Mitchell Haber has joined Veronis, Suhler &Associates as a principal in VS&A Communications Partners, the media buyout unit affiliated with the investment banking firm. Haber most recently served as executive v-p of Simon &Schuster's international, business and professional group; before that he had been senior v-p for corporate development, in which capacity he participated in 39 acquisitions.
At VS&A, Haber is expected to play a major role directing the use of proceeds from the company's Fund III, which is expected to close in the first quarter with $1 billion in capital. According to Jeffrey Stevenson, who heads VS&A Communications Partners, Haber will help the firm increase its overseas investments as well as help its existing companies expand domestically and internationally.
