Principia Adds ABCP and CDO Pro

Principia Partners has appointed Mark Kahn as its EVP Sales. The new hire will be directly responsible for managing global business development and further strengthening the sales pipeline in the structured finance market. Kahn joins Principia with a highly successful track record in leading business development and managing client relationships in the structured finance trust, administration and servicing businesses at JPMorgan Chase Bank and Deutsche Bank.  Most recently, Kahn managed the product and client services for Systems and Services Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase and a part of the firm's worldwide securities services division.  He also held various executive positions, managing business development for JPMorgan's CDO, Structured Investment Vehicle (SIV) and ABCP Conduit administration business units.  Prior to joining JPMorgan, Kahn managed the ABCP and SIV Conduit administration businesses at Bankers Trust Co., where he was responsible for product development, operations, client management, administration and sales.  Before that, he was a senior consultant at Arthur Andersen & Co.