Watershed was formed in July 2002 by Meridee Moore. Since the firm’s inception, it has maintained a flexible investment approach that relies on a bottom-up, fundamental research effort to create long-term value. Today, Ms. Moore leads Watershed’s investment effort with Kevin Katari and Munir Alam.
The firm manages capital for a wide range of institutional and private investors from its office in San Francisco, California. Watershed has been a registered investment adviser with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission since 2006.
Ms. Moore founded Watershed in February of 2002. Prior to founding Watershed, she was a Managing Member of Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. and Farallon Partners, L.L.C. where she was responsible for investments in distressed credit, liquidations, real estate, special situations, and debt and equity investments in Japan. Prior to joining Farallon, Ms. Moore was a Senior Vice President in Lehman Brothers’ investment banking division in the new financing products and corporate finance departments. Prior to Lehman, Ms. Moore was a corporate law associate in New York for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. Ms. Moore received her J.D. from the Yale Law School. She graduated summa cum laude in philosophy and magna cum laude in general studies from the University of Colorado, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and was voted Most Outstanding Graduate in the School of Arts and Sciences.
Kevin D. Katari, Managing Member
Mr. Katari joined Watershed at inception and has been a Managing Member since 2004. Prior to joining Watershed in 2002, he was a co-founder and Vice President of Bluefire Systems, an analytic software and consulting firm. Earlier, Mr. Katari spent six years in the San Francisco office of McKinsey & Company, where he served a range of financial institutions and other companies on strategic and operational issues. Mr. Katari received an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he was named an Arjay Miller Scholar. He received an A.B., cum laude, in physics from Harvard University.
Q. Munir Alam, Managing Member
The firm manages capital for a wide range of institutional and private investors from its office in San Francisco, California. Watershed has been a registered investment adviser with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission since 2006.
Managing Members
Meridee A. Moore, Founder, Senior Managing Member, and Chief Investment Officer Ms. Moore founded Watershed in February of 2002. Prior to founding Watershed, she was a Managing Member of Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. and Farallon Partners, L.L.C. where she was responsible for investments in distressed credit, liquidations, real estate, special situations, and debt and equity investments in Japan. Prior to joining Farallon, Ms. Moore was a Senior Vice President in Lehman Brothers’ investment banking division in the new financing products and corporate finance departments. Prior to Lehman, Ms. Moore was a corporate law associate in New York for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. Ms. Moore received her J.D. from the Yale Law School. She graduated summa cum laude in philosophy and magna cum laude in general studies from the University of Colorado, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and was voted Most Outstanding Graduate in the School of Arts and Sciences.
Kevin D. Katari, Managing Member
Mr. Katari joined Watershed at inception and has been a Managing Member since 2004. Prior to joining Watershed in 2002, he was a co-founder and Vice President of Bluefire Systems, an analytic software and consulting firm. Earlier, Mr. Katari spent six years in the San Francisco office of McKinsey & Company, where he served a range of financial institutions and other companies on strategic and operational issues. Mr. Katari received an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he was named an Arjay Miller Scholar. He received an A.B., cum laude, in physics from Harvard University.
Q. Munir Alam, Managing Member
Mr. Alam joined Watershed in July 2005. He was promoted to Managing Member in January 2009. Prior to joining Watershed, Mr. Alam was an Associate at Nautic Partners, a media and telecom focused private equity firm. Prior to Nautic, Mr. Alam was a Financial Analyst in the media and telecommunications group of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette/Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Alam received an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School where he was named a Baker Scholar. He received a B.A., summa cum laude, in economics with a minor in physics, from Middlebury College.
