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"DisplayName": "J. Michael Chu",
"GivenName": "Michael",
"Surname": "Chu",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Leadership",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "All Funds",
"Region": "All Regions",
"Title": "Executive Chairman & Co-Founder",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Chu is the Executive Chairman of L Catterton, a firm he co-founded in 1989 and co-led since 2003. L Catterton is the largest consumer-focused private equity firm in the world operating thru ten (10) distinct fund platforms, with a presence in 17 markets across five (5) continents. With this reach, L Catterton covers close to 90% of the global GDP. The firm has over 50 global partners and about 380 total employees, supporting over $37 billion in $AUM.
Since its inception, L Catterton has focused exclusively on providing growth equity to well-positioned consumer businesses who operate in attractive and targeted categories of interest. L Catterton has completed about 300 investments since its inception. The firm's investment return profile has been consistently at the top of the private equity industry. L Catterton took on as strategic minority partners at the end of 2015 the Louis Vuitton Moet Henessey Group (LVMH) and Financiere Agache (the family office of Bernard Arnault). This unique partnership strengthens L Catterton’s global and consumer capabilities.
Prior to co-founding L Catterton, Mr. Chu held a variety of senior financial management positions with The First Pacific Company, a Hong Kong publicly listed investment and management company which he joined in early 1983.
Mr. Chu received a B.A. with highest honors in Psychology and Economics from Bates College, where he was a member of the Board of Trustees from 1995 to 2013. He is a member of the Committee of 100, the leading Chinese-American philanthropic organization and The Council on Foreign Relations.
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"_id": "scott.dahnke@lcatterton.com",
"_key": "001_Dahnke-Scott",
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"DisplayName": "Scott A. Dahnke",
"GivenName": "Scott",
"Surname": "Dahnke",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Leadership",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "All Funds",
"Region": "All Regions",
"Title": "Global CEO",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Dahnke is Global CEO of L Catterton. Mr. Dahnke has a broad range of business experience in private equity, consulting, operating management, and finance. Prior to joining L Catterton over 20 years ago, he was a Managing Director at DB Capital Partners, the private equity arm of Deutsche Bank. Previously he was a Managing Director at AEA Investors, where he led that firm’s investing efforts in the consumer sector. Prior to AEA, Mr. Dahnke was the Chief Executive Officer of infoUSA (now Data Axle), a leading NASDAQ-traded provider of business and consumer marketing products and services (since taken private). InfoUSA was a client of Mr. Dahnke at McKinsey & Company, where he worked with consumer clients on a wide array of strategic and operational opportunities as a Partner in McKinsey’s Chicago office. His early career also includes experience in the Merger Department of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and internationally with General Motors.
Mr. Dahnke received a B.S., magna cum laude, in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. He also received academic honors in earning an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Mr. Dahnke currently serves on the Board of Directors of several L Catterton Portfolio Companies and is the Board Chair of Williams-Sonoma (NYSE: WSM). In the not-for-profit arena, he serves as a Trustee for the University of Notre Dame, Brunswick School, and the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, in addition to being on the Board of Advisors of the New York Stock Exchange.
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"_id": "nik.thukral@lcatterton.com",
"_key": "002_Thukral-Nik",
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"DisplayName": "Nikhil Thukral",
"GivenName": "Nik",
"Surname": "Thukral",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Leadership",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "All Funds",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "President",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Thukral is President of L Catterton, where he co-leads the firm’s Flagship fund and helps to oversee its global investment strategies. He plays a central role in guiding the firm’s overall strategic direction and ensuring alignment across L Catterton’s international platform. With over 20 years of experience in private equity and investment banking, Mr. Thukral has invested successfully across a range of consumer companies. Prior to joining L Catterton, he was a member of the investment team at MidOcean Partners and its predecessor, DB Capital Partners, where he focused on control investments in middle-market companies. He began his career at J.P. Morgan & Co., advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, as well as debt and equity financings.
Mr. Thukral holds a B.S. in Finance with High Honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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"_id": "sanjiv.mehta@lcatterton.com",
"_key": "003_Mehta-Sanjiv",
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"DisplayName": "Sanjiv Mehta",
"GivenName": "Sanjiv",
"Surname": "Mehta",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Leadership",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Asia Fund",
"Region": "AsiaPac",
"Title": "Executive Chairman ",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Mehta is an Executive Chairman of L Catterton India. He is a consumer-focused executive with extensive senior leadership and global operational experience. With approximately four decades of experience, including 32 years with the Unilever Group, he has deep insights into the consumer industry.
Mr. Mehta is a non-executive independent director at Danone, Air India Limited, and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories. He is also the President Commissioner of Unilever Indonesia PT and sits on the South Asia Advisory Board of Harvard Business School. He has also been the President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry from 2021 to 2022 and was a member of Unilever Group’s global executive management team from 2019 to 2023. For the last 21 years, Mr. Mehta also held other Executive Chairman / CEO roles in various Unilever businesses across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa."
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"_id": "lauren.agovino@lcatterton.com",
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"DisplayName": "Lauren Agovino",
"GivenName": "Lauren",
"Surname": "Agovino",
"Gender": "Female",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Human Resources, Legal, and Technology",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Senior Vice President, Program Manager",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Agovino is a Senior Vice President of Program Management at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Agovino was Vice President, Program Manager at The Bank of New York Mellon. Preceding BNYM, she held similar project management roles at GE Capital and RBS running projects of change in Technology, Finance, Operations and Compliance. Ms. Agovino began her career as a Business Technology Analyst at Deloitte Consulting LLC. Ms. Agovino is a certified Project Management Professional and ScrumMaster.
Ms. Agovino holds a B.B.A. from the Villanova School of Business, with majors in Finance and International Business.
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"DisplayName": "Frank Albano",
"GivenName": "Frank",
"Surname": "Albano",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Director, Treasurer",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Albano is a Director and Treasurer at L Catterton. Mr. Albano leads all L Catterton Treasury related initiatives, including cash and liquidity management, bank relationship management, foreign exchange, and custody for both the firm and Funds.
Mr. Albano graduated from Manhattanville College, where he received his B.A. in Finance.
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"DisplayName": "Paul Amodeo",
"GivenName": "Paul",
"Surname": "Amodeo",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Vice President, Investor Services",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Amodeo is a Vice President in the Investor Services group at L Catterton. He is responsible for external communication as it relates to finance, tax, and cash management activities of L Catterton's various funds. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Amodeo worked in Client Service at Bridgewater Associates, a leading global hedge fund.
Mr. Amodeo graduated from The University of Connecticut, Storrs having received his BA in Economics and Business Administration.
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"DisplayName": "Alexander Ang",
"GivenName": "Alexander",
"Surname": "Ang",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Human Resources, Legal, and Technology",
"Fund": "All Funds",
"Region": "AsiaPac",
"Title": "Senior Vice President",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Ang is a Senior Vice President of Engineering at L Catterton Asia, based in Singapore. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Ang was the Associate Director at Dymon Asia Capital, where he was responsible for the implementation and operations of all technology infrastructure. He held various technical roles at Wallem Group Limited, NEC Asia Pacific, NCS and Maersk Singapore previously.
Mr. Ang holds a Master of Technology at the National University of Singapore."
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"DisplayName": "Anthony Arena",
"GivenName": "Anthony",
"Surname": "Arena",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Vice President, Business Intelligence",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Arena is a Vice President in the Business Intelligence group at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Arena was an Associate in the Financial Markets practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, securitizations, and valuations of various financial instruments.
Mr. Arena graduated from the Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University, where he received a B.S. with majors in Finance and Accounting. He also received an M.B.A. from the Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University with a concentration in Finance.
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"_key": "01_Babecki-Julio",
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"DisplayName": "Julio Babecki",
"GivenName": "Julio",
"Surname": "Babecki",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Leadership",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Latin America Fund",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Partner",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Babecki is a Partner at L Catterton focused on Latin America. Previously, Mr. Babecki was a Managing Partner at L Catterton Latin America (LCLA II & LCLA III). Before that, he was a Partner at L Capital, responsible for overseeing the firm’s activities in Spain, Portugal, and Scandinavia. Since joining L Capital in 2007, Mr. Babecki has been actively leading investment opportunities in brands and specialized retail distribution in Europe, including investments in Pepe Jeans, Hackett, and El Ganso. Prior to joining L Capital, Mr. Babecki spent 17 years in investment banking, primarily in mergers and acquisitions, in London. He served as Managing Director of Corporate Finance Spain at BNP Paribas. Before BNP Paribas, Mr. Babecki served as Co-Head of Middle Market M&A for EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) at Merrill Lynch in London. Earlier in his career, he worked at Morgan Stanley as a Vice President of the European Mergers and Acquisitions and Debt Capital Markets departments based in London. Whilst at L Capital Mr. Babecki has been a Board Member of El Ganso, Parfois, Pepe Jeans & Hackett and S.T. Lonia (Carolina Herrera and Purificación García).
Mr. Babecki received a degree in European Business Administration from ICADE in Madrid and Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Reims (France). He also received a Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Analysis from Lancaster University (UK). Julio is fluent in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.",
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"_id": "saurabh.bajpai@lcatterton.com",
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"DisplayName": "Saurabh Bajpai",
"GivenName": "Saurabh",
"Surname": "Bajpai",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Asia Fund",
"Region": "AsiaPac",
"Title": "Senior Vice President",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Bajpai is a Senior Vice President at L Catterton Asia focusing on South East Asia investments in Singapore. Prior to joining L Catterton Asia, Mr. Bajpai served as an Associate within the Private Equity Department of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority in Abu Dhabi where he invested in primary fund, secondary, distressed debt and co-investment opportunities. Previously, Mr. Bajpai was an investment banking Associate at Lazard Freres in New York City where he began his career as an Analyst focusing on restructuring, debt placement and mergers and acquisitions advisory in the telecom, media and technology sectors. During business school, Mr. Bajpai spent his summer with L Catterton Asia in Singapore and with the IFC Asset Management Company in Washington D.C.
Mr. Bajpai graduated from the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business at the University of Pennsylvania, earning a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of Business and a B.A. from the College of Arts and Sciences. Mr. Bajpai holds an MBA (with honors) from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.",
"Expiration": "2022-12-22"
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"_id": "jean-philippe.barade@lcatterton.com",
"_key": "01_Barade-Jean-Philippe",
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"DisplayName": "Jean-Philippe Barade",
"GivenName": "Jean-Philippe",
"Surname": "Barade",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Leadership",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Europe Fund",
"Region": "Europe",
"Title": "Partner",
"AboutMe": "Jean-Philippe Barade joined L Catterton Europe in 2016 as Partner to lead the London office.
Mr. Barade began his career in 1997 at Credit Suisse First Boston as an Analyst in Paris and then Associate in New York in investment banking within the M&A Group. In 1999, Mr. Barade joined Permira and was subsequently promoted to Principal in the Consumer Team where he focused on investments in consumer, retail and leisure across Europe as well as in France across all sectors. In that capacity, Mr. Barade worked on many acquisitions and exits such as Cognis, Birds Eye iglo, Britvic, Holmes Place. In 2008, Mr. Barade joined Morgan Stanley Private Equity, a global private equity fund sponsored by Morgan Stanley, initially as an Executive Director and then as Managing Director and Partner as well as Member of the Investment Committee for Morgan Stanley Capital Partners V. In 2013, Mr. Barade co-founded B&B Investment Partners as a new private equity fund sponsored by Walgreens Boots Alliance to make acquisitions in health and wellness, beauty and consumer healthcare.
Mr. Barade holds a MBA from ESSEC Business School, Paris.
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"_id": "todd.bartee@lcatterton.com",
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"DisplayName": "Todd Bartee",
"GivenName": "Todd",
"Surname": "Bartee",
"Gender": "Male",
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"Fund": "Growth Fund",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Senior Advisor",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Bartee is a Senior Advisor to L Catterton. He has extensive C-level experience leading high growth direct-to-consumer brands in the consumer packaged good and consumer technology verticals.
Mr. Bartee has significant operating experience and has worked with L Catterton as a portfolio company executive in the past. Most recently, he was the CEO of Aquasana, where he led the company to becoming the largest direct to consumer water treatment business in the U.S. Prior to Aquasana, Mr. Bartee held senior sales and marketing positions at Dell Technologies.
Mr. Bartee earned his BS in Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University and his MBA from McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas.
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"_id": "carrie.bartlett@lcatterton.com",
"_key": "01_Bartlett-Carrie",
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"DisplayName": "Caroline Bartlett",
"GivenName": "Carrie",
"Surname": "Bartlett",
"Gender": "Female",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Vice President, Finance and Operations",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Bartlett is a Vice President in the Finance and Operations group at L Catterton. She has responsibility for the finance, tax, and cash management activities of L Catterton's various funds.
Ms. Bartlett received her B.A. from the University of Arizona.
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"_key": "01_Bhagat-Chinta",
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"DisplayName": "Chinta Bhagat",
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"Surname": "Bhagat",
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"Fund": "Asia Fund",
"Region": "AsiaPac",
"Title": "Senior Advisor",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Bhagat is a Senior Advisor to L Catterton. Previously, he was a Managing Partner at L Catterton Asia. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Bhagat was Head of Private Markets for South Asia and concurrently head of the global healthcare portfolio at Khazanah Nasional Berhad. Mr. Bhagat also spent 14 years at McKinsey & Company, including six years as Managing Partner of the Singapore office. He was a leader in the principal investor, healthcare and operations practices and worked extensively with private equity and sovereign wealth funds to develop strategies, execute transactions, manage risk, and implement board governance initiatives.
Mr. Bhagat received a degree in Architecture from the University of Mumbai and an M.B.A. in International Business from INSEAD.",
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"_id": "kristine.boduch@lcatterton.com",
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"DisplayName": "Kristine Boduch",
"GivenName": "Kristine",
"Surname": "Boduch",
"Gender": "Female",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Capital Solutions / Fundraising",
"Fund": "All Funds",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Vice President, Capital Solutions",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Boduch is a Vice President in the Capital Solutions team at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Boduch was a licensed Relationship Manger at GM Advisory Group, an independent wealth management firm. Prior to GM Advisory Group, Ms. Boduch was a licensed securities representative for over 10 years at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.
Ms. Boduch graduated from Hofstra University, where she received a BBA with specialization in Banking and Finance."
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"DisplayName": "William W. Bradley",
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"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Senior Advisor",
"AboutMe": "Senator Bradley is a Senior Advisor to L Catterton. He is also a Managing Director of Allen & Company LLC. Additionally, he is the Chief Outside Advisor to McKinsey & Company's non-profit practice. From 1997 – 1999, he was a Senior Advisor and Vice Chairman of the International Council of JP Morgan & Co., Inc. During that time, he also served as an essayist for CBS evening news, a visiting professor at Stanford University, Notre Dame University and the University of Maryland. Senator Bradley served in the U.S. Senate from 1979 – 1997 representing the state of New Jersey. In 2000, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Prior to serving in the Senate, he was an Olympic gold medalist in 1964 and a professional basketball player with the New York Knicks from 1967 – 1977 during which time they won 2 NBA championships. Senator Bradley holds a BA degree in American History from Princeton University and an MA degree from Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He has authored five books on American politics, culture and economy.
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"_key": "01_Chen-Lucy",
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"DisplayName": "Lucy Chen",
"GivenName": "Lucy",
"Surname": "Chen",
"Gender": "Female",
"Group": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Principal",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Chen is a Principal at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Chen was a Vice President at Lee Equity Partners where she focused on investments in the consumer, healthcare and business services sectors. Prior to Lee Equity, she was an Associate at Bain Capital. Ms. Chen started her career as an Analyst in the Technology, Media and Telecom Group at Lazard.
Ms. Chen graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. in History and received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.",
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"DisplayName": "Alex Coots",
"GivenName": "Alex",
"Surname": "Coots",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Vice President, Business Intelligence",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Coots is a Vice President in the Business Intelligence group at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Coots worked as an IT Analyst for Rolex Watches in Manhattan where he worked on a variety of different data analytics projects. Mr. Coots also has experience working in the healthcare and insurance sectors.
Mr. Coots graduated from SUNY Geneseo with his B.S in Biochemistry in 2010, and completed his Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University in 2016. "
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"DisplayName": "Antoine de Frémont",
"GivenName": "Antoine",
"Surname": "de Fremont",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Real Estate Fund",
"Region": "Europe",
"Title": "Vice President",
"AboutMe": "Mr. de Frémont is based in Paris and is serving as a Vice President for L Catterton Real Estate.
His past experience includes interning in investment banking at Rothschild & Co, where worked in the Energy, Telecom and Infrastructure sectors, as well as at PAI Partners.
Mr. de Frémont received a Master in Management from ESCP Europe.
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"DisplayName": "Akash Desai",
"GivenName": "Akash",
"Surname": "Desai",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Asia Fund",
"Region": "AsiaPac",
"Title": "Principal",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Desai is a Principal at L Catterton Asia, focusing on investments in India and Middle East. Prior to joining L Catterton Asia, Mr. Desai was an Investment Analyst in Special Opportunities and Real Estate arm of Kotak Private Equity, where he focussed on structured equity and debt transactions within the Media, Renewable, Technology and Real Estate sectors. Prior to joining Kotak Private Equity, Mr. Desai worked with a consumer media start-up.
