Fitz Vernon is a Managing Director in the Americas. He joined Ardian in 2025 from Nomura Greentech where he was a Managing Director advising on M&A and financing transactions in Sustainable Infrastructure and Technology. Prior to Nomura Greentech, Fitz was a member of the Industrials Investment Banking team at J.P. Morgan in New York. An engineer by training, Fitz started his career at Orbital Sciences Corp. designing and testing advanced human spaceflight systems.

Education: University of Virginia Darden School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis