Why We Exist

Peter is CEO and founder of Axial, responsible for delivering the company’s vision to become the trusted platform where private companies and their trusted advisors connect with capital. Prior to Axial, Peter worked in private equity at SFW Capital Partners and was part of the founding team at Gerson Lehrman Group, where he helped to build the company’s global technology platform for on-demand business expertise. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and received his MBA from Stanford Business School. He lives in New York with his wife Eve and their four children.

Nick Coetzee is Axial's Chief of Staff and Vice President of Operations, managing growth strategy, people, finance, and business operations functions. Prior to joining Axial in 2016, Nick was a Director of Growth for Humin, a social networking application that sold to Tinder in early 2016. Nick graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE), where he also launched his own startup, Studiously.

Alfredo Garcia leads the go-to-market teams at Axial. Prior to joining Axial in 2018, he worked as an investment banker at PNC Bank, in their Asset Backed Finance group. Alfredo graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a B.S. in Business Administration and a minor in Music. In his free time, Alfredo loves to write music, go to live concerts, and play soccer.

Zachary Werheim leads the engineering team at Axial. Zach graduated from the University At Albany SUNY in 2014 with a degree in Computer Science. Before joining Axial, Zach led a team at Navisite developing the next generation of private managed cloud services, and at RotoQL building a greenfield tool providing recommendations for sports gamblers. He’s worked as a software engineer, Scrum Master, Product Owner, and engineering manager throughout these projects. In his spare time, Zach enjoys exploring the city, live-action role playing, board games, and craft beers.

Dave is Axial's VP of Product, overseeing the product strategy, design, and development functions at Axial. In his role, Dave collaborates with senior leaders, executives, and the engineering team to devise and execute Axial's product roadmap. Prior to Axial, Dave was the Head of Product for the private markets division of IHS Market, where he was responsible for setting the product strategy and driving product development prioritization and execution. Dave has over 25 years of experience in product development oriented operating and consulting roles. Dave graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BSE in Computer Science.

Mark Romeo is a Team Lead at Axial, managing the Member Success and Professional Services offering to Axial’s buy-side members. Prior to joining Axial in 2017, Mark also managed a team at Credit Suisse in London, where he lived and worked for 7 years. Having resigned from Credit Suisse after attaining dual UK citizenship, Mark focused on his passion for creative writing, publishing articles in Business Insider, eFinancial News, etc.—as well as ghostwriting Thought Leadership pieces for CEO’s across various industries. Mark graduated from Trinity College in Hartford Connecticut—a Varsity wrestler, with a B.A. major in Economics as well as a minor in Creative Writing.