Mr. Desai is a Chartered Accountant and received B.Com. from University of Mumbai.",
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"_id": "nicolas.desbois@lcatterton.com",
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"DisplayName": "Nicolas Desbois",
"GivenName": "Nicolas",
"Surname": "Desbois",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Leadership",
"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "Europe Fund; Real Estate Fund; ",
"Region": "Europe",
"Title": "Partner and Group CFO for L Catterton Europe and L Catterton Real Estate",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Desbois is a Partner and Group CFO for L Catterton Europe and L Catterton Real Estate.
Mr. Desbois began his career in 1991 as a consultant at Arthur Andersen. He joined LVMH in 1996 as CFO of the media and press group (“DI Group – La Tribune”). As CFO he conducted several acquisitions or disposals of media or internet companies. In 2003, he became Deputy Managing Director of “DI Group – La Tribune” in charge of Finance, HR, IT and Legal affairs, and conducted several restructuring plans or strategic and brand repositioning. In 2007, Mr. Desbois managed for the LVMH Group the acquisition of Les Echos (direct competitor of La Tribune newspaper) and the disposal of La Tribune. In 2008 he was appointed Managing Director of Les Echos in the new media group renamed “Groupe Les Echos”. In this position, he participated to the reorganization of the new group and implemented several operational projects as new media formulas, or new commercial policy and organization.
Mr. Desbois holds a Master of Science and Engineering from Ecole des Mines Paris Tech .
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"DisplayName": "Dirk Donath",
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"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Latin America Fund",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Managing Partner, Latin America",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Donath is a Managing Partner at L Catterton focused on Latin America. He was a Senior Managing Director and Partner at Eton Park Capital Management, responsible for private equity and illiquid investment activities in emerging markets. Previously, he was a Founding Partner & Managing Director of Pegasus Capital. Before Pegasus, Mr. Donath was a Partner of McKinsey & Company where he was head of McKinsey's Latin American Consumer Goods and Retail Practice and also leader of the Latin American Corporate Finance and Strategy Practice. Dirk left McKinsey to found FarmaCity, the leading retail pharmacy chain in Argentina, where he was Chairman and served on the Board of Directors. He was a Trustee on the Board of Governors of the American Ballet Theatre and he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Council of the Americas and is on the Board of Governors of Hillel International. Mr. Donath is also on the Board of the Latin American Advisor of the Inter-American Dialogue and was on the Advisory Board of the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association, in addition to the Boards of various Portfolio Companies.
Mr. Donath graduated cum laude with honors from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and studied international relations at Oxford University. He also earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. Dirk is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.
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"DisplayName": "Katherine Dowley",
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"Gender": "Female",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Capital Solutions / Fundraising",
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Ms. Dowley graduated from The University of Chicago where she received a BA in Public Policy.",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Dragich is a Managing Director at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Dragich worked as an analyst in the Global Technology, Media & Telecommunications group at Citigroup Investment Bank.
Mr. Dragich graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame with a B.B.A. in Finance and received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Dragone is a Senior Vice President of Human Resources at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Dragone worked in Human Resources at The Carlyle Group, supporting their Corporate Private Equity and Global Credit businesses.
Ms. Dragone holds a B.A. in Business & Economics from Lafayette College.
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"DisplayName": "Janesha Dua",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Dua is a Vice President at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Dua was an Associate at Berkshire Partners where she focused on investments in the consumer, healthcare, and business services sectors. Ms. Dua started her career at Bain & Company as an Associate Consultant and a Senior Associate Consultant. While at Bain, Ms. Dua was part of the retail and consumer products practice and private equity practice.
Ms. Dua graduated from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and graduated from Stanford University with a M.S. in Management Science and Engineering. She also received an M.B.A from the Harvard Business School.
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"DisplayName": "Dora Eang",
"GivenName": "Dora",
"Surname": "Eang",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Einstein is a Partner at L Catterton focused on the Growth fund. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Einstein worked in investment banking in the Global Consumer Products & Retail Group at UBS Investment Bank.
Mr. Einstein holds a B.B.A. from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, where he graduated with Honors. He also holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, where he graduated with Dean's Honors and Distinction and received the New York Alumni Club Award upon graduation.
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Espinosa is the Director, Head of Fund Accounting at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, he was Head of Finance, North America at Alter Domus. Prior to Alter Domus, he held roles at XPO Logistics and Diageo North America in financial planning and analysis, M&A and accounting policy. Mr. Espinosa began his career as an auditor at KPMG LLP, serving clients across the Consumer & Retail segment in New York, Stamford and London.
Mr. Espinosa earned his B.S. in Accounting at Fairfield University and is a Certified Public Accountant.",
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"DisplayName": "Dennis Ever",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Ever is a Managing Partner at L Catterton focused on strategic growth and is Global Head of the Capital Solutions group. Since joining the firm over a decade ago, he has helped L Catterton raise more than $30 billion of capital across its global platform. Prior to joining L Catterton, he spent 11 years at AlpInvest Partners. At AlpInvest, Mr. Ever helped build the U.S. Co-Investment business and team, and was involved in the sourcing, execution and monitoring of more than 40 equity Co-Invest, Mezzanine and Secondary transactions. He was also engaged in a number of business development related activities for the Firm. Prior to joining AlpInvest, he was a Director of Business Development at Walker Digital (founder of Priceline.com). Mr. Ever started his career as an investment banking analyst in the Consumer Growth group at CIBC World Markets in New York.
Mr. Ever received a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania."
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"DisplayName": "Michael J. Farello",
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"Fund": "Middle Market Fund",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Farello is a Managing Partner at L Catterton focused on the Middle Market fund. He has worked in the consumer sector since the late 1980s as a consultant, senior executive, and investor. Prior to joining L Catterton in 2006, he held several executive positions at Dell, where he led the company's consumer marketing and $8 billion e-business following a strategic role in the Office of the Chairman. Previously, Mr. Farello spent 12 years at McKinsey & Company, most recently as a Partner focusing on the firm’s retail, hospitality, media, entertainment, and consumer clients facing growth or customer service challenges. Following McKinsey, he served as a senior executive at a venture-backed enterprise and SaaS software company.
Over the course of his career, he has served on the Boards of more than 30 public and private companies. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures and the Board of Overseers at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He previously served on the Board of the American Ballet Theater.
Mr. Farello earned a BS with distinction in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School."
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"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Felli is a Deputy Chief Compliance Officer at L Catterton and focuses on managing the compliance program and regulatory relations for the SEC-registered investment advisor. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Felli was a Compliance and Legal Coordinator at Tremont Group Holdings, Inc. where she oversaw compliance and legal activities arising from the firm’s US and UK activities. Before joining Tremont Group Holdings, she worked at Riverside Capital Management Corp.
Ms. Felli received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Management from Monroe College."
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"DisplayName": "Luigi Feola",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Feola is a Managing Partner at L Catterton Europe. He brings more than 25 years of experience in the global luxury and consumer retail sector. Mr. Feola was most recently Senior Managing Director, Europe and Joint Head of Consumer with Temasek, the Singapore-headquartered investment company. During his tenure with Temasek, he led and successfully completed several European-focused investments for the firm. Prior to his role at Temasek, Mr. Feola served as President of Value Retail, a leading developer and operator of luxury outlet centers across Europe and Asia. He spent the first 21 years of his professional career at Procter & Gamble, where he rose to take on numerous senior leadership roles, including Head of Global M&A for Beauty and Head of Global Luxury Brands.
Mr. Feola received a B.A. summa cum laude in Business and Economics from University of Messina in Italy and an M.B.A. from Luigi Bocconi University, including the International Exchange Program at the University of California at Berkeley."
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Foran is a Vice President and Controller at L Catterton. She is responsible for the finance, accounting, tax, and cash management activities of L Catterton's various funds. She has gained extensive experience in finance and accounting functions through her previous positions at Bessemer Venture Partners, Graham Capital Management, and EY.
Ms. Foran graduated from Quinnipiac University with a B.A. in Accounting and is a CT Certified Public Accountant.
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Franco is a Chief Financial Officer at L Catterton Asia. Mr. Franco is responsible for the finance, accounting, tax, and cash management activities of L Catterton's various funds. Previously, Mr. Franco worked at Alter Domus as a Sr. Fund's Manager on the L Catterton account. Mr. Franco began his career at The Scienomics Group, performing variance and trend analyses and revenue and profitability projections for his clients, who consisted of Fortune 500 companies.
Mr. Franco graduated from Iona College with a B.S. in Finance. He is also a CFA Charterholder of the CFA Institute."
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Genco is a Senior Vice President in the Capital Solutions team at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Genco was a Vice President in the Endowments & Foundations Group at U.S. Trust, where he focused on sales strategy and management reporting.
Mr. Genco graduated from Boston College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics.
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"AboutMe": "David joined LVMH's DFS as Director of Store Development and eventually L Real Estate in early 2006 and is now serving as the Chief Development Officer of L Catterton Real Estate.
David has a broad background in retail real estate, is a licensed architect and brings a unique point of view and design thinking skill set to L Catterton Real Estate. Prior to LRE, David was responsible for leading The Mills Corporation's (an US$8bn U.S. based REIT) international projects. Previously, David was a Partner and Vice-President of RTKL, the world's largest retail design firm. The global nature of his clients saw David design projects on every continent and in over 30 countries. David has also worked for Skidmore Owings & Merrill and Kohn Pedersen Fox.
David earned his Bachelor in Architecture from University of Notre Dame in the U.S. and a Degree from South Bank Polytechnic in London."
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Gonzalez is a Principal at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Gonzalez worked at Altra Investments, a middle-market private equity firm investing in Latin America. While in Altra Investments, he participated in several transactions in the consumer & retail, business services, industrials, and energy sectors.
Mr. Gonzalez graduated with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Universidad de Los Andes, and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Gonzalez is fluent in Spanish, and conversant in French and Portuguese."
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Gordon is a Senior Advisor of Portfolio Operations at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Gordon was a Managing Director at Providence Equity Partners, working with portfolio companies to drive topline growth and operational improvement. Previously, Ms. Gordon was a Senior Partner and Managing Director at The Boston Consulting Group, working in both the Consumer and Sales & Marketing Practices to help clients identify and capitalize on new growth opportunities and drive large-scale transformation. Prior to joining BCG, Ms. Gordon worked at Procter & Gamble in brand management.
Ms. Gordon earned an MBA from Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar, and a BA with honors in History from Yale University."
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Guiziou is a Partner at L Catterton Real Estate, based in Paris, and is involved on both the acquisition and asset management sides.
Prior to joining LRE, Vincent was an associate at Deutsche Bank / RREEF in London for three years, working on the origination, underwriting, execution and asset management of equity and financing opportunities in Europe. Prior to that, he spent a year at Société Générale, in London, in the real estate structured finance division and also had experiences in Paris at Accor and Milestone Capital.
Vincent earned an MBA from ESSEC Business School.
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Heidecorn is a Senior Advisor to L Catterton. Prior to becoming a Senior Advisor, Mr. Heidecorn was a Partner and Chief Risk Officer for over 2 decades at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Heidecorn was the Chief Financial Officer of Alarmguard Holdings, Inc. (AMEX: AGD). In 1992, Mr. Heidecorn joined Nantucket Holding Company, a merchant bank specializing in the acquisition and management of troubled companies and the consolidation of fragmented sectors within the consumer products and services industry. From 1986 to 1992, Mr. Heidecorn held various senior positions in the Corporate Finance Group of GE Capital, including heading up the Restructuring Group for the Northeast.
Mr. Heidecorn received a B.A. in Economics from Lehigh University, and an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia Business School.
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Prior to joining L Real Estate, Alexandre was a Director in the Global Principal Investments group of Merrill Lynch based simultaneously in Paris and London. During his eight years at Merrill Lynch, Alexandre worked on transactions in various roles in Acquisition, Financing and Asset Management.
Alexandre holds a Master's degree (Engineer Diploma) from l'Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics (ESTP), a leading French civil engineering school.",
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"AboutMe": "Patrick Houël is based in Paris and is serving as a Board Member of L Catterton Real Estate.
Patrick started his career at Credit Lyonnais where he worked for 7 years, before becoming Financial Director of Cognac Hennessy in 1978. In 1983, he was appointed Deputy Financial Director of the Moët Hennessy group, and became its Financial Director in 1985. Following the merger of Moët Hennessy with Louis Vuitton, he was appointed Financial Director of the new group LVMH. During 25 years, Patrick was in charge of finance and strategy, contributing to the construction and development of the LVMH group. Patrick brings exceptional expertise in luxury retail, real estate and private equity. He initiated the private equity business of the Group through \"L Capital\" – LVMH sponsored private equity firm. He also founded the \"L Real Estate\" business together with Mathieu Le Bozec and has served as a Board member of its General Partner since inception. Patrick was also a Board member of NYSE-Euronext and LVMH.
Patrick has a PhD in law and a diploma of political science from IEP / Sciences Po."
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Hoy is a Managing Director at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, she was a Consultant with Bain & Company. Prior to Bain, she was an Associate at Silver Lake Partners, a private equity firm. She has had additional experience at LinkedIn, The Blackstone Group and Lehman Brothers.
Ms. Hoy graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Economics degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. She has passed all three levels of the CFA Program.
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Huang has over 15 years of private equity experience in the U.S. and in China. Since joining as a founding member of L Catterton Asia in 2010, Mr. Huang has been directly responsible for the Greater China region as well as an Investment Committee member for all Funds. Previously, Mr. Huang was with D.E. Shaw & Co., Affinity Equity Partners, and Intel Capital in Hong Kong. He started his career at Russell Miller Inc. in San Francisco.
Mr. Huang sits on the board of a number of retail and consumer companies including Trendy International, Marubi Skincare, and Sasseur Outlets. Mr. Huang is a CFA designation holder, and has an MBA from the University of San Francisco and BA from Ningbo University in China.",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Hutchings is a Managing Director at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Hutchings was a Senior Associate at General Atlantic, where he evaluated investments in the consumer sector. He was also formerly at Snow Phipps, where he focused on investments in the consumer, industrials, and services sectors. Mr. Hutchings began his career in the Investment Banking Division at Morgan Stanley, where he worked in the Natural Resources group.
Mr. Hutchings graduated from Duke University with a B.S. in Economics and received an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated as a Palmer Scholar.
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"AboutMe": "Masashi Ito is based in Tokyo. He joined L Catterton Real Estate in January 2016 and is serving as Principal, responsible for asset management and deal underwriting in Japan.
Prior to joining LCRE, Mr. Ito gained an 8-year experience at GE Capital Real Estate, where he was Portfolio Leader in the Asset Management division.
Mr. Ito holds a Bachelor of Science in Design (architecture) and minor in Psychology and Graphic Design from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, U.S.
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"Group": "L Catterton Portfolio Operations",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Principal, Consumer Insights",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Jaris is a Principal on the L Catterton Portfolio Operations team, focusing on Consumer Insights. Prior to joining the firm, she was a Consultant and Case Team Leader at EY-Parthenon in the Private Equity practice. She specialized in strategic due diligence and growth strategy work in the consumer, retail, and restaurant sectors.
Ms. Jaris earned a BA in Economics from Williams College and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Jin is a Managing Director at L Catterton Asia, focused on investments in the Southeast Asia and Greater China regions. He has rich experience in private equity, investment banking, and management consulting across Hong Kong, New York, and Shanghai.
Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Jin worked in investment banking in the Consumer & Retail Group at J.P. Morgan where he originated and executed transactions across M&A, equity, and leveraged finance. He was also formerly an Associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Morgan Stanley, advising clients across various M&A situations in Asia Pacific. Mr. Jin Started his career at A.T. Kearney as a management consultant in its Shanghai Office.
Mr. Jin received a M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. He also holds a B.A. in Economics with concentration in Finance from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.
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"Surname": "Johnson",
"Gender": "Male",
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"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Director, Head of Business Intelligence",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Johnson is a Director at L Catterton, where he leads the firm’s Global Business Intelligence group. He oversees the valuation process across the firm’s nine investment strategies, portfolio company data management, and firmwide reporting and analytics supporting investment and management decision-making across the firm.
Mr. Johnson received a B.S. in Finance and an M.B.A. from Providence College."
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"_key": "01_Kananovich-Katrina",
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"DisplayName": "Katrina Kananovich",
"GivenName": "Katrina",
"Surname": "Kananovich",
"Gender": "Female",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Vice President, Tax Senior Manager",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Kananovich is a Vice President and Tax Senior Manager at L Catterton where she is responsible for the U. S. and International tax compliance of L Catterton's various funds. Prior to joining L Catterton, she worked as a Tax Manager at Ernst & Young in their Financial Services practice.
Ms. Kananovich graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Master of Science in Taxation from Zicklin School of Business at CUNY Baruch College."
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"_id": "matthew.kershner@lcatterton.com",
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"DisplayName": "Matthew Kershner",
"GivenName": "Matthew",
"Surname": "Kershner",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Vice President, Business Intelligence",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Kershner is a Vice President in the Business Intelligence group at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Kershner was a client associate in the consulting services group at Greenwich Associates. While at Greenwich Associates, he focused on supporting the firm’s commercial and middle market banking clients.
Mr. Kershner is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College, where he earned a B.A. in Geoscience.
