Our Empowering Journey Towards a Greener Tomorrow
The BSF story is a testament to the transformative power of sustainability. Discover how we’re reshaping agriculture for a brighter future.
Meet Our Team
Christopher Nixon Cox
CEO
Christopher serves as CEO of Lightswitch Capital Management, L.P., a biotech private equity fund. He has extensive experience in senior leadership, international relations, and private equity investments.
Prior to Lightswitch, Christopher served as Vice Chairman of Brightsphere Investment Group, a top global asset manager with $240 Bn AUM.
Christopher also Co-founded OC Global Partners, LLC, a business consulting and advisory firm with a strong focus on China and the Middle East. He serves on the Board of Richard Nixon Foundation.
Christopher earned a JD from New York University and AB in Political Science from Princeton University.
Shahryar Oveissi
President
Shahryar has been actively involved globally developing projects over the last decade around renewable energy, energy efficiency and Agritech.
Previously, Shahryar was an Operating Partner of Rose Capital, a leading Ag private equity firm. Shahryar’s has extensive experience driving value creation initiatives throughout portfolio companies and spent 8 years as an Operating Partner of Pegasus Capital Advisors, a U.S. Middle Market private equity firm that managed $1.8 billion in assets with a focus on sustainability and health/wellness.
Shahryar is also the Co-Founder of OC Global Partners, LLC a business consulting and advisory company with a strong focus on China and Middle East. Shahryar currently serves on the board of Intelligent Earth Group Holdings, Inc. and Todd English Enterprises.
Shahryar has served on the boards of Six Senses Hotels Resorts & Spas, GYRO HSR and ZeroBase Energy. Shahryar graduated from NYU’s Stern School of Business with a B.S. in Information Systems & International Business.
Peter Schweinfurth
Partner
Peter is a global strategic financial executive and sustainability practitioner with three decades private equity, hedge fund and venture capital investing experience, including fourteen years’ experience in renewable energy and related energy efficiency projects.
Peter has served as a portfolio company advisor and executive, and previous positions include SVP, Avenue Capital (New York and London) managing distressed debt and direct debt investments in North America and Europe, and head of the private equity group at Perry Capital. Previous experience included a dozen years as a US domestic private equity investment professional.
Peter earned an AB from Harvard University, an MBA from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, a Certificate in Business Sustainability, NYU Stern School and is currently a Certificate of Corporate Sustainability and Innovation candidate at Harvard Extension School.
Bo Cui
Partner
Bo has developed experience in Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions.
He successively served as Managing Director of China, BrightSphere Investment Group, a $240bn AUM asset manager listed on NYSE, and Director of Direct Investment, CCB International, the Investment Banking and Asset Management arm of China Construction Bank, closing investments and acquisitions in consumer, mining, real estate, financial services, and shipping & logistics sectors.
Bo graduated from Georgetown University Law Center with a JD in Law, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science.
Connor Smith
Partner
Connor has extensive experience in financial analysis and strategic planning. As the former Director of Strategy and Operations at UtilizeCore, a leading enterprise technology company, he oversaw complex operational systems and spearheaded strategic initiatives that fueled the company’s growth.
Previously, Connor worked as an Associate at TMB Partners, a single-family investment group with a focus on real estate and the hospitality industry. Connor was also an analyst at Stifel Financial and Brooks, Houghton & Company where he supported transactions in the industrials, fine chemicals, technology, and consumer products sectors.
Connor graduated with a B.B.A. from the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University.
Anthony Zolezzi
Advisor
Over the last 30 years, Zolezzi has worked to improve our food supply through organic agriculture, supporting small family farms, and cleaning up the planet through recycling remediation businesses and initiatives.
In 2018, Zolezzi was named CEO of TwinLab, a 50-year-old nutraceutical company. Zolezzi eventually left to pursue broader reaching initiatives within the health and wellness landscape.
Zolezzi and his colleagues recently formed UX Health, a start-up plan to build a platform on which personalized treatments and products will reside. He hopes to improve healthcare by concentrating on products such as personalized cancer treatments, personalized diagnostics, product and lifestyle protocols for pain, depression and anxiety.