Meet The Team
Our team has played key roles as investors or advisors in numerous restructurings and special situations, from some of the largest in history to the lower middle market.
Strong history of driving winning outcomes for our stakeholders.
Track record includes creating landmark financing solutions for clients without access to regular way capital markets.
Tom Tormey
Partner
Tom founded Alastar in 2022 following his retirement from Goldman Sachs where he was a Partner. At Goldman, Tom ran various proprietary businesses, including Structured Finance Investing & Lending, Principal Funding & Investing and High Yield & Distressed Investing. Throughout his career at Goldman, Tom invested in and managed significant risk positions for the Firm and created innovative solutions for clients; Tom also managed restructurings of large risk positions for the Firm across various businesses and asset classes. Tom also served on the Structured Finance Capital Committee and the Global Markets Investment Committee. Tom joined Goldman in March 2008 as a Vice President, was named Managing Director in 2010 and Partner in 2014. Previously, Tom was a lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell in the bankruptcy workout group where he focused on restructurings of public and private companies. Tom also worked at UBS and as a law clerk to two federal judges (SDNY and Second Circuit). Tom serves on the investment committee for Clongowes Wood College, his secondary school in Ireland where he grew up. Tom received a B.A. from Georgetown and a J.D. from Fordham (Law Review).
Experience:
Goldman Sachs
Davis Polk
Rick Arrowsmith
Experience:
FTI Consulting
Alvarez & Marsal
GE Capital
Partner
Prior to joining Alastar in 2025, Rick has focused on work outs, representing creditors and other key stakeholders, across numerous industries such as healthcare and real estate. Rick previously served as Senior Managing Director at FTI where he focused on healthcare restructurings. Prior to FTI, Rick was a Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), where among other things, he held multiple Chief Restructuring Officer and Liquidating Trustee roles. Prior to A&M, Rick spent 12 years with the leader in the healthcare lending space, GE Capital Healthcare Financial Services, which included client work in dental, managed care, senior living, skilled nursing and other sub-acute platforms as well as many commercial real estate and equipment leasing portfolios. Rick received a B.S. in Finance from the University of Maryland and an M.S. from American University. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, Turnaround Management Association, and serves as Trustee to multiple Liquidating Trusts.
Nick Campanella
Experience:
Alvarez & Marsal
Vice President
Prior to joining Alastar in 2024, Nick spent seven years at Alvarez & Marsal where he focused on performance improvement and restructurings across a wide range of businesses, from multi-billion-dollar public companies to the lower middle market. Among other roles, Nick worked with management, private equity sponsors and other stakeholders to develop financial and operational strategies to improve cash flow and operations and drive strategic turnarounds. Nick graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.S. in Finance.
Sean Leeming
Vice President
Since joining Alastar in 2023, Sean has focused on public and private risks, including analyzing and structuring a proposed risk transfer transaction from a regulated bank to a sovereign wealth fund. Prior to Alastar, Sean spent four years at J.P. Morgan where he was a market risk analyst for the equity derivatives and fixed income financing businesses. Among other roles, Sean analyzed market risk of structured financing transactions across various asset classes, including private and public credit and equities. Sean graduated from Bentley University with a B.S. in Finance.
5 years experience
J.P. Morgan
Ram Sundaram
Experience:
Goldman Sachs
Senior Advisor
Ram serves as a Senior Advisor for Alastar. Ram is a private investor through several private and public vehicles. Previously, Ram was a Partner at Goldman Sachs where over a 20-year career he started and built various proprietary investing businesses. These businesses included Global Structured Finance Investing & Lending, a private side lending, investing and funding platform focused on secured financing across asset classes as well as a solutions-driven Principal Investing business and its predecessor business Principal Funding & Investing. Ram also served as Head of Global Currencies & Emerging Markets, Co-Chair of the Global Markets Investment Committee, and a member of the Firmwide Investment Policy Committee. Ram joined Goldman Sachs in 2001 as a Vice President, was named Managing Director in 2005 and Partner in 2008. Previously, Ram worked at Morgan Stanley and at Merrill Lynch. Ram is a Board Member of the Child Mind Institute in New York City and a member of the Dean’s Council at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Ram received a BTech from the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras and an M.B.A. from the University of Rochester.
George Brokaw
Experience:
Aventail
Highbridge
Lazard Frères
Senior Advisor
George serves as a Senior Advisor for Alastar. George is a private investor through several private and public investment vehicles and a Senior Advisor to Aventail Capital Group, an energy focused asset manager with primary responsibilities focused on special situations. George also serves on the board of directors of several public and private companies including EchoStar Corp. (NASDAQ: SATS), Alico Inc. (NASDAQ: ALCO) and Consolidated Tomoka Land Co (NYSE: CTO). Previously, George served as Managing Director of the Highbridge Growth Equity Fund at Highbridge Principal Strategies. Prior to joining Highbridge, George was a Managing Partner and Head of Private Equity at Perry Capital. Prior to Perry, George was Managing Director of Lazard Frères in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group. George received a B.A. from Yale University and a J.D. and M.B.A. from the University of Virginia. George is a member of the New York Bar.