Dana Baines

Dana Baines oversees Raymond James’ Private Markets distribution of direct offerings for ultra-high-net-worth, family office and other institutional relationships.

Prior to joining Raymond James, Dana served as the head of capital markets and business development at Octant Partners, a generalist merchant banking platform focused on global M&A transactions. Before Octant, she spent a decade raising capital from global institutional investors for both funds and direct transactions at private real estate and credit investment firms including Vӓrde Partners, Rialto Capital Management, Thor Equities and The Praedium Group.

Dana holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University. She is based in New York City.