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"DisplayName": "Farah Khan",
"GivenName": "Farah",
"Surname": "Khan",
"Gender": "Female",
"Group": "Leadership",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Latin America Fund",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Managing Partner",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Khan is a Managing Partner at L Catterton focused on Latin America. She started her career at the firm focused on North American growth equity and buyout investments. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Khan was a Vice President at Sandler Capital Management where she focused on growth equity, leveraged buyouts and financings of middle market companies. Prior to Sandler, Ms. Khan worked at Apax Partners, a global private equity firm where she focused on growth capital and leveraged buyouts in the retail and consumer product sectors. Prior to Apax, she worked in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs, where she focused on corporate finance and M&A coverage of retail, media and technology companies based in both New York and Menlo Park.
Ms. Khan is a Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude graduate of Mount Holyoke College with a B.A. degree in Economics and Mathematics. She received an M.B.A from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business."
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"_id": "kevin.kingman@lcatterton.com",
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"DisplayName": "Kevin Kingman",
"GivenName": "Kevin",
"Surname": "Kingman",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Leadership",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "All Funds",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Managing Partner, Global Director of Consumer Insights",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Kingman is a Managing Partner and the Global Director of Consumer Insights at L Catterton. Prior to joining the firm, he was Head of Strategy at Melissa & Doug, a leading specialty toy and educational products company.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Kingman was a Senior Principal at the Parthenon Group (now Parthenon-EY), a strategy consultancy. Over an eight-year period, he worked closely with L Catterton on strategic due diligence, category assessments, and growth strategy projects across consumer products, retail, and restaurants.
Mr. Kingman earned a BA from Williams College and an MBA from Harvard Business School."
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"DisplayName": "Léonor Ladeira",
"GivenName": "Léonor",
"Surname": "Ladeira",
"Gender": "Female",
"Group": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Europe Fund",
"Region": "Europe",
"Title": "Principal",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Ladeira joined L Catterton Europe in 2016 as Associate and was promoted in 2024 to Principal.
Ms. Ladeira began her career in 2011 at Santander Global Banking and Markets in London, as an analyst in the Credit Markets team, working in syndicated loans and acquisition finance deals for large-cap companies in the UK. In 2012 she joined J.P Morgan Investment Banking division as an analyst in the Consumer and Retail advisory team, having worked in a number of M&A and leveraged finance transactions across Europe and the Middle East, including several exits and refinancing deals for private equity owned assets. In 2015 she joined B&B Investment Partners as an Associate, working in beauty and personal care and consumer healthcare investments.
Ms. Ladeira holds a Master in Finance and a Master in International Management from Nova School of Business and Economics in Lisbon.
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"DisplayName": "Ramiro Lauzan",
"GivenName": "Ramiro",
"Surname": "Lauzan",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Leadership",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Latin America Fund",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Managing Partner, Head of Miami Office",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Lauzan is a Managing Partner and the Head of the Miami Office at L Catterton, focused in Latin America. Mr. Lauzan has over 15 years of experience in private equity and principal investing across multiple consumer categories, most notably food & beverage, financial services, travel & leisure, and pharmaceuticals. Previously, Mr. Lauzan spent over 8 years at McKinsey & Company, where he served clients in Latin America, Asia and Australia. Mr. Lauzan also worked as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers, and in venture capital at L.I.D. Group. Mr. Lauzan is a member of the Board of Directors of several L Catterton portfolio companies, including Despegar (NYSE: DESP), NotCo, Rapsodia and Luigi Bosca. He also serves on the Board of Biosidus Group.
Mr. Lauzan holds a Business Economics degree with honors from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Argentina, and an MBA from Columbia Business School (Yosaji Morita scholar). Mr. Lauzan is fluent in Spanish, English, Portuguese and German."
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"DisplayName": "Mikael Laventure-Darival",
"GivenName": "Mikael",
"Surname": "Laventure-Darival",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "Real Estate Fund",
"Region": "Europe",
"Title": "Risk and Finance Manager",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Mikaël Laventure-Darival is based in Luxembourg. He joined L Catterton in January 2019 and serves now as the Risk Manager for L Catterton Europe. He is also a Representative of the Luxembourg Branch. Mr. Laventure-Darival started his career in 2014 at Mazars Luxembourg, a French audit, tax and advisory firm, before joining PwC Luxembourg in 2016, where he participated in various audits related to the alternative investment fund industry, including valuation review and internal risk assessment.
Mr. Laventure-Darival earned a master’s degree in finance from Pantheon-Sorbonne University in France."
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"DisplayName": "Corinne Laville",
"GivenName": "Corinne",
"Surname": "Laville",
"Gender": "Female",
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"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "Europe Fund",
"Region": "Europe",
"Title": "Administrative Manager",
"AboutMe": "Corinne Laville joined L Catterton Europe in 2004 as Administrative Manager.
Before joining L Catterton Europe, Ms. Laville spent fourteen years at HSBC beginning in 2000 in the International Markets Division working on International bonds launch. In 2002 she joined the Global Banking Division to work on Customer and Prospects Relation. Then, she joined the Corporate Finance team assisting the Head of Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals.
Ms. Laville holds a Bachelor degree in Public Relations, Paris.
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"Function": "Human Resources, Legal, and Technology",
"Fund": "All Funds",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Director, Technology",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Leach is a Director of Engineering at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Leach worked broadly in information technology, focused on technical solutions and engineering.
Mr. Leach graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Technology where he received his B.S. in Information Technology.
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"DisplayName": "Mathieu Le Bozec",
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"Title": "Managing Partner, Founder",
"AboutMe": "Mathieu Le Bozec is based in Paris and is serving as Managing Partner of L Catterton Real Estate. Mathieu joined Groupe Arnault/LVMH and eventually L Real Estate in February 2005 to set up its real estate investment activity. He established and managed a portfolio of direct and indirect investments globally. Mathieu has over 18 years of real estate investment and management experience.
Prior to joining L Real Estate, Mathieu worked for Goldman Sachs within the REPIA team, in London, Paris and Hong Kong in various roles in Acquisition, Financing and Asset Management. Mathieu started his career at the French bank CDC in Budapest and was in charge of the leasing activities of an office building portfolio.
Mathieu earned an MBA from ESSEC Business School and a Post-graduation degree in Philosophy from EHESS."
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"DisplayName": "Alice Raksin",
"GivenName": "Alice",
"Surname": "Raksin",
"Gender": "Female",
"Group": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Growth Fund",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Managing Director",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Raksin is a Managing Director at L Catterton, where she was also previously a Vice President. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Raksin worked in investment banking in the Global Consumer Group at Deutsche Bank.
Ms. Raksin holds a B.S. in Economics with concentrations in Finance and Operations and Information Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She also received an M.B.A from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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"DisplayName": "Matt Leeds",
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"Gender": "Male",
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"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund",
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"Title": "Partner",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Leeds is a Partner in the Flagship Fund at L Catterton, and has been with the firm since 2014. He has represented L Catterton on the Board of Directors of Cholula, Kodiak, Everlane, and Inspired Pet Nutrition, among others.
Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Leeds worked at Irving Place Capital in New York City and at Lake Capital in Chicago. Mr. Leeds also worked in brand management at Procter & Gamble, and began his career as an investment banker at J.P. Morgan.
Mr. Leeds was an Omidyar Scholar at Tufts University, where he graduated magna cum laude with a triple major in Mathematics, Quantitative Economics, and Psychology. He received an M.B.A. with Honors from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.",
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"DisplayName": "Matt Lischick",
"GivenName": "Matt",
"Surname": "Lischick",
"Gender": "Male",
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"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Partner",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Lischick is a Partner at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Lischick worked in the Consumer Products & Retail Investment Banking Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Mr. Lischick graduated cum laude from Georgetown University with a B.S. in Business Administration in Finance and International Business. He also received an M.B.A from the Harvard Business School.
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"Fund": "Latin America Fund",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Regional Executive Director",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Löhken is the Regional Executive Director (Brazil), Latin America at L Catterton. Before joining L Catterton, Mr. Löhken managed private equity investments on behalf of Janos, the family office of the founders of Natura, a Brazilian cosmetics company. Prior to Janos, he held several executive positions at Promon, a leading engineering and infrastructure solutions company. Between 2000 and 2003, Mr. Löhken led Promon Ventures, a company that invested in internet start-ups. He also has acted as CFO of Netstream, the pioneering fiber-optics based telecom services provider, which was sold to AT&T. Mr. Löhken started his career as a consultant, first at Arthur Andersen / Accenture, and then at McKinsey & Co., with assignments in Portugal, Spain and Brazil.
Mr. Löhken received his B.B.A. from Fundação Getúlio Vargas in São Paulo and holds an MBA from INSEAD. He is fluent in Portuguese, German and English, and conversational in Spanish and French. Mr. Löhken resides in Sao Paulo.
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"DisplayName": "Marc Magliacano",
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"Surname": "Magliacano",
"Gender": "Male",
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"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Managing Partner",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Magliacano is a Managing Partner at L Catterton focused on the Buyout fund. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Magliacano was a Principal at North Castle Partners, a private equity firm focused on consumer investments that benefit from healthy living and aging trends. During his eight years at North Castle, he originated, executed and monitored investments in the consumer healthcare, nutrition and wellness, and fitness sectors. Prior to joining North Castle, Mr. Magliacano worked at NMS Capital, the merchant bank of NationsBanc Montgomery Securities, making growth investments in early stage consumer and retail businesses. Prior to NMS Capital, he served in the Leveraged Finance group of NationsBanc Capital Markets where he financed recapitalizations and leveraged buyout transactions for financial sponsors.
Mr. Magliacano received a BS in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business with dual degrees in Finance and Operations and Information Management and received an MBA from Columbia Business School.
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"DisplayName": "Christian Mariager",
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"Surname": "Mariager",
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"Region": "Europe",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Mariager is a Senior Advisor at L Catterton. Mr. Mariager began his career in 1988 with McKinsey & Company where he stayed until 2012. As a partner and senior partner, he served a broad range of consumer focused clients, including PE firms, on a wide range of topics, including strategy, organization, operations, sales/marketing, transformation/turn around and M&A. While at McKinsey, Mr. Mariager held a number of leadership positions including Head of the Foreign Affiliated Company Practice in Tokyo, Leader of the Firms Copenhagen Office, Co-leader of the European FMCG practice and Leader of the Consumer Practice in New York. From 2013, Christian served as CEO of the successful globally expanding variety retailer Flying Tiger (Tiger) - a portfolio company of private equity firm EQT.
Mr. Mariager holds a BA in Science and Statistics from Copenhagen Business School and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
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"Gender": "Female",
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"Fund": "Asia Fund",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Director, Head of FP&A",
"AboutMe": "Mrs. Matarazzo a Director and Head of FP&A at L Catterton. Previously, she was a Director in the Business Intelligence group. Prior to joining L Catterton in 2018, she had a similar role as Vice President in the Valuation & Strategic Analysis group at Providence Equity Partners. Mrs. Matarazzo began her career at Prudential Capital Group underwriting middle market private placements.
Mrs. Matarazzo received an MBA and BS in Finance and Operations from Boston College’s Carroll School of Management. She is also a CFA charterholder."
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"Surname": "Beyer",
"Gender": "Female",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Vice President, Treasury",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Beyer is a Vice President, Treasury at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Beyer was a treasury analyst in the cash management group of Omnicom Capital, where she focused on the U.S., Canada, and AsiaPac cash regions.
Ms. Beyer graduated from Manhattanville College where she received a B.S in Business Management with a concentration in International Business. She also received an M.S in Corporate Finance from Manhattanville."
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"Title": "Senior Advisor",
"AboutMe": "Mr. McPherson is a Senior Advisor at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. McPherson was a Partner in the corporate department of Latham & Watkins with a practice focusing on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and fund formation. He has extensive experience representing issuers, private equity funds and underwriters in both public and private financing transactions, representing public and private companies in both acquisitions and the sales of their businesses and advising both sponsors and investors in the U.S. and internationally in the organization, negotiation and operation of investment funds, including buyout, venture capital, real estate, emerging markets and other funds. Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, Mr. McPherson was an associate in the business practice and private equity group of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault. Mr. McPherson was a clerk to Justice Francis P. O'Connor of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1993 to 1994.
Mr. McPherson earned a B.S. magna cum laude in management from the University of Massachusetts, and received his J.D. magna cum laude from Boston University.
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"_id": "michael.meyer@lcatterton.com",
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"DisplayName": "Michael Meyer",
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"Fund": "Growth Fund",
"Region": "Americas",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Meyer is a Senior Advisor to L Catterton. He has extensive C-level experience leading high growth companies with innovative brands and cutting edge products in the consumer product and technology sectors.
Most recently, Mr. Meyer served as the CFO and COO of Plum Organics, a leading premium organic baby food company. His prior roles include Chief Administrative Officer of Restoration Hardware, a leading purveyor of premium home furnishings, and President of Wellness Pet Foods, one of the first natural pet food brands in the U.S. All of these were former L Catterton portfolio companies. Prior to this, he worked with venture-backed technology companies, having served as the CFO of retail technology firm MarketMax, and co-founded an e-commerce dot-com that served Fortune 500 retail and financial service companies.
Mr. Meyer began his career in the New York banking industry with JPMorgan Chase as a commercial lender to consumer businesses. He received his MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a BS in Chemical Engineering from NYU’s Polytechnic School of Engineering. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of a L Catterton portfolio company, and on the Board of ReSurge International, a non-profit with a mission to provide reconstructive surgical care to children in Asia, Africa and Latin America. "
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"DisplayName": "Javier Molto",
"GivenName": "Javier",
"Surname": "Molto",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Latin America Fund",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Managing Director",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Molto is a Managing Director at L Catterton focused on Latin America. Prior to joining L Catterton, he was an Associate at Aimara Capital, a Latin America-focused private equity fund. Previously, he was an emerging markets Equity Research Analyst at Bloomberg with a focus on Latin America. Prior to that, he was as an industrial engineer with Kuehne + Nagel where he worked on assignments advising clients on various strategic challenges and operational improvement opportunities. During his career, he has lived and worked in Spain, Denmark, USA, Italy, Switzerland, China and Latin America.
Mr. Molto graduated with honors with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) and studied Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark. He received his MBA, with honors, from the University of North Carolina and he is also a CFA Charterholder. Mr. Molto is fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and conversant in Mandarin Chinese."
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"GivenName": "Ryan",
"Surname": "Morris",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "All Funds",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Managing Director, Global Controller",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Morris is the Managing Director, Global Controller at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Morris spent 13 years at RBS (formerly Greenwich Capital) in various Finance leadership roles including financial reporting, accounting policy and advisory, business partnering, and regulatory capital reporting. In addition, Mr. Morris has extensive experience in U.S. GAAP and IFRS. Mr. Morris began his career as an auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in New York where he focused on banks, broker-dealers and private equity clients.
Mr. Morris earned his B.S. in Accounting at Lehigh University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
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"AboutMe": "As one of the most highly regarded and influential executives in the worldwide media, entertainment and communications business, Thomas D. Mottola previously served as Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment. During his tenure, he transformed Sony and its 18,000 employees into the most successful global music company in history, expanding its businesses and all of its manufacturing facilities into over 60 countries, while creating one of the strongest management teams in the industry. Moreover, he revitalized Sony Music's publishing division by making such acquisitions as the Beatles catalogue and enabled Sony to become the first major music company to make available commercial digital downloads. He is widely well-known for signing, developing, and nurturing the careers of Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan, Shakira, Dixie Chicks, Marc Anthony, Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, and Harry Connick Jr., among many others.
Mr. Mottola was named President of Sony (formerly CBS Records) in 1988 at age 37, making him the youngest President in CBS history. In 1993 he was named Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment Worldwide. Under Mottola's leadership, Sony revenues skyrocketed from $800 million to over $8 billion a year, creating the largest sales in the history of the company and making it the # 1 leader in world sales.
A renowned trendsetter, at the forefront of driving popular culture, Mr. Mottola is credited with the crossover success and global dominance of such Latin superstars as Gloria Estefan, Julio Iglesias, Ricky Martin, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, and Marc Anthony which today has come to be known as “THE LATIN EXPLOSION.” He also initiated a number of highly successful co-branding strategies, including superstar Celine Dion's marketing partnership with Chrysler and her multi-year residency at the Caesar’s Palace Forum Theater in Las Vegas, as well as an unprecedented and multifaceted global marketing campaign with Pepsi and Sony Music which helped launch the international careers of many of Sony’s top acts.
Mottola was able to create new and successful business models that added to Sony’s bottom line, such as amphitheaters in a co-venture with PACE Concerts, as well as creating the world’s largest rock merchandising company, Sony Signatures, which today are all part of Live Nation Entertainment.
Known also for his philanthropic and mentoring activities, He has served on the Board of Directors of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the Police Athletic League, T.J. Martell Foundation for Cancer, Leukemia and AIDS Research, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation and Museum, as well as being an annual sponsor of the National Fraternal Order of Police Foundation’s Peace Memorial and supporter of the New York City Police Foundation and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.",
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"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Nathan is a Principal with L Catterton Portfolio Operations. Mr. Nathan leads the value creation and growth agendas for L Catterton portfolio companies with a focus on sales growth, margin enhancement, and operational efficiency. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Nathan worked as a consultant at Bain & Company.
Mr. Nathan graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University and earned his MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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"DisplayName": "Matt Nugent",
"GivenName": "Matt",
"Surname": "Nugent",
"Gender": "Male",
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"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Middle Market Fund",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Partner",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Nugent is a Partner at L Catterton focused on the Middle Market fund. Prior to joining L Catterton, he was an investment professional at Freeman Spogli & Co., a middle-market private equity firm focused on leveraged buyouts and growth investments in the consumer and distribution sectors.
