New York City–based Angelo, Gordon & Co. has launched a new energy investment business and has hired four executives to lead the effort. Todd Dittman will head the Houston-based Angelo Gordon Energy Team.
In spring 2013, Dittman established an energy credit investment business supported by three other members — Damon Putman, David Taylor and Paul Gottheim. Putman and Taylor are now managing directors with Angelo Gordon, and Gottheim is an associate.
Putman was previously CFO of a private energy company; Taylor is a registered professional engineer and was recently a partner in an energy investment banking boutique and its associated investment practice.
"We made a strategic decision to enter the energy space based on the substantial size of the industry and the unprecedented need for
