and what the future looks like. The panelists will share detailed figures about the growth of their companies and the amount of crowd funding in their unique verticals. We will discuss their strategies, performance and the teams behind the successes. It will be a hard hitting investment conversation that no investor should miss.
Speakers: Michael Corcelli, Brian Dally, Carter Malloy, Nic Perkin, and Nigel Glenday
- Banks vs Direct Lenders: Capital Solutions During Time of Crisis hosted by First Horizon BankMay 20, 202012:00 PM - 13:00 PMPanelView Details
In an environment of uncertainty where cash is KING, what are Banks and Direct Lenders thinking about post-pandemic? But before I go there, where were we?
Pre-pandemic, the global economy was buzzing along on two and half or three cylinders and I say this because even though the US was steaming along on 4 cylinders, China, Germany and many countries in Europe and the rest of the world were showing signs of financial fatigue with slowing economic output as measured by GDP growth.
Speakers: Roberto Munoz, Shalako Wiener, Dipak Jogia, Willy Gomez, and Nic Perkin
About PERKIN INDUSTRIES
Perkin Industries (“PI”) is a diversified portfolio of cash-producing operating assets. All of their companies share some common characteristics - They are run by successful entrepreneurs. They have the opportunity to grow. They produce cash. They have over 3 years of operating history. PI has been in existence since 2012.