Previously, Mr. Nugent was an Associate at Golden Gate Capital, a middle-market private equity firm investing across multiple sectors. He began his career as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group.
Mr. Nugent graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, with a BA in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania, and received an MBA from Harvard Business School."
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"DisplayName": "Roberto Ortiz Rojas",
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"Surname": "Ortiz",
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"Fund": "Latin America Fund",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Regional Executive Director",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Ortiz is a Regional Executive Director (Mexico), Latin America at L Catterton. Previously, He was the President of the North Latin America Division at Arcos Dorados, the world’s largest McDonald’s franchise, and a Member of their Management Board. Mr. Ortiz supervised Arcos Dorados’ operations in North Latin America including Mexico and Central America. Prior to Arcos Dorados, he was an Investment Director at Pegasus Capital, in Colombia and Argentina. Previously, he held a series of executive positions at Panamco Colombia (Coca-Cola) from 1978-2002, most recently as CEO, as well as Director of Operations and Executive Vice President.
Mr. Ortiz holds an Advanced Management Degree from Harvard Business School and an Economics Degree from Universidad San Buenaventura, Colombia. He resides in Mexico City.
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"DisplayName": "Jonathan H. Owsley",
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"Surname": "Owsley",
"Gender": "Male",
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"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Growth Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Managing Partner, Growth",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Owsley is a Managing Partner at L Catterton focused on the Growth fund. Prior to joining the firm, he was a consultant at The Parthenon Group, a strategy consulting firm based in Boston. There, he worked with private equity portfolio companies to drive revenue growth and profit performance through strategy formulation and operational improvements.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Owsley was a corporate attorney at Hale and Dorr LLP in Boston, advising growth companies on private financings, mergers and acquisitions, and initial public offerings. Prior to that, he was the Assistant Brew Master at Otter Creek Brewing and also a college lacrosse coach.
Mr. Owsley received a BA, magna cum laude, in Political Science from Middlebury College and a JD, with honors, from Cornell Law School."
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"DisplayName": "Corin Petroni",
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"Surname": "Petroni",
"Gender": "Female",
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"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Vice President, Controller",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Petroni is a Vice President and Controller at L Catterton. She has responsibility for the finance, accounting, tax, and cash management activities of L Catterton's various funds. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mrs. Petroni worked as a Senior Accountant at Maxum Petroleum. Previous to that she was an auditor for Ernst & Young LLP.
Mrs. Petroni graduated from Iona College with a B.A. in Accounting.
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"DisplayName": "Elaine Png",
"GivenName": "Elaine",
"Surname": "Png",
"Gender": "Female",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "Asia Fund",
"Region": "AsiaPac",
"Title": "Senior Vice President",
"AboutMe": "Ms Png is currently the Senior Vice President (Finance) at L Catterton Asia. Ms Png has more than 10 years of relevant experiences. Prior to joining L Catterton Asia, Ms Png was an accountant in accounting firm handling multiple portfolios from local to multinational companies of various industries and trades including Real Estate Agency, Food & Beverages, Health Care, Coal Mining.
Ms Png holds a professional certification from Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, ACCA and is currently an associate member for ACCA and Chartered Accountant, Singapore."
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"DisplayName": "Avik Pramanik",
"GivenName": "Avik",
"Surname": "Pramanik",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Leadership",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Partner",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Pramanik is a Partner at L Catterton focused on the Buyout fund. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Pramanik was Director of Strategic Development at Alterna, a prestige branded haircare company. Prior to his role at Alterna, Mr. Pramanik worked at TSG Consumer Partners, a middle-market private equity firm focused on growth equity investments and leveraged buyouts of consumer product companies. Prior to joining TSG, Mr. Pramanik worked in the Principal Investment Area at Goldman Sachs, where he started his career in the Investment Banking Division's Consumer Products and Retail group.
Mr. Pramanik graduated magna cum laude with a BSBA in Finance and International Business from Georgetown University."
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"DisplayName": "Bowen Qian",
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"Surname": "Qian",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Human Resources, Legal, and Technology",
"Fund": "Asia Fund",
"Region": "AsiaPac",
"Title": "Head of Compliance, Asia",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Qian is Head of Compliance, Asia at L Catterton, where he leads the firm's compliance function in Asia. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Qian was a Senior Manager in the Financial Services Assurance practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers Singapore, where he specialized in the asset and wealth management industry.
Mr. Qian holds an LLB (Hons) and a BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting. He is a Chartered Accountant of Singapore (CA Singapore), a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), and a Financial Risk Manager (FRM, GARP)."
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"DisplayName": "Jill Ramirez",
"GivenName": "Jill",
"Surname": "Ramirez",
"Gender": "Female",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "All Funds",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Director, Chief Accounting Officer",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Ramirez is the Chief Accounting Officer at L Catterton. She is responsible for financial and tax reporting and investment activities of L Catterton's various funds. She has gained extensive experience in accounting and tax functions for investment funds through her previous positions as Controller at Plainfield Asset Management LLC, a mulit-strategy hedge fund, and Controller at Forstmann Little & Co. Ms. Ramirez began her career at Ernst & Young LLP, where her clients consisted of private equity funds, hedge funds and insurance companies.
Ms. Ramirez received her B.S. and M.S. in Accounting from the University of Florida. She is a NYS Certified Public Accountant (inactive).
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"Function": "Human Resources, Legal, and Technology",
"Fund": "All Funds",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Reid is the Chief Operating Officer of L Catterton and has responsibility for oversight of the firm’s legal, compliance, finance, human resources, information technology and risk management functions. He originally joined the firm in 2014 as Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy General Counsel.
Prior to joining L Catterton, he was a Director in the Investment Management Advisory practice at KPMG, where his work focused primarily on top-tier alternative asset managers. He began his career in commercial and investment banking at Soundview Technology Group and, later, at Wells Fargo Bank.
Mr. Reid earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Oregon and a Juris Doctor from the University of San Francisco."
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"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund;",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Roberts is a Senior Advisor to L Catterton. Previously, Ms. Roberts was a Consultant at Egon Zehnder, where she led the US Consumer Practice and partnered with clients in board consulting, talent assessment and recruitment of senior executives across multiple industries. Ms. Roberts also brings operating experience from Blinkbox, Young & Rubicam Brands and Management Leadership for Tomorrow, along with consulting experience from The Parthenon Group.
Ms. Roberts earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from University of California, Berkeley.
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Roberts is a Partner at L Catterton focused on the Growth fund. Prior to joining L Catterton, he was the Chief Operating Officer at Laudi Vidni, a custom accessories brand. Mr. Roberts also worked at JH Partners, a middle-market private equity firm focused on growth equity investments in branded consumer companies. While with JH Partners, he served in an operational role at Jurlique, an Australia-based natural skin care brand. Mr. Roberts started his career in the Leveraged Finance and Growth Capital Group at UBS Investment Bank.
Mr. Roberts earned a B.S. with distinction in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
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"Gender": "Female",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Vice President, Finance",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Rubin is a Vice President of Finance at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Rubin spent 14 years at Highbridge Capital Management holding various positions, including trade support, operations, and accounting.
Ms. Rubin graduated with a B.A. in Communications with a minor in Business from State University of New York at Albany."
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"DisplayName": "Ondrej Ruzicka",
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"Gender": "Male",
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"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Asia Fund",
"Region": "AsiaPac",
"Title": "Managing Director",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Ruzicka is the Managing Director at L Catterton Asia and the investment lead for Australia and New Zealand.
Prior to joining L Catterton Asia, Mr. Ruzicka was an Investment Director at NH Group in Australia, where he focused on investments across Consumer Goods, Foods and Agriculture. Prior to joining NH Group, Mr. Ruzicka was an Executive Director in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs within the Consumer, Retail and Healthcare Group and began his career with UBS Investment Bank in London.
Mr. Ruzicka holds an MBA from University of Technology Sydney and a Bachelor of Commerce from James Cook University in Australia.
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Salmon is a Senior Advisor at L Catterton focused on Latin America. Prior to joining L Catterton, he was a Senior Managing Director and Partner at Eton Park Capital Management. Mr. Salmon joined Eton Park prior to the fund launch in November of 2004 and he was responsible for public investments in emerging markets, as well as actively involved in private equity and illiquid investment activities. Earlier, he was a senior member of the Latin American private equity team at Deutsche Bank. Previously, he was with Bassini Playfair and Associates where he led various private equity investments in the region. He began his professional career in Mergers and Acquisition at James D. Wolfensohn, Inc.
Mr. Salmon graduated from the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Accounting. He is past Chairman of the Northeast Board of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation (DRIF) and a member of the DRIF National Board of Directors. He is the Vice Chairman and a member of the Board of Directors of ReachingU. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Huntsman Program of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the Wharton Executive Board for Latin America. Mr. Salmon is fluent in Spanish and proficient in Portuguese.
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"DisplayName": "Bhavan Shah",
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"Surname": "Shah",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "L Catterton Portfolio Operations",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Managing Director, Technology",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Shah is a Managing Director on the L Catterton Portfolio Operations team, focusing on Technology. He brings over 20 years of experience in strategic technology planning, solution architecture, product development, and high-performance team leadership.
Previously, Mr. Shah served as Chief Technology Officer at Anystream, Grab Networks, Cauldron Solutions, Wavexpress, and Town Wizard. His career also includes roles at the Indian Space Research Organization, Intel, Toshiba, and Salzinger LLC.
Mr. Shah earned a BS in Engineering from Gujarat University and an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Arizona."
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Shah is a Partner at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Shah was a Principal at Ontario Teachers' where he focused on global opportunities in the consumer and healthcare services sectors. He spent time in both OTPP's Toronto and Hong Kong offices. Prior to joining Teachers', he spent time at Imperial Capital and the corporate finance group at PwC.
Mr. Shah holds a Bachelor of Accounting and Finance and Master of Accounting from the University of Waterloo. He is a Chartered Accountant in Canada.
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"DisplayName": "Toshitaka (Taka) Shimizu",
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"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Leadership",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Asia Fund",
"Region": "AsiaPac",
"Title": "Managing Partner",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Shimizu is a Managing Partner leading L Catterton’s Japan team based in Tokyo. Prior to joining the firm in 2017, he worked at Japan-focused buyout funds Sunrise Capital, as a Director, and Rising Japan Equity, as a Principal, where he was deeply involved in mid-cap buyout deals in the consumer sector. Before moving into private equity in 2007, Mr. Shimizu was in the marketing finance division of BAT Japan and an auditor at Deloitte, where he began his career.
He holds the Chartered Accountant (CA) qualification, graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) / Commerce dual degree from the University of Queensland, and has completed the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Columbia Business School."
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Sim is a Vice President with the Finance team, based in Singapore. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Sim worked at KPMG LLP for over 8 years and left as an Audit Manager, where she focused on statutory reporting, controls-based, and process and regulatory reviews for international and local clients in the financial services sector, including private equity funds, banks, and mortgage businesses. Ms. Sim was based in KPMG LLP United States for 18 months with their banking audit division, and is experienced in working with large private equity funds.
Ms. Sim holds a Bachelor degree in Accountancy from Singapore Management University, and is an Associate Member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountant.
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"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
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"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Managing Director, Portfolio Management and Finance",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Simmons is a Managing Director, Portfolio Management and Finance, based in Greenwich, where he serves as the key finance partner to the fund's leadership covering performance, reporting, and capital matters, while leading portfolio reviews. Additionally, he co-leads the Americas-based fund accounting team and is a co-chair of the Global ESG Committee.
Mr. Simmons has spent more than 20 years at the firm across finance, accounting, valuation, and operations, most recently as Director of Finance & Operations, Europe and Head of ESG Policy and Measurement, based in Paris. He previously served as Head of Business Intelligence, responsible for global valuations and portfolio analytics, and held roles of increasing responsibility across finance earlier in his career.
Mr. Simmons graduated cum laude from Pace University having received his B.B.A. with a concentration in Finance and Economics. He has also completed the Harvard Business Analytics Program with distinction, a cross-disciplinary executive program focused on applying data and analytics to business strategy."
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"Title": "Vice President, Finance",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Stamatiof is a Vice President at L Catterton Europe. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Stamatiof spent five years at PwC in Paris as a financial auditor in the Investment Management and Banking practices where he specialized on Private Equity funds and management companies. Before PwC, he began his professional experience as a business controller in the International Carriers division at Orange, the French leader in telecommunications.
Mr. Stamatiof holds a Master degree in Management and Finance from NEOMA Business School.
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Steinthal is the Senior Counsel of L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Steinthal was President, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel at Chilton Investment Company, where he helped build the platform to support Chilton’s global investment advisory business. Mr. Steinthal also managed the Legal and Compliance team, served on the Board of Directors, and led the legal effort to launch Chilton Trust Company, a separate wealth management business. Mr. Steinthal has also worked at AQR Capital Management as a Consultant to the Chief Legal Officer, and as pro bono General Counsel of Enveritas, a non-profit organization seeking to end poverty among smallholder coffee growers. Earlier in his legal career, Mr. Steinthal was a litigation associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell, and a law clerk for the Honorable Constance Baker Motley on the U.S. District Court in New York.
Mr. Steinthal earned a B.A. cum laude in Economics from Georgetown University, and received his J.D. cum laude from New York University School of Law.
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"DisplayName": "Tom Steinthal",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Steinthal is the Chief Information Officer at L Catterton. He joined the firm after nearly nine years at BNY Mellon and Bridgewater Associates, where he supported various technology platforms across the front, middle, and back office. Earlier in his career, he spent 18 years delivering technology solutions to asset management and capital markets clients at firms including Goldman Sachs & Co., Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Credit Suisse First Boston, JPMorgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, and Lazard Frères.
Mr. Steinthal also launched two technology consulting startups serving financial institutions and served on the technology advisory boards for both the NASD and NASDAQ Stock Market.
He earned a BA in Economics, cum laude, from Georgetown University and an MBA in Finance from the NYU Stern School of Business."
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During his eight years with Bain Capital, he led investments and worked with management teams to maximize performance in a range of companies from early-stage and growth equity through leveraged buyouts. Prior to Bain Capital, Mr. Steyn worked at McKinsey & Company.
Mr. Steyn earned an AB, magna cum laude, in Social Studies from Harvard College and received his MBA with honors from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania."
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Strauss is an Operating Partner at L Catterton. She brings a strong digital, ecommerce, omni-channel, and product management background to the Operating team. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Strauss served as head of Global Ecommerce & Digital Experience at Tapestry, Inc. In her role, Ms. Strauss was responsible for Coach’s global ecommerce businesses, as well as performance marketing, digital strategy, and digital innovation in-store. Prior to Coach, Ms. Strauss launched and managed the ecommerce businesses and digital marketing channels for Theory and Helmut Lang.
Prior to Theory, Ms. Strauss served in various online and software Product Management roles at InterActive Corp and Microsoft. She started her career in product management at Citysearch and shortly thereafter was responsible for launching the first Ticketmaster ecommerce business in 1999.
Ms. Strauss received her MBA from Harvard Business School and her BA from Stanford University. Additionally, Tracey serves as Co-Chair of the Board of Community Roots Charter School in Brooklyn, NY.",
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"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Taub is a Managing Partner at L Catterton focused on the Buyout fund. Having joined L Catterton in 1996, Mr. Taub has nearly 30 years of experience in private equity and has led more than a dozen investments at L Catterton. Mr. Taub’s investment and operating expertise spans the consumer landscape through investments in the restaurant, pet, food and marketing services industries. Mr. Taub previously spent three years as an operator leading the turn-around of Gold Coast Beverage Distributors, Inc, the second largest distributor of beer in the United States and a former L Catterton portfolio company. Mr. Taub also served in the corporate finance group of Cooper & Lybrand. He started his career at Dean Witter in the mergers & acquisitions group.
Mr. Taub graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor with a B.A. in finance and accounting. He also holds an MBA from Columbia Business School. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of several L Catterton portfolio companies.
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Urdang is the Chief Human Resources Officer at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Urdang was a Managing Director at Seven Harbour Global where she worked to launch a start-up long/short equity hedge fund. Prior to Seven Harbor, Ms. Urdang was the Director of Human Resources at Conatus Capital and Shumway Capital. Ms. Urdang spent almost ten years as the Director of Human Resources and Corporate Communications at Chilton Investment Company where she was a member of the senior management team responsible for the strategic direction of the firm, talent acquisition and development, benefits/compensation structure, and firm policies and procedures. Earlier in her career, Ms. Urdang worked in Employee Relations at Goldman Sachs and practiced law at the New York based firm Emmet, Marvin & Martin.
Ms. Urdang holds a B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University with a major in French Literature, and a J.D. from American University.
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"Surname": "Valletta",
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"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Valletta is a Principal at L Catterton Asia, focusing on investments in Australia and New Zealand. He has over 10 years of experience in investment banking, private equity and business development in Europe and Australia.
Prior to joining L Catterton Asia, Mr. Valletta was a Senior Associate at Goldman Sachs' Investment Banking Division based in Sydney, advising Consumer & Retail clients on a broad range of transactions including the following: IPOs, equity raising, refinancing and cross border M&A. Previous professional experience includes roles at Pacific Capital in London and Citigroup in Milan.
