Rick Noel
Rick Noel is a Senior Advisor to Värde. Rick previously served as Partner (2006-2022) and Global Co-Head of Financial Services. Based in New York, he joined the firm in 1999.
Rick established the firm’s Singapore office in 2008 after working in Minneapolis on U.S. illiquid investments. Rick is an experienced debt and equity investor in the financial services, real estate and transportation sectors.
Prior to joining Värde, Rick served as a Fixed Income Investment Officer at Advantus Capital Management and an Investment Manager at Cargill Financial. He also formerly worked in the Audit and Business Advisory Group at Arthur Andersen.
Rick graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a B.A. in Accounting and received his M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota. He earned his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and is a CPA (inactive).