Partner

Steve Oyer is Partner at Grail and comes to our firm with over 30 years of business and investment experience. His focus is on M&A transactions and building Grail's platform to serve family offices and help them collaborate on deals. Most recently he served as a managing director of Family Office Exchange (FOX) a membership-based advisory firm that provides research, education, and advice to 500+ members in 22 countries. He worked with CIO's of family offices to help them collaborate on investment themes and opportunities through the Investment Council he led.

His leadership roles include becoming the interim CEO and leading the restructuring of Saflink Corporation a publicly traded biometric software company until its sale to IdentiPHI. He was also a board member of Salton, Inc. (NYSE:SFP), a designer, marketer, manufacturer and distributor of a broad range of branded small appliances like the George Foreman Grill until its sale to Harbinger Capital.

Steve's broad experience includes his role as managing director of Global Business Development for Standard and Poor's where he led initiatives to expand S&P's advisory services, the derivatives licensing of S&P strategies with investment banks and the distribution of the S&P Hedge Fund Index. Prior to S&P he worked for Murray Johnstone International Ltd. a Scottish money manager where he was responsible for the sales of international investment management services and private equity to families and institutions in North America. Additionally he has had roles managing distribution relationships with brokerage firms and sales to high net worth private investors for Nicholas- Applegate; developed family office relationships for Harris Bank; served as treasurer and managing director of Bank of Montreal Trust Co. Channel Islands Ltd; and worked as an investment executive at Paine Webber.

In the late 1970's Steve worked as a third-generation member of his family's firm in operational, sales and management roles. This entrepreneurial experience led to the founding of his first business, Advanced Nursing Services/Norrell Health Care, a company he successfully ran for six years then sold.