Mr. Valletta holds a MSc in Physics with Honours from the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy. He was selected and participated in the '33rd International Physics Olympiad' in Indonesia, 2002, as one of the 5 members of the Italian team.",
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"AboutMe": "Eduardo Velasco joined L Catterton Europe in 2004 as an Investment Manager and was promoted to Partner in 2009.
Mr. Velasco began his career in Mexico. In 1996, following an experience in audit and consulting services, he founded and managed a financial services consulting firm advising companies in various industry sectors (telecoms, civil engineering, consumer services, apparel and retail) to manage financial and operational challenges and opportunities. In 2001, Mr. Velasco joined Andersen Corporate Finance in France (merged into Ernst & Young) where he led Due Diligence, M&A and Restructuring projects for international corporate clients and private equity firms, in various sectors across Europe, including transactions as Vivendi Universal Publishing, Vivarte, Degussa, LPR, etc. In 2003, Eduardo joined Deloitte Corporate Finance, as Senior Consultant in the Transaction Services team, where he led several projects, including the acquisition of SNET by ENDESA.
Mr. Velasco holds a Finance Degree from University of Guadalajara - Mexico, a Master Degree in Financial Engineering from ITESO – Mexico, and an International Management Degree from HEC – France.
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Vohra is a Vice President at L Catterton Asia, based in Singapore. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Vohra was an Equity Research Analyst at Goldman Sachs, where he covered Southeast Asian companies in the Real Estate, Industrials, and Conglomerates sectors.
Mr. Vohra graduated first class honors with a Bachelors in Engineering, with a focus in Electrical Engineering, from the National University of Singapore.
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"Gender": "Female",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Wang is a Managing Director in the Capital Solutions team at L Catterton, focusing on fundraising and investor relations. Prior to joining L Catterton, she was a Vice President on the Investor Relations team at Avista Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on healthcare, communications and industrial investments. Prior to Avista, she was an Associate on the Investor Relations team at Irving Place Capital, a private equity firm focused on retail and consumer, industrial and packaging investments. Previously, she was an Associate on the Primary Investment team at Adams Street Partners, a global private equity investment management firm. Ms. Wang began her career in the Investment Banking division at Bank of America Merrill Lynch where she worked in the Financial Sponsors Group.
Ms. Wang received her B.B.A. degree, with honors, from the University of Texas at Austin.
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"AboutMe": "Tatsuo Watanabe is based in Tokyo. He joined L Real Estate in May 2013 and is serving as a Principal in charge of project management and asset management for L Catterton Real Estate.
Prior to joining LCRE, he worked with East Japan Railway Company, involved in master planning and project management of mixed-used projects linked to train stations in Tokyo. Prior to that, he had an asset management role at Redwood Group Japan, and also had experiences in Mori Building in architectural design and development management of large-scale mixed-use redevelopment projects in the center of Tokyo.
Mr. Watanabe earned an MBA from SDA Bocconi School of Management and a M.S in Architecture from Tokyo Institute of Technology. He is licensed as an architect and a Real Estate Broker in Japan.
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"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Wong is the Senior Associate, Assistant Controller at L Catterton, and is responsible for the Management Company’s accounting functions. Prior to joining L Catterton Ms. Wong was the Accounting Manager at Pegasus Capital Advisors, where she worked for more than a decade.
Ms. Wong received her BBA in Finance and a BFA in German Language and Literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she later received her MBA. Ms. Wong is a Certified Public Accountant.
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Mr. Wood received an AB in Philosophy from Brown University."
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"AboutMe": "Taku Yamaumi is based in Tokyo. He joined Groupe Arnault/LVMH and eventually L Real Estate in April 2006. Taku is serving as a Partner of L Catterton Real Estate, leading the effort mainly in Japan. Taku has 25 years of real estate investment and development experience.
Prior to joining L Real Estate, Taku worked for LaSalle Investment Management within its acquisition team for 2 years in Tokyo. He worked on transactions ranging from office, hotel, retail to logistic developments. Before LIM, Taku worked for over 10 years for premier Japanese developer Tokyo Tatemono. He was in charge of structuring investment in mixed-use development, residential and retail with institutional foreign and domestic investors. Taku was also in charge investment opportunities in Asian countries including South East Asia. Taku started his career in asset management with a specific focus on residential and hotel/resort developments.
Taku earned a Bachelor of Arts in Law from Keio University. He is licensed as a Real Estate Consultant and as a Real Estate Broker in Japan."
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Mr. Youm was formerly an Auditor at PwC and KPMG where he conducted compliance and financial audits for the financial institutions.
Mr. Youm holds an Accounting and Finance degree from the University of New South Wales and completed the graduate diploma in Accounting, granted by The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.",
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Prior to joining L Catterton Asia, Ms. You was a Senior Associate with the investment banking division of Citi Group Hong Kong where she focused on China transactions and provided financial advisory services for merger and acquisitions, capital raising and initial public offerings to companies.
Ms. You holds a MBA from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree from Tongji University .
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Zeng is a Principal at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Zeng was a Senior Associate at Wasserstein & Co. where she evaluated investment opportunities in the consumer, media and communications, and industrial sectors. Ms. Zeng started her career as an Analyst in the Corporate Finance Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Ms. Zeng graduated from Columbia University with a B.Sc. in Operations Research: Financial Engineering. She also received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Zukerman is a Principal with L Catterton Portfolio Operations. Adi focuses on operations and technology with Retail and Consumer Product portfolios. Prior to joining L Catterton, Adi worked as a Vice President of Supply Chain & Operations for Helly Hansen in Hong Kong and as Director of Product Development & Sourcing at Cabela’s in the United States. Previously, Mr. Zukerman was with Kurt Salmon as a Senior Manager.
Mr. Zukerman earned an MBA from Columbia Business School and London Business School as well as a BA/BS degree from Carnegie Mellon University. ",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Cavaiani is a Vice President at L Catterton Europe. Mr. Cavaiani began his career in Corporate Finance at PwC in 2015. Between 2015 and 2017, he worked at Natixis, in Milan, first as an Analyst and then as an Associate in the M&A team. In 2017 he joined UBI Banca as an Associate in the M&A team, where he was promoted Vice President in 2019.
Mr. Cavaiani holds a MSc in Corporate Finance and a BSc in Management from Bocconi University.
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Chae is a Partner in the Capital Solutions team at L Catterton, based in Singapore. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Principal in Client Relations at IFC Asset Management Company, responsible for fundraising and investor engagement across alternative asset classes in the Asia-Pacific region.
Previously, Mr. Chae held senior roles in alternative investments at PineBridge Investments in Tokyo and Singapore. His prior experience includes leadership positions at Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, and Chase Manhattan Bank, across New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Singapore.
Mr. Chae graduated with honors from the University of Rochester with a BA in Economics and Japanese."
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Yoon is Principal at L Catterton Asia, focusing on supporting the Asia leadership team on the planning and implementation of cross-regional initiatives. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Yoon had worked extensively at the intersection of consumer and private equity at McKinsey where she led projects in the consumer sector across China, South East Asia and the Middle East.
Ms. Yoon formerly worked at Google in the APAC regional marketing function, and as Head of Commercial for an e-commerce logistics startup.
Ms Yoon graduated with honors from Nanyang Technological University with double bachelor degrees in Accountancy and Finance.
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Barry is a Principal at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Barry spent three years at Boston Consulting Group in Paris, first as an Associate and then as a Consultant.
Mr. Barry holds a MSc in Management from MIT Sloan School, a MSc in Executive Engineering from Mines ParisTech, and a MSc in Management from HEC Paris.
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Carrillo is a Managing Director at L Catterton focused on Latin America. Prior to joining L Catterton, he was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and debt and equity financing activities for companies in the Latin America region. Before Morgan Stanley, Mr. Carrillo worked for six years at Enfoca, a middle-market private equity firm investing in Latin America. During his time at Enfoca, he invested in and covered companies in the consumer & retail, healthcare, media, and industrial sectors.
Mr. Carrillo graduated with a B.S. in Economics and Finance from Universidad del Pacifico, and holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.
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"AboutMe": "Laura Lang is a Senior Advisor at L Catterton. She is the Founder and Managing Director of Narragansett Ventures, a strategic advisory firm focused on digital business transformation and growth investing. Previously, Ms. Lang served as Chief Executive Officer of Time Inc., a division of Time Warner, where she led the digital transformation of the publishing business prior to its launch as an independent publicly traded company. Prior to Time Inc., Ms. Lang served as Global Chief Executive Officer of Digitas, leading the largest digital integrated marketing agency in the world through its transformation from a direct marketing business to a high growth, data driven, and digital industry leader. She is also an experienced public and private Board Director, with expertise in digital transformation, data, content, and marketing strategy innovation.
Ms. Lang is a graduate of Tufts University and earned her M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania."
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Mr. Wang earned an MBA from The Harvard Business School as well as a BS in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University.",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Mehta is the Managing Director at L Catterton Asia, based in Mumbai. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Mehta worked at CX Partners where he focused on a diversified portfolio of India-centric growth capital investments. Previously, Mr. Mehta worked in London with the 3i Group and in Singapore with Temasek Holdings, focusing on growth investments and buyouts across emerging and developed markets.
Mr. Mehta holds a B.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Delhi and is a management graduate from IIM Bangalore.",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Valter is a Senior Associate, Investor Services at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms Valter was the Personal Assistant to the CEO of Canal+ Group, the leading French audiovisual media group. Ms Valter began her career as an Executive Assistant at McKinsey & Company supporting the Managing Partner of McKinsey Digital in France.
Ms Valter holds a M.A.from the Université Catholique de l’Ouest, with majors in English and Spanish."
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"AboutMe": "Mr. North is a Senior Advisor at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, he served as CEO of Shutterfly (NASDAQ:SFLY) culminating in the successful sale to Apollo Global Management. Prior to that, he led Amazon’s UK businesses for almost a decade. Earlier roles include Global Managing Director of Phaidon Press, Chief Operating Officer of HarperCollins Canada, and managing consulting as part of the media and entertainment practice of Booz Allen & Hamilton.
He serves in board roles for several L Catterton Portfolio Companies. In addition, he is a member of the board of non-profit organizations including the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford), the Harvard Art Museums, Character Lab, and the American Friends of the Royal Collection."
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"Fund": "Europe Fund",
"Region": "Europe",
"Title": "Office and HR Manager",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Rakoto is an Office & HR Manager at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Rakoto was a Manager at The Carlyle Group where she focused on financial and legal administration, as well as HR duties, for the advisory entities of the Europe Real Estate Fund.
Ms. Rakoto holds a Master’s degree in English Literature and Civilisation from Bordeaux III - Michel de Montaigne University and an Executive MBA from ESSEC business school."
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"_id": "sabrina.haddadji@lcatterton.com",
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"DisplayName": "Sabrina Haddadji",
"GivenName": "Sabrina",
"Surname": "Haddadji",
"Gender": "Female",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Human Resources, Legal, and Technology",
"Fund": "Real Estate Fund",
"Region": "Europe",
"Title": "Conducting Officer, Legal & Compliance",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Haddadji is based in Luxembourg. She joined L Catterton Real Estate in April 2020 to serve as Conducting Officer in charge of Legal and Compliance.
Prior to joining L Catterton Real Estate, Ms.Haddadji worked for almost 8 years for Paris and Luxembourg law firms, including 4 years for Arendt & Medernach.She also worked for several years for AIFM and investment managers such as AXA Investment Managers in Paris.
Ms.Haddadji is a lawyer registered at the Paris Bar and on List IV of European lawyers in Luxembourg.She earned a Master Degree in Business Law from University Paris X Nanterre La Défense and a Bachelor in Management from Middlesex University in London.
She is also an active member of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry(ALFI).",
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"DisplayName": "Julia Starker",
"GivenName": "Julia",
"Surname": "Starker",
"Gender": "Female",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "All Funds",
"Region": "All Regions",
"Title": "Senior Vice President",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Starker is a Senior Vice President at L Catterton. Previously, Ms. Starker was the Chief of Staff to the Global CFO and COO. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Starker was a Senior Associate in the M&A group at WeWork, where she was responsible for identifying, evaluating, and executing M&A transactions and strategic investments. Ms. Starker started her career as an investment banking analyst in the Technology, Media, and Telecom group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Ms. Starker graduated cum laude from the School of Engineering at Vanderbilt University where she received a B.S. in Engineering Science."
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"DisplayName": "Michael Mitterlehner",
"GivenName": "Michael",
"Surname": "Mitterlehner",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Leadership",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Growth Fund",
"Region": "Europe",
"Title": "Partner",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Mitterlehner is a Partner at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Mitterlehner was a senior investment professional at Vitruvian Partners, a growth investment firm with over $5 billion in Assets under Management. He was based in London from where he led and executed investments into a range of fast-growing technology businesses globally. Previously, Mr. Mitterlehner launched Lazada, a venture backed online marketplace, in South East Asia as Managing Director and Co-Founder. Lazada was subsequently sold to Alibaba for $4 billion in 2018. Mr. Mitterlehner started his investment career at Goldman Sachs Capital Partners in London, where he focused on private equity investment opportunities in the Consumer Retail and Industrial sectors across Europe.
Mr.Mitterlehner holds a Master of Science in International Management from HEC Paris and Vienna University of Economics & Business and a Master of Science in International Business Administration from Vienna University of Economics & Business.",
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"DisplayName": "Julia Giorgio",
"GivenName": "Julia",
"Surname": "Giorgio",
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"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Vice President",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Giorgio is a Vice President at L Catterton. She was previously Chief of Staff to the Global co-CEOs. Earlier in her career, Julia worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions Transaction Services department at Deloitte where she served private equity clients, primarily Blackstone, on buy-side and sell-side transactions in the consumer and industrial products industry.
Ms. Giorgio graduated from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accountancy. At Notre Dame, she was a member of the Varsity Women’s Lacrosse Team where she served as a co-captain during her senior season. She also holds a Masters of Science in Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Ms. Giorgio is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of New York."
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"DisplayName": "Jeff Weiser",
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"Surname": "Weiser",
"Gender": "Male",
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"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Managing Partner, Digital Marketing",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Weiser is a Managing Partner at L Catterton. Prior to joining, he was Chief Marketing Officer at Shopify (NYSE: SHOP), where he led a global team of more than 200 marketing professionals across Growth, Brand & Communications, Product Marketing, Strategy & Operations, and Creative. Under his leadership, Shopify grew revenue from hundreds of millions to several billion dollars and achieved a 10x increase in market cap.
Previously, he served as Chief Marketing Officer at Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK) and held senior roles in marketing, strategy, and analytics at Beachbody LLC (creators of P90X and Shakeology), growing revenue from $400 million to $1.2 billion. Earlier in his career, he held strategic roles at SGN, MySpace, and Yahoo.
Mr. Weiser has served on the board for the IAB’s Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence and as Executive-in-Residence at Bessemer Venture Partners. In 2019, he was named a Forbes CMO Next Award winner and a Drum Digerati Honoree for being one of the world’s top 100 digital marketers.
He earned a BA in English Language & Literature from Yale University and an MBA with a focus in Decision, Risk, and Operations from Columbia Business School."
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"DisplayName": "Connor Quinn",
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"Title": "Senior Operating Associate",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Quinn is a Senior Operating Associate at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Quinn was a Client Relations/Portfolio Analysis Communications Intern at Sands Capital Management, an asset management firm.
Mr. Quinn graduated summa cum laude from Middlebury College where he earned a B.A. in International Politics & Economics.",
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"DisplayName": "Sofia Zhong",
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"Surname": "Zhong",
"Gender": "Female",
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"Fund": "Impact Fund",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Senior Associate",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Zhong is a Senior Associate at L Catterton focused on the Impact fund. She started her career at the firm in the Flagship Buyout fund, focused on global and North American growth equity and buyout investments. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Zhong worked in investment banking in the Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory practice of Evercore.
Ms. Zhong graduated from Queen’s University in Canada where she received a Bachelor of Commerce. Ms. Zhong is from Toronto and resides in New York. ",
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"DisplayName": "Whitney Casey",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Casey is a Venture Partner at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, she was most recently the Founder and CEO of Finery, a startup in the consumer tech and data space, where Ms. Casey holds seven patents. In 2019 the company was acquired by StitchFix (NASDAQ: SFIX).
Before Finery, Ms. Casey held several roles at Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH), working across product, tech and growth marketing. She began her career as an anchor and correspondent for CNN, ABC News and CBS in New York. As a journalist, Ms. Casey earned two Emmy’s, authored a best selling book and worked directly with President Bill Clinton on the founding team of The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI).
As an angel investor, Ms. Casey has identified, backed and helped grow popular consumer brands such as Outdoor Voices, Deep Eddy, Bandier, Wardrobe NYC, Clean and Thuzio/Julius.
Ms. Casey graduated from the University of Virginia where she was a full scholarship Academic All-American volleyball player. She lives in New York City.",
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"DisplayName": "Kyohei Konishi",
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"Fund": "Asia Fund",
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"Title": "Vice President",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Kyohei Konishi is a Vice President at L Catterton Asia, based in Tokyo. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Konishi worked at Credit Suisse Securities as Analyst where he first joined their Tokyo office and relocated to Singapore, focusing on M&A and equity market transactions across various sectors including consumer and healthcare.
Mr. Konishi graduated with from Keio University with a Bachelor of Laws degree."
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"DisplayName": "Charlotte Chang",
"GivenName": "Charlotte",
"Surname": "Chang",
"Gender": "Female",
"Group": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Asia Fund; Europe Fund; Latin America Fund; Real Estate Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
"Region": "AsiaPac",
"Title": "Principal, Global Opportunities",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Chang is a Principal at L Catterton focused on the firm’s cross-fund investments and portfolio operations. Prior to her current role, Ms. Chang was the Chief of Staff at L Catterton, supporting the global Co-CEOs on strategic initiatives across funds and functions. Before joining L Catterton, Ms. Chang was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company in New York, where she provided strategic consultation to clients in the finance, technology, consumer and performing arts industries.
Ms. Chang earned her B.A. in Psychology and Economics, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Harvard University. She also holds an M.B.A. with distinction from Harvard Business School.",
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"Group": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Growth Fund",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Managing Director",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Gordon is a Managing Director at L Catterton. Previously, Ms. Gordon was the Senior CRM Marketing Manager for Sweaty Betty and prior to that an Associate for L Catterton. Before joining L Catterton, Ms. Gordon worked in investment banking in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Barclays.
Ms. Gordon graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and Economics and received an MBA from Harvard Business School."
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"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Vice President",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Fossett is a Vice President at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Fossett was an Investment Banking Analyst in the Healthcare Group at Credit Suisse. She also spent a year working at Hanna Andersson, an L Catterton portfolio company.
Ms. Fossett graduated magna cum laude from Middlebury College where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in Global Health.",
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"Fund": "Europe Fund",
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"Title": "Operating Partner",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Sanders is an Operating Partner at L Catterton Europe. He has extensive operating experience, having led Private Equity backed businesses in the hospitality, pet and travel sectors. These include one of London’s leading quick service restaurant chains, which he co-founded and successfully exited to Azzurri Group in 2017. He began his career at Bain & Company in London and South Africa.
Mr. Sanders received a BSc in Social Policy and Sociology from the London School of Economics, and an MBA from INSEAD."
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"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Managing Director",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Nelson is a Managing Director at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Courtney was an investor at Coefficient Capital, a consumer-focused growth equity fund. At Coefficient, Courtney led investments in high-growth, tech-enabled consumer companies, specifically focused on brands leveraging media, community and technology. Prior to her position at Coefficient Capital, Courtney was an Associate at BDMI, a venture capital fund backed by the ~$20B multinational media conglomerate, Bertelsmann. She started her career at Greenhill & Co., covering consumer and retail in their Mergers and Acquisitions group.
Courtney graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where she received a BCom with a concentration in Finance and a minor in European History. She currently serves as an advisor for McGill’s Desautels School of Business and is an advisory Board member for Venture for America."
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"Gender": "Male",
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"Fund": "Asia Fund",
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"Title": "Managing Partner",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Chen is a Managing Partner at L Catterton, where he oversees the firm's Asia platform spanning its Pan-Asia and country-focused fund strategies in the region. Mr Chen has also been designated as the incoming Responsible Officer for the firm’s Hong Kong entity.
Prior to joining L Catterton in 2020, Mr. Chen spent nearly 20 years at TPG investing across the broad consumer and healthcare landscape throughout Asia Pacific, most recently serving as a partner and managing director. During his second decade at TPG, he also led the firm’s investments in Greater China and drove the expansion of its China franchise. Before joining TPG, Mr. Chen worked in the Technology Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Lehman Brothers in New York.
Mr. Chen received a BS in Business Administration with honors from the University of Colorado."
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Dossa is a Principal at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, she was a Principal at Paine Schwartz Partners where she focused on investments in the food and agribusiness sectors. Prior to Paine Schwartz Partners, Ms. Dossa was an associate at Flexpoint Ford, where she focused on investments in the financial services sector. She began her career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs, where she was an analyst in the Financial Institutions Group.
Ms. Dossa holds a B.A. in Economics from Northwestern University and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School.",
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"AboutMe": "Alexandra Dhavernas von Elverfeldt is a Senior Advisor at L Catterton focused on Europe. She is the Founder and Managing Director of Dhavernas Advisory, a strategic financial advisory and investment firm. For the last 30 years, she has been fortunate to be a trusted advisor to an ecosystem of Family Equity investors, family-owned and founder-led companies in Europe. Previously, Ms. Dhavernas von Elverfeldt served as Managing Director at Credit Suisse covering strategic European clients and heading the mid cap M&A activities in Northern Europe. Prior to Credit Suisse, she ran her own M&A boutique, Trocadero Corporate Finance, with a focus on primary deals in the automotive, education, luxury goods, food and beverage sectors in French and German speaking countries on behalf of prominent European Family Equity Investors. Earlier, Ms. Dhavernas von Elverfeldt spent more than twelve years building the investment portfolio of Quilvest Group, and five years as CEO of Quilvest Capital in Germany.
Ms. Dhavernas von Elverfeldt is a graduate of Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris. She is a member of the Innovation Council (Life Science, Med Tech, Earth Observation, Infrastructure) of the University of Zurich, member of Institut Montaigne and Ashoka Germany Support Fellow."
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"DisplayName": "Jennifer Reid",
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"Gender": "Female",
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"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund",
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"Title": "Partner",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Reid is a Partner in the Flagship Fund at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Reid was a Managing Director in the Consumer & Retail Investment Banking Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch where she advised on M&A transactions and raised debt and equity capital for both public and private companies. Prior to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Ms. Reid worked in the Consumer and Retail Investment Banking Group at Jefferies and started her career at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
Ms. Reid received a B.S. in Finance, Master of Science in Finance, and Master of Business Administration from the University of Alabama."
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"DisplayName": "Amanda Petrescu",
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"Gender": "Female",
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"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
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"Title": "Associate",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Petrescu is an Associate in the Investor Services group at L Catterton. She is responsible for external communication as it relates to Finance, Tax, and Cash management activities of L Catterton's various funds. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Petrescu worked in Investor Reporting at Avenue Capital Group, a distressed debt and other special situations investments firm.
Ms. Petrescu graduated from Iona College, Hagan School of Business, having received her BBA in Finance."
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"Function": "Capital Solutions / Fundraising",
"Fund": "All Funds",
"Region": "Asia",
"Title": "Vice President, Capital Solutions",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Ong is a Vice President in the Capital Solutions team at L Catterton, based in Singapore. Previously, she was an Analyst in Investor Relations, Business Development, and Product Specialist at Värde Partners Asia, supporting the firm’s regional fundraising efforts.
Earlier, she worked at Cambridge Associates as a Senior Analyst in the private investment group, where she tracked and evaluated private equity performance across asset classes.
Ms. Ong earned a BA in Economics from the National University of Singapore and is fluent in several languages."
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"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Asia Fund",
"Region": "Asia",
"Title": "Associate",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Mann is an Associate at L Catterton Asia, and is based in Mumbai. He brings with him over 3 years of investment banking experience, most recently with Rothschild & Co where he worked on a diversified portfolio of India-centric investments. Previously, he worked for Deutsche Bank as Investment Banking Analyst.
Jaideep graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Delhi. He led several social entrepreneurship initiatives which had helped to improve the income level of less privileged groups in India and had performed music at the Team Welcome Ceremony of the XIX Commonwealth Games, 2010.",
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"Gender": "Female",
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"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Vice President, Fund Tax",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Pannesco is a Vice President, Fund Tax at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Pannesco was a Tax Manager at Deloitte Tax, LLP where she provided consulting and compliance services for investment management clients.
Ms. Pannesco earned her B.S. in Accounting at Quinnipiac University and is a Certified Public Accountant."
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"DisplayName": "Derex Walker",
"GivenName": "Derex",
"Surname": "Walker",
"Gender": "Male",
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"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "All Funds",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Chief Risk Officer",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Walker is the Chief Risk Officer of L Catterton. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Partner at The Yucaipa Companies in Los Angeles, where he focused on special situations investing. He also spent seven years as an investment banker to distressed companies at Miller Buckfire & Co. and its predecessor, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein’s financial restructuring group.
Mr. Walker also practiced corporate law at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP for four years and began his career as a marketing research analyst at Kraft General Foods.
He earned a BBA from Howard University, an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a JD from the University of Chicago Law School, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of The University of Chicago Law School Roundtable from 1994 to 1995."
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"DisplayName": "Christopher Wee",
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"Surname": "Wee",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "Asia Fund",
"Region": "AsiaPac",
"Title": "Vice President",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Wee is a Vice President based in Singapore. Prior to joining L Catterton, he worked at Citco Fund Services where he serviced billion-dollar clients in private equity, venture capital, hedge fund and fund of fund portfolios in Asia, North America and Europe. In his previous role, Mr. Wee managed financial operations, risk and compliance aspects of his clients including launching of funds, Fund/ General Partner/ Special Purpose Vehicle’s management accounts, preparation of capital calls and distributions.
Mr. Wee graduated with Bachelor degree in Banking and Finance from University of London. "
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He graduated from University of California Los Angeles with a B.S. in Applied Math and Economics and received a Master of Finance from MIT Sloan School of Management.",
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Ms. Kesler graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and a Master of Accountancy from the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia. She is a Certified Public Accountant in both Georgia and New York."
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Mr. Vineberg earned an MBA from the École des Hautes Études Commercial and a BA in Economics from McGill University. He is also a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and an institute-certified Director (ICD.D).",
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Mr. Golden graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he received a B.S. in Economics with concentrations in Finance and Legal Studies.",
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Ms. Freechack earned a BA, summa cum laude, from Northwestern University and a JD from Harvard Law School."
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Mr. Calderas graduated from New York University Stern School of Business, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a double concentration in Finance and Computing & Data Science.",
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Ms. Pratt earned a BBA in Finance from the University of Notre Dame.",
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Ms. Ye earned her B.S. in Finance and Accounting from the Stern School of Business at New York University.",
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Mr. Tee graduated from Wharton School with MBA.",
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She received an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and a bachelor's degree in engineering from the National Institute of Technology in Trichy.",
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Ms. Pierre has also held legal, compliance, and business roles at various institutions and began her career in the Financial Management Program at General Electric.
She earned a BS in Finance from Florida State University and a JD from Howard University School of Law."
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Earlier, she was a Principal at Rich Talent Group, a boutique search firm serving high-growth consumer and digital brands.
Ms. Gilloran earned a master's degree in International Relations from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland."
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Ms. Caporello holds a Degree in Economics from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore."
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Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Li was the Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer at Guoli Minsheng Group, responsible for their investment strategy, fund establishment, front office leadership, and corporate management. Previously, Mr. Li was the Chief Strategy Officer at Boqii Group, the Director at Top Education Group and the Founder and CEO of ParcelCube Inc.
Mr. Li graduated from Stanford University with Masters in Engineering."
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Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Ong was an Associate Director at Newgate Communications providing corporate and financial communications counsel in relation to reputation management, fundraising, media and investor engagement, as well as mergers and acquisitions. During that time, he advised clients from a range of industries, including the finance, food and beverage, professional services, real estate, and transport sectors. Before that, Mr. Ong was an Executive Associate at Kreab Gavin Anderson.
Mr. Ong holds a Bachelor of Business Management, summa cum laude, from Singapore Management University."
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Ms. Milstein earned her B.S. in Accounting from Elon University and is a NY Certified Public Accountant."
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Mr. Lau graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University, earning a B.S. in Operations Research and Information Engineering and a Dyson Business Minor for Engineers.",
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Mr. Lesaicherre holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Sciences Po Paris and a Masters in Management from London Business School.",
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Mr. Dimov holds a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Warwick. Mr. Dimov is also a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.",
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Ms. Migliore is a graduate of The College of New Jersey, where she earned a B.A. in Mathematics with a specialization in Applied Mathematics.",
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Ms. Long has close to a decade of financial management experience in the private equity/ venture capital space. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Long was the Financial Controller of Panda Capital, where she was responsible for the financial management of various funds and SPVs. Previously, Ms. Long worked for SBI Holdings, and she started her career with Price Waterhouse Coopers as an Auditor.
Ms. Long graduated with a Masters degree from Beijing Foreign Studies University."
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Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Zhu was a Vice President at Bertelsmann Asia Investments where she focused on deals in consumption upgrade, social media & content, China based global companies, tech & infrastructure and finance. Ms. Zhu started her career with Goldman Sachs based in New York before she worked for the Consumer Team at TPG Capital North American Buyout Fund.
Ms. Zhu graduated with an MBA from Stanford University.",
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Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Dubey Harsh worked at BDx World as M&A Analyst, where he focused on acquisition and deployment of data center assets across Asia region. Mr. Dubey was an Investment Banking Analyst at Rothschild & Co (Global Advisory) covering telecom and media sectors and in his early career, Mr. Dubey was a Wholesale Strategy Analyst at Nomura.
Mr. Dubey graduated with Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.",
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Mr. Dubin graduated from Harvard University where he received a B.A. in Sociology.",
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Ms. Mellert graduated magna cum laude from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, where she earned a B.B.A. in Finance with a dual major in Political Science.",
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Ms. O'Connell graduated from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, where she received a B.S. in Economics with a concentration in Finance.",
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Mr. Slazyk graduated from Rutgers Business School, where he received a B.S. in Accounting and Finance. ",
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Mr. Davis graduated with honors from Bucknell University, receiving a BSBA in Finance.",
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Ms. Pavlikhina graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University where she has received a bachelor’s in Economics and master’s in Management.",
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Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Sahoo worked at Bain & Company as Consultant where he focused on a diversified portfolio of projects including development of growth strategy, post-merger integration and due diligence for clients in consumer lifestyle, renewable energy and industrial space.
Mr. Sahoo graduated with Bachelor of Commerce from the Shri Ram College of Commerce.",
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Mr. Yamaguchi graduated with Bachelor of Science from the Warwick University.",
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Mr. Sakuragi graduated with Master’s degree from University of Tokyo.",
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Mr. Xhafa graduated from Harvard College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Statistics, a Secondary in Economics, and a citation in German.",
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Ms. Blake graduated from Cornell University, where she received a B.S. in Environmental Engineering.",
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Mr. Shan graduated summa cum laude from Middlebury College where he earned a B.A. in Philosophy and German. He also received an M.B.A. from London Business School."
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Mr. Rafik has an undergraduate degree in Accounting from the University of Minnesota and is a Certified Public Accountant.",
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Ms. Sun graduated from Bangor University where she majored in Business Studies and Marketing. She then completed a Master of Philosophy at Cambridge University, Queens College. Carrie is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountant of England and Wales (ICAEW). "
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Ms. Clark graduated from the University of Connecticut where she received a B.S. in Actuarial Science and a minor in Statistics."
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Previously, she was Senior Vice President of Marketing and Client Service at Marathon Asset Management and a Senior Associate at the Blueshirt Group, advising public companies on investor relations practices. Ms. Morea began her career as an Associate in the Syndicated & Leveraged Finance Group at J.P. Morgan.
She earned a BS from Washington & Lee University and an MBA from Columbia University.",
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Mr. Patierno graduated Cum Laude from Elon University with a B.S.B.A. Finance.",
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Ms. Gan holds an MBA from INSEEC Business School and a B.A. in German language from Duisburg-Essen University."
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Mr. Skai has also worked with and advised many direct-to-consumer and consumer-facing businesses.
He earned degrees in Marketing and Management & Global Business from Rutgers Business School."
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Mr. Verani holds a MSc in Engineering from CentraleSupelec in Paris and a MSc in Finance from Imperial College in London.",
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Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Loh worked at Standard Chartered Bank as an Investment Banking Associate focusing on execution of M&A transactions across Southeast Asia, South Asia and the Middle East. Mr. Loh began his career at Accenture as a Management Consulting Analyst and worked at Rabobank as an Investment Banking Analyst.
Mr. Loh graduated with Bachelor of Science from Singapore Management University and is a CFA charterholder.",
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Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Ono worked at Goldman Sachs as Investment Banking Analyst where she focused on strategic transformations, M&A transactions and financing advisory.
Ms. Ono graduated with Bachelor of Arts from Waseda University.",
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Earlier in her career, she worked in financial communications at Prosek Partners and served in the office of U.S. Senator Mark L. Pryor.
Ms. Hamilton earned a BS in Public Administration from the University of Central Arkansas."
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Mr. Mahoney graduated from SUNY Fredonia with his B.S. in Public Accountancy and received his M.B.A. from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University with a concentration in Finance.",
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Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Sun worked at Lunar Capital where he focused on buyouts, post deal integration, portfolio management and fundraising for portfolio companies in the consumer space. Mr. Sun began his career KPMG Shanghai in Corporate Finance and Audit.
Mr. Sun graduated with Bachelor of Science from Fudan University.",
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Ms. Di Gioia holds a Degree in Business Administration from Luigi Bocconi University with a specific focus on private equity.",
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Mr. Besana holds a MSc and a BSc in Finance from Bocconi University.",
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Previously, Ms. Kyprianou spent a decade at JP Morgan, where she held leadership roles in the Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions group and Finance. She began her career at PwC in both the Audit and M&A Consulting groups.
Ms. Kyprianou earned a BS in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales."
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Mr. Comisar graduated summa cum laude from Vanderbilt University, where he received a B.S. in Human and Organizational Development with minors in Financial Economics and Corporate Strategy.",
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Mr. Delaney graduated from Colgate University, where he received a B.A. in English.",
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Ms. Pitassi earned a bachelors degree from the University of Connecticut. ",
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Mr. Tang graduated with Bachelor’s degree from The University of Hong Kong."
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Mr. Guo received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the Goizueta Business School of Emory University."
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Ms. Sun earned a B.A. in English Literature and linguistics and an LLM from Tsinghua University in Beijing, , and an LLM, with honors, from the Northwestern University, School of Law. Ms. Sun is admitted to the bar of New York and China and has earned her Fund Industry Qualification Certificate in China."
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Mr. Gallery received his B.S. and M.S. in Accounting from Fairfield University.",
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Mr. Han graduated with Bachelor’s degree from Fudan University.",
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Mr. Hinterhaeuser graduated from EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht where he earned a B.S.c. in General Management with a focus on Real Estate.",
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Ms. Lanza holds a BS in Finance from Fairfield University."
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He is the co-author of 'Accountable: The Rise of Citizen Capitalism' (HarperCollins 2020), which profiles the promise and challenges of the sustainable investing movement. He and his writing have been featured in The Atlantic, Bloomberg, the Financial Times, the Harvard Business Review, and The New York Times, among others.
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Ms. McElroy graduated from Duke University where she earned a B.A. in Public Policy.",
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Ms. Ramalho graduated from Quinnipiac University with a B.A. in Accounting.",
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Ms. Lambroza graduated summa cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where she received her Bachelor of Science in Economics with a dual concentration in Finance and Operations, Information & Decisions. She currently serves on the Board for the New York chapter of Synergist, a national network connecting and empowering women in investing.",
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Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Leahy worked as a Senior Fund Accountant at Alter Domus, working closely on the L Catterton entities. Ms. Leahy generated monthly and quarterly financial statements and reports for multiple active equity funds. She has experience performing analysis and issuing documentation for capital calls and distributions, as well as reviewing investor allocations.
Ms. Leahy graduated Fairfield University in 2019 with a B.S. in Finance and minor in Accounting, and is a member of the Beta Alpha Psi honor society for accounting and finance.",
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Mr. de Obaldía graduated with highest honors from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where received a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering and a minor in Economics.",
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Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Rashid was a Partner & Co-Founder of the Private Credit Group at Adams Street Partners. In this role, he was responsible for leading the build-out of the business by developing the strategy, recruiting and managing the team, heading the fundraising efforts, and approving investment opportunities. The strategy focused on investing in all forms of debt of private equity backed, middle-market companies. Mr. Rashid was a member of the Private Credit Investment Committee and the firm’s Portfolio Construction Committee.
Before joining Adams Street, Mr. Rashid was a Managing Director in the U.S. Private Credit/Direct Lending Group at Oaktree Capital Management where he was responsible for leading his team in investing across the capital structure in private equity backed, middle-market companies. Mr. Rashid started his career as a member of the Leveraged Finance Team at Salomon Smith Barney/Citigroup providing capital solutions to financial sponsors and corporate clients.
Mr. Rashid has a Bachelor of Science in Economics with a concentration in Finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania."
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Previously, he worked at Cambridge Associates in both the legal department and as an Investment Director in the research group.
Mr. Garbatini received a BA from Williams College and a JD from Northeastern University.",
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Ms. Dey holds an undergraduate degree from CUNY Baruch College, with a Major in Accounting, and a graduate degree in CUNY Queens College, with a major in Risk Management. Ms. Dey is also a Certified Public Accountant.",
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Mr. Conte graduated from Boston College with a B.A. in Political Science & International Studies.",
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Mr. Zhao graduated with Bachelor’s degree from New York University.",
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Mr. Garzia earned his B.S. in Accounting and Mathematics from SUNY Oneonta.",
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Mr. Raghuram is qualified Chartered Accountant.",
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Mr. Stamler graduated from Middlebury College, where he earned a B.A. in Economics.",
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Ellie graduated from Colgate University with a B.A. in Psychological Science. "
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Ms. Ferguson is a graduate of Georgetown University with a B.S. in Finance. She received her M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. ",
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Mr. Ochagavia holds a Civil and Industrial Engineering degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Ochagavia is fluent in Spanish and conversant in Portuguese."
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Mr. First graduated from The University of Chicago where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.",
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Mr. Wang graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a B.B.A in Business Honors and Finance.",
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Mr. Osemobor graduated from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business with a BSBA in Accounting and Finance; and a minor in Music.",
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Mr. Perez graduated from the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University, where he received a B.S. in Finance.",
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Ms. Kim graduated from Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario where she received an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree.",
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Ms. Chan graduated from The University of Texas at Austin where she received a B.B.A. and Masters in Accounting and a minor in Finance.",
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Ms. Miao graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and certificates in Neuroscience and Finance.",
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Mr. Hill graduated from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, where he received a B.S. in Finance."
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Mr. Piña holds a B.A. in Economics from Baruch College and an M.B.A from Wharton Business School.",
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Ms. Syn graduated with Bachelor of Science in Management from University of London.",
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Ms. Gompers graduated from Harvard College where she received her A.B., concentrating in Anthropology and Human Evolutionary Biology. She received her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.",
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Mr. Donado graduated magna cum laude with an A.B. in Economics from Princeton University."
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Ms. Moa is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales."
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Mr. Goel is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a commerce graduate from the University of Delhi.",
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Ms. Peters graduated from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Commerce with a concentration in Finance and a minor in English.",
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Mr. Kubo has also held growth advisory and operating roles at companies such as Figure 1 Beauty and Andela. He began his career at ExxonMobil, leading engineering, procurement, and construction for global refining and production projects.
He earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University and an MBA in Entrepreneurial Management & Marketing from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania."
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Mr. Hu graduated from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business with a BSBA in Finance and received an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is fluent in English, Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese and conversant in Spanish."
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Ms. Li graduated with a Master and Bachelor’s degree in Finance with Peking University.",
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Previously, he held strategic and business development roles at BTG Pactual in Santiago, Chile, and practiced corporate finance and private equity law at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. Earlier in his career, he clerked for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Argentina.
Mr. Wolf received a BA from the University of Michigan and a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations."
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Ms. Zak earned a BS in Finance from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology."
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Mrs. Nikolaou graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor's degree in Economics.",
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Ms. Hoque graduated with a Bachelor's degree from CUNY Baruch College.",
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Ms. Buijsen holds an MSc in Finance and Private Equity from the London School of Economics, and a BSc in International Business from Maastricht University in the Netherlands."
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Ms. Juknaite earned Economics and Business Management degrees at CEMS, ESADE, Rotterdam School of Management, and Stockholm School of Economics.",
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Mr. Friedman earned a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree from Stanford University Graduate School of Business where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. He earned an Honors Business Administration (HBA) degree from Richard Ivey School of Business at University of Western Ontario where he was the Gold Medal recipient. Mr. Friedman is from Toronto, Ontario, Canada and resides in Miami Beach, FL.",
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Mr. Segars graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Economics from Georgetown University.",
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Mr. Kesner graduated with a B.S in Business Administration from Bocconi University, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, and the University of Southern California as part of the triple degree granting World Bachelor in Business program.",
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Ms. Daley graduated from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in Sustainable Finance and a minor in Economics.",
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Mr. Connolly graduated from Virginia Tech, Pamplin School of Business, having received his BA in Finance.",
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Mr Mori graduated with Bachelor of Economics from The University of Tokyo. He is multi-lingual with fluency in Japanese, Chinese (Shanghainese), English and conversational in French.",
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Philip graduated summa cum laude from The George Washington University, where he earned a B.A. in International Affairs and Geography, and a minor in Sustainability.",
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Mr. Conde graduated from Baruch College Zicklin School of Business, receiving his B.S in Information Technology."
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Mr. Mahoney holds two A.S Degrees from Dallas College in Information Technology and Geographic Information Systems.",
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Mr. LaCalamito earned his B.S. in Accounting and M.B.A. at Marist College and is a Certified Public Accountant.",
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Mr. Dawson received a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. de Vries is a Senior Associate at L Catterton focused on Latin America. Prior to joining L Catterton, he was a private equity associate at Peninsula, a family office focused on Consumer & Retail, Healthcare, and Education deals in Brazil. While at Peninsula, Mr. de Vries was also a Board Observer at Carrefour Brazil and an observing member of its audit committee. Prior to that, he worked for three years at BTG Pactual’s Investment Banking Division.
Mr. de Vries holds a degree in economics from Fundação Getúlio Varga’s São Paulo School of Economics (EESP-SP). He is fluent in English, Portuguese, and German and conversational in Spanish.",
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Ms. Rueda graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Master of Business Administration in Accounting from Iona College. ",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Haider is a Partner at L Catterton focused on the Growth Fund. Prior to rejoining L Catterton in 2023, Ms. Haider was the Chief Growth Officer of Harry’s Inc., where she was responsible for incubating and acquiring new brands, as well as overseeing their operations after launch or acquisition. During her tenure at Harry’s, the company not only launched two highly disruptive CPG brands across the personal care and pet spaces but also successfully completed a transformative M&A transaction. Previously, Ms. Haider was a Principal in L Catterton's Growth Fund focused on investments in the beauty, personal care, apparel, and pet categories. Prior to L Catterton, she was an investor at Castanea Partners, a consumer-focused middle-market private equity firm, and a member of the Strategy and New Business Development team at the Estée Lauder Companies, a global leader in prestige beauty. Ms. Haider began her career as a management consultant at Bain & Company.
Ms. Haider graduated summa cum laude from Columbia University with a degree in economics and philosophy and earned her MBA from Harvard Business School."
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Ms. Warwick graduated magna cum laude from Colgate University where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in Psychology.",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Daberko is a Principal on the L Catterton Portfolio Operations team, focusing on Network Development. Prior to joining L Catterton, Larisa led Revenue and Partnerships at Orum.io, a payments technology platform. Previously, Ms. Daberko supported a variety of consumer brands including SoulCycle and S'well Bottle, helping to identify growth opportunities and define go-to-market strategies. Prior to her work as a consultant, Ms. Daberko held multiple leadership positions at LearnVest, a direct-to-consumer, digital planning platform (acquired by Northwestern Mutual), serving as General Manager for the company's corporate financial wellness offering, and leading the Partnerships function. Prior to LearnVest, Ms. Daberko worked on the Business Development team at AOL, where she executed partnerships geared at revenue and audience growth. Ms. Daberko began her career at the Robin Hood Foundation, the NYC poverty-fighting organization, managing philanthropic investments for the foundation's Job Training and Economic Security Portfolio.
Ms. Daberko earned a BA from Yale University and an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business, where she was a Forté Fellow and Reynolds Scholar.",
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Ms. Furlo graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Business Administration and a minor in psychology from Carnegie Mellon University.",
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While at Stripes, she also held an interim operating role within a high-growth portfolio company in the CPG space, helping manage two product launches before transitioning back onto the investment team.
Ms. Simmons graduated with honors from Stanford University with a degree in Human Biology. She also holds a master’s degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School."
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Mr. Knight received a J.D. from Columbia Law School and a B.A., magna cum laude, from Dartmouth College.",
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Mr. Terino earned an MBA from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and a BS in Operations Management and Manufacturing Engineering from Boston University.",
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Ms Palit graduated with Bachelor of Science (Honors) in Economics from Presidency University.",
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Mr. Ai received his bachelor’s degree in Mathematics-Economics from Wesleyan University where he was a Freeman Asian Scholar. He also serves on Wesleyan’s President’s Council and previously served on the Alumni Association Executive Committee."
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Ms. El-Sadek holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from McGill University in Canada.",
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Mr. Yzaga graduated from Duke University where he received a B.A. in Political Science, a minor in Economics, and a certificate in Markets and Management Studies. While a student at Duke, Mr. Yzaga played for the varsity Men’s Soccer Team.",
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Mr. Lu holds a B.S., magna cum laude, from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Economics with a dual concentration in Finance and Accounting.",
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Ms. Patafio earned her B.B.A. and M.B.A. at Pace University and is a Certified Public Accountant. ",
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Mr. Binder holds a B.A. in Economics from New York University.",
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Ms. Henry holds a B.A. from Middlebury College with a major in Psychology."
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Mr. Chang has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Stanford University."
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Mr. Anderson has obtained both a Master’s in Investment Management and a BA in French and Management Studies from the Henley Business School."
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Mr. Herrick graduated with High Distinction from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Accounting.",
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Ms. Bruyninckx graduated from ESSCA with a Master's degree in Corporate Finance and Lille University with a B.A. in Art History. "
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Ms. Sherbal graduated from Vanderbilt University, where she received a B.S. in Human and Organizational Development with minors in Business and Medicine, Health and Society. She currently serves as the chair of the junior board of directors at Wags and Walks and is a wish granter and member of the Young Professionals Program at Make-A-Wish.",
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Mr. Hudda graduated from the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University where he received a Bachelor of Commerce.",
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Ms. Cabriel graduated from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis with a Master’s degree in Banking Management and International Finance."
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Mr. Soni graduated with Master’s Degree in Computer Application with University of Mumbai.",
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Mr. Silano graduated from the University of Alabama with his B.S. in Finance in 2020.",
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Earlier in his career, he worked on the capital introductions team at BNP Paribas and held roles in investment management at Nexar Capital (now UBP Asset Management), Ermitage Group, and Tremont Capital, focusing on credit hedge fund strategies.
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Mr. Salamon graduated from HEC Paris with a Master in International Finance and holds a BSc in Economics & Management from King’s College London."
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Mr. Abriani graduated from the World Bachelor in Business program, spending time at the University of Southern California, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Bocconi University.",
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Mr. Yang holds a Master in Management degree from London Business School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Peking University.",
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Ms. Tattersall’s early career included roles at Bain & Company and American Express. She has consulted independently for businesses in various stages of development ranging from TripAdvisor’s earliest days to a major MBNA (now Bank of America) product launch. She honed her passion for talent issues as an executive search consultant and subsequently led executive talent acquisition for Barclays’ US credit card business. She currently runs an independent talent advisory practice focused on private equity-backed companies.
Ms. Tattersall earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Duke University. She is certified in the Hogan Assessment Systems."
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Ms. Shaffer graduated magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University with a BS in Human and Organizational Development and a minor in Business."
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Ms. Piedrahita graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE), and a minor in Latin American Studies.",
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Mr. Chai graduated from Cornell University, where he received a B.A. in Economics with a dual major in Information Science.",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Demushkina is a Vice President in the Capital Solutions team at L Catterton, based in London. Prior to joining the firm, she was an Associate on the Advisory team at Rede Partners, focused on primary fundraising. She also worked as an Analyst in the M&A team at Wells Fargo, covering sell-side deals in consumer and retail.
Ms. Demushkina earned a BSc in Business Administration from the University of Bath."
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"Title": "Vice President",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Chen is a Vice President at L Catterton. Prior to L Catterton, she spent time as Head of Business Operations at Atlas, a Y Combinator and Valar Ventures-backed fintech, where she was focused on product and growth strategy. Ms. Chen joined Atlas from TCV, where she previously helped lead growth investing across software, fintech, and consumer internet. She started her career in investment banking at UBS, advising technology companies across M&A and equity capital markets transactions.
Ms. Chen holds a B.S. in Business Administration from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.",
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"DisplayName": "Josh Offit",
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"Fund": "All Funds",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Vice President, Capital Solutions",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Offit is a Vice President in the Capital Solutions team at L Catterton, based in the U.S. Prior to joining the firm, he founded Tombolo AI, a digital health platform focused on automating workflows related to electronic medical records.
Previously, he was Head of Business Development at Data Lagoon in Tel Aviv, where he distributed alternative data solutions to institutional investors. Before that, he served as a Financial Technology Consultant at The Floor, scouting Israeli fintech innovations for top-tier global banks. Mr. Offit began his career in asset management at Goldman Sachs.
He earned a BA in History from Duke University."
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"Fund": "Asia Fund",
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"Title": "Associate",
"AboutMe": "Mr Ong is an Associate at L Catterton Asia based in Singapore. Previously, Mr Ong was with Deutsche Bank as an Investment Banking Analyst, focusing on M&A and leveraged finance transactions across Southeast Asia.
Mr Ong graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from the National University of Singapore."
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"AboutMe": "Ms Gupta is an Associate at L Catterton Asia based in Mumbai. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms Gupta was with Quadria Capital as an Analyst on the Investment and Portfolio Management team focused on healthcare in South Asia. Ms Gupta started her career as an Analyst in Investment Banking where she spent 2 years working on healthcare transactions.
Ms Gupta graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from Christ University, Bengaluru and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.",
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"DisplayName": "Noanna Malkames",
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"Surname": "Malkames",
"Gender": "Female",
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"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Associate, Management Co. Accounting",
"AboutMe": "Mrs. Malkames is an Associate on the finance team at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mrs. Malkames had worked as an Executive Administrative Assistant in various companies and industries, including AB InBev, Rent the Runway, and most recently at Horizen Labs, a blockchain industry innovator.
Mrs. Malkames attended Boston University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism. "
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"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "Middle Market Fund",
"Region": "Europe",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Wells is a Principal at L Catterton focused on the Middle Market fund. Prior to joining L Catterton, she was an Investment Director at SoftBank Investment Advisers, where she oversaw growth equity investments for the SoftBank Vision Funds, focusing on European consumer, software, and health tech companies.
In this role, she led several growth-stage investments and served on several boards for SoftBank. Earlier in her career, Ms. Wells worked as a Manager for the London consulting branch of PwC.
Ms. Wells holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics from University College London and is a CFA Charterholder."
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"DisplayName": "Jay Chua",
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"Surname": "Chua",
"Gender": "Male",
"Group": "L Catterton Portfolio Operations",
"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "All Funds",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Managing Director, AI and Data Science",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Chua is a Managing Director on the L Catterton Portfolio Operations team, focusing on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Science. Before joining L Catterton, he served as Head of Data Science and Engineering at Brex, where he led the development of AI solutions, machine learning models, and data science analytics.
Previously, Mr. Chua was a Director at Merrill Lynch, where he led the firm’s data science strategy and implemented machine learning and NLP solutions for wealth management. He also served as Director of Advanced Analytics at FINRA and was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, where he focused on data science strategies for financial services clients. Earlier in his career, he worked in structured equity derivatives at Société Générale.
Mr. Chua earned a BS, with highest honors, in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley and an MEng in Financial Engineering from Cornell University."
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"Gender": "Male",
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"Fund": "Asia Fund",
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"Title": "Senior Associate",
"AboutMe": "Mr Fukuda is a Senior Associate at L Catterton, based in Tokyo.
Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr Fukuda was at Nomura Securities Tokyo and New York for a total of more than 4 years. Hikaru’s experience spread across various sectors – Consumer & Retail, Print, Automobile, Energy, and Telecommunications. He started his career in Deloitte in the TMT sector.
Mr Fukuda graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from Keio University, Tokyo."
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"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Marano has held consulting roles with Firstlight Financial Corp (FLFC) a middle market finance company, and with L Catterton’s Risk Team. Prior to her consulting work, Ms. Marano worked in the Private Debt Group of Ares and served as a Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer at FLFC. Previously, Ms. Marano was a Managing Director at Oaktree Capital Management, Mezzanine Fund, focusing on bank debt investments. Prior to joining Oaktree Capital Management, Ms. Marano was a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at GSO Capital Partners. There she managed approximately $4.5 billion in assets across their CLO platform. Ms. Marano also had prior roles at RBC Capital, Credit Agricole Indosuez (Indosuez Capital) and was credit trained at Chemical Bank.
Ms. Marano received her B.B.A., in finance, cum laude, and her MBA in finance from Hofstra University."
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"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
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"Title": "Associate, Business Intelligence",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Sinha is an Associate in the Business Intelligence group at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Sinha was an Associate in the Valuation Services group at Alvarez & Marsal. In this role he was responsible for delivering valuation opinions on illiquid debt and equity interests for private equity sponsors, hedge funds, and business development companies.
Mr. Sinha is a graduate of The College of New Jersey, where he earned a B.S.B.A in Finance.",
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"DisplayName": "Tomoki Motomachi",
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"AboutMe": "Mr Motomachi is a Principal with the Asia Fund and is based in Tokyo.
Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr Motomachi was a Director based in Tokyo with Longreach. He was involved in investments including Nippon Outsourcing Corporation, Kohikan Corporation, Chat Noir Company, Pokka Create and Japan Systems, across the consumer, technology, and business services sectors. Before his stint at Longreach, Tomoki was with GCA Corporation, a boutique investment bank, where he mainly engaged in various cross-border M&A transactions. Mr Motomachi started his career with ITOCHU Corporation, Tokyo in their Infrastructure Sector, Machinery Division.
Mr. Motomachi received a Bachelor of International Liberal Studies from Waseda University, Tokyo, and a Masters in Business Administration from New York University."
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"AboutMe": "Julien R. Mininberg is a Senior Advisor at L Catterton. Mr. Mininberg brings a 32-year track record of building market-leading multinational brands and businesses, transforming organizations and culture, operating expertise, and seasoned leadership skills.
Mr. Mininberg served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Helen of Troy Limited (NASDAQ: HELE), a $2 billion global consumer products company, from 2014 until retiring in March of 2024. In 2017 and 2021, he was recognized by Institutional Investor magazine as the top mid-cap CEO in the Food, Beverage, Personal Care and Household Goods industry and elected to their All-America Executive Team. Institutional Investor also named Helen of Troy as one of America's Most Honored Companies in 2021. He previously led Kaz Inc., a private equity backed company, through a major turnaround from 2006 to 2010, serving as its President and later as its CEO. Before joining Kaz, he spent 15 years at The Procter & Gamble Company, where he served in a variety of general management and marketing leadership positions with roughly equal amounts of time in roles in the United States and Latin America.
Mr. Mininberg currently serves on the Board of Directors of SpartanNash (NASDAQ: SPTN), the Board of Advisors for Yale School of Management and is past President of the school's Alumni Association. In 2021, he was recognized with Yale Alumni Association’s Leadership Award. Mr. Mininberg also served as Vice Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors in Guatemala from 2003 to 2005."
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"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
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"Title": "Senior Associate, Fund Accounting",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Bennett is a Senior Associate in Fund Accounting at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, he held the position of Senior Fund Accountant at Stone Point Capital, specializing in fund reporting and system implementation. Before his tenure at Stone Point, Mr. Bennett worked as a fund accountant at Alter Domus, focusing primarily on the L Catterton account. He initiated his career at State Street Corporation as an Associate, concentrating on private equity fund administration.
Mr. Bennett graduated from Wagner College with a B.S. in finance.",
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"Gender": "Female",
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"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Associate, Investor Services",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Martindale is an Associate in the Investor Services group at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Martindale worked on the Investor Relations team at Disruptive, where she managed their CRM and investor inquiries.
Ms. Martindale graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. in Music.",
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"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "All Funds",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Principal, Marketing & Digital",
"AboutMe": "Mrs. Richey Fontes is a Principal on the L Catterton Portfolio Operations team. She is focused on driving revenue growth through a full-funnel marketing approach, emphasizing marketing measurement, segmentation and positioning, and e-commerce operations. Prior to joining L Catterton, Erica held a variety of marketing leadership roles across premium direct-to-consumer players including ThirdLove, Minted, and Snowe Home. Most recently she led the team rebuild and digital transformation of Seabourn Cruise Lines, an ultra-luxury player in the vacations space. Before these roles, Mrs. Richey Fontes began her career as a consultant with McKinsey & Company in the retail vertical and Apparel, Fashion & Luxury practice, advising a wide variety of apparel, beauty, and CPG brands.
Mrs. Richey Fontes holds a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. in History & Literature from Harvard College.",
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"DisplayName": "Yasu Nakatsuka",
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"Gender": "Male",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Nakatsuka is a Director in the Capital Solutions team at L Catterton, based in Japan. Prior to joining L Catterton, he was a Senior Vice President of Institutional Sales at Neuberger Berman East Asia, responsible for fundraising and fund-of-funds initiatives across various alternative asset classes in Japan.
Previously, he held roles at PIMCO in Tokyo and Newport Beach, where he focused on sales, product specialization, and client services. Earlier in his career, he served as Vice President at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and SBI Shinsei Bank, concentrating on structured investment products for corporations, financial institutions, and family offices.
Mr. Nakatsuka earned a BA in Economics from Doshisha University in Kyoto."
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Sennett is an Associate at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Isabelle was a Senior Associate Consultant at Bain & Company, primarily advising Private Equity and Consumer-focused clients.
Ms. Sennett received her Bachelor's degree in Economics from Amherst College.",
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"Function": "Investment & Operating Team",
"Fund": "All Funds",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Managing Director, AI and Data Products",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Olivan is a Managing Director on the L Catterton Portfolio Operations team, focusing on AI and Data Products. Prior to joining the firm, he was Head of Product at Amazon Web Services, where he led product strategy, execution, and roadmap for Amazon Elastic File System—one of the cloud’s largest and fastest-growing storage services.
Earlier, Mr. Olivan was an Executive Director at JPMorgan Chase, where he led product and data science teams developing zero-to-one analytics and machine learning solutions for JPMorgan’s $10B wholesale payments business. He previously served as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, advising high-tech, media, and telecom clients on product strategy and growth.
Mr. Olivan earned an AB in Physics, an MS in Finance, and a PhD in Financial Economics from Princeton University."
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"AboutMe": "Mr Park is an Analyst with the Japan Investment team based in Tokyo. Prior to joining L Catterton, Sewoong was an Analyst based in Tokyo with Lazard. Before his graduation, Sewoong also did an internship with SHIFT Inc.
Mr Park graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Keio University, Tokyo. ",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Lueneburger is the Talent Managing Partner at L Catterton Portfolio Operations. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Managing Director at TowerBrook Capital Partners, where he built and led the firm’s portfolio talent strategy. He also directed the firm’s investment activities in German-speaking Europe and opened its Frankfurt office. As Co-Chair of the Responsible Ownership Committee, he was instrumental in achieving B-Corp certification for TowerBrook and several of its portfolio companies.
Previously, Mr. Lueneburger was a Partner in Egon Zehnder’s New York office, where he led the global Private Equity Practice after founding the firm’s Sustainability Practice. Earlier in his career, he was an engineer in the U.S., a boat builder in Canada, and President of a specialty materials manufacturer in Germany.
Mr. Lueneburger earned undergraduate degrees in Philosophy and Mechanical Engineering, and a master’s degree in Fluid Dynamics from Purdue University. He later earned an MBA from INSEAD. He is a Fellow at The Aspen Institute and author of A Culture of Purpose: How to Choose the Right People and Make the Right People Choose You (Wiley)."
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Teh is a Senior Associate in the Capital Solutions team at L Catterton, based in Singapore. Prior to joining the firm, she was a Senior Associate at J.P. Morgan Private Bank, where she delivered investment, credit, and wealth advisory services to clients in China and Southeast Asia.
Ms. Teh earned a BBM from Singapore Management University and received the ASEAN Scholarship Award. She is fluent in English, Mandarin, Malay, Cantonese, and Hokkien."
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Tang is a Senior Advisor, focusing on Portfolio Operations of Asia Funds. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Tang held various executive appointments in the past 30 years across many different companies and listed companies in the US, Hong Kong, and China. Some notable achievements include his stint at Warbug Pincus where he helped a string of companies through IPO, listing on NYSE, Nasdaq and HKSE. Mr. Tang was also the Asia Pacific President for Viasystems where he grew the business into a USD 780 million revenue business over 7 years.
Mr. Tang graduated with Master’s degree in Economics from Bradford University and a Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications and Electronics from Nottingham University."
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"Fund": "Asia Fund",
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"Title": "Senior Advisor",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Liu is a Senior Advisor at L Catterton Asia, focusing on Portfolio Operations of Asia Funds. Mr. Liu brought along 18 years of M&A and senior management experiences with investment banks like Forsyth Barr, Citigroup and Bancorp, and large corporates like National Australia Bank. He possesses capital market experience in Australia and New Zealand through billion-dollar mergers (e.g. Incitic Pivot/Dyno Nobel, NAB/JBWere) and numerous mid-market deals (e.g. sale of Remuera Retirement Villages, IPO of Kermedac). Mr. Liu was also the Head of Strategic Invesmtent (Asia) for National Australia Bank and was based in Beijing. Mr. Liu spent 6 years in Beijing guiding his start-up through the challenges of the pandemic.
Mr. Liu graduated with a Bachelor’s degree (Honors) in Computer Science and Commerce from University of Auckland."
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Fang is an Analyst, Investor Relations at L Catterton based in Shanghai.
Ms. Fang previously joined L Catterton as an intern on the Investor Relations team. Before joining L Catterton, Ms. Fang was an Intern Analyst at JP Morgan Asset Management and China Capital Management.
Ms. Fang graduated from London Business School with a M.S. in Analytics and Management."
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"GivenName": "Katie",
"Surname": "DiRenzo",
"Gender": "Female",
"Group": "Professional Team",
"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
"Region": "Americas",
"Title": "Senior Tax Associate",
"AboutMe": "Ms. DiRenzo is a Senior Tax Associate at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, she was a senior associate at CohnReznick, LLP where she focused on private equity clients. Ms. DiRenzo began her career at Pricewaterhouse Coopers in their investment management tax practice.
Ms. DiRenzo holds a master’s degree in accounting from Sacred Heart University and bachelor’s degrees in finance and accounting."
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"DisplayName": "Sho Namatame",
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Mr. Namatame holds an MBA from the London Business School and a bachelor's degree of Arts in Economics from Keio University.",
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Ms. Lu earned a BA in Mathematics with a secondary in Economics from Harvard College.",
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Adam graduated cum laude from Northwestern University with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and graduated cum laude from Loyola University at Chicago with a B.S. in Physics. He also received an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.",
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Ms. Marku holds a Master’s degree in Internal Audit and Risk Management from Université Paris-Dauphine and a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance from Université Paris 2 - Panthéon Assas."
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Mr. Kodama holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a bachelor's degree of Arts in Economics from Keio University."
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Mr. Zappia graduated summa cum laude from Colgate University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematical Economics."
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Mr. Gupta holds an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and received his Bachelors in Finance and Investment Analysis from Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University of Delhi."
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Mr. Lekhraj graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California, where he received a B.S. in Business Administration.",
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Mr. Artola graduated with a Bachelor in Business Administration from ESADE Business School in Spain, which included having also spent a semester at the National University of Singapore.",
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Mr. Macdonald graduated magna cum laude from Brown University with a BA in Economics and received an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School."
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Mr. Briney graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Finance.",
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Mr. Hyde graduated from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University, where he received a B.B.A. in Finance.",
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Mr. Bryan graduated from Swarthmore College where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.",
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Ms. McManus graduated from the SMU Cox School of Business, where she received a BBA in Finance.",
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Mr. Grob graduated from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. ",
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Mr. Steinle graduated summa cum laude from Middlebury College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Chen is an Associate with L Catterton Portfolio Operations, where she focuses on driving supply chain and operation improvements. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Chen was an Associate at Kearney within their Strategic Operations practice. During her time, she focused on end-to-end supply chain transformations to drive EBITDA improvement for consumer and retail clients. Before Kearney, she was a Director at Transfinite Materials, an early-stage, Croatian recycling and trading firm, where she led business development and operations.
Ms. Chen graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Business Administration, concentrating in Information Systems."
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Ms. Sun holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in finance from Tsinghua University."
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Townsend is the Head of Human Resources for APAC at L Catterton based in Singapore. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Townsend was the Regional HR Business Partner for Lloyd's List Intelligence, a Data & Technology Company, where she led the Human Resources Function across Asia. She was responsible for leading the separation of the business following a Private Equity buy-out, and the re-establishment of the independent business. Prior to Lloyd's List Intelligence, Ms. Townsend spent seven years within the Schroder Investment Management Group. Although based in the UK, she spent time working in Hong Kong and Singapore, supporting the Investment and Private Assets Business.
Ms. Townsend holds a M.A. from the University of Edinburgh, with a major in Philosophy."
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Previously, he oversaw global fund portfolios at the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development and worked at Dhaman, promoting inter-Arab trade through government-backed insurance.
Mr. Rasheed earned a BS from NYU Stern School of Business and completed Wafra’s New York training program post-graduation."
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Prior to joining Bain Capital, Ms. Topay was a management consultant at Bain & Company in New York, advising CPG and financial services clients on strategy and operations.
Ms. Topay graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar, a Ford Scholar, and the recipient of the Wolfe Award."
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Ms. Leahy holds an MBA and an MS in Environmental Policy from the University of Michigan and a BA in Environmental Studies and Government from Colby College.",
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Ms. Howe graduated from Penn State University with a B.S. in Finance.",
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Ms. Li graduated from Brown University, where she received a B. S. in Computer Science and Economics.",
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Ms. Hong graduated from Stanford University, where she received a B.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Symbolic Systems.",
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Mr. Assavarungnirund graduated from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, where he received a B.S. in Business Administration.",
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Ms. Salvatierra graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.B.A in Finance and minors in Real Estate and Sociology.",
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Ms. Campbell received her Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy from Providence College and Master’s in Accountancy from Quinnipiac University.",
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Ms. Fitzgerald graduated from Vanderbilt University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Medicine, Health, and Society with minors in Business and Data Science.",
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Ms. Fiesel earned a BA from Loyola University in Maryland.",
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Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Heaton began his career at Morgan Stanley, where he worked in Investment Banking within the Consumer & Retail Group, advising leading consumer and retail companies on M&A and capital markets transactions, and on the Strategic Client Management team.
Mr. Heaton received a B.S.B.A. in Finance from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business.",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Marino is a Managing Partner at L Catterton. Prior to joining the firm, he served as President of digital resale marketplace ThredUP (NASDAQ: TDUP), where he was responsible for delivering quarterly financial targets, cultivating a world-class team, and building a beloved consumer brand.
Over his decade-long career at ThredUP, Mr. Marino led all commercial functions at the company, including marketing, product, brand, engineering, merchandising, pricing systems, and data science. He was instrumental in pioneering apparel resale at scale and growing ThredUP from a small start-up into a billion-dollar public company.
Previously, Mr. Marino was the Founder and CEO of Virgin Hotels Group, a new brand within Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin portfolio. He developed the concept, raised capital, and primed the business for global expansion. He also served as Managing Partner of the Virgin Group, with involvement in the creation of Virgin Money and Virgin Voyages.
Mr. Marino began his career at Bellcore (now Ericsson), leading a team of engineers and scientists commercializing voice-over-IP (VoIP) software technology. He was later a Principal at Venrock, the venture capital firm founded by the Rockefeller family.
Mr. Marino earned an AB, magna cum laude, from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He was awarded the New York Herald Prize for his scholarly work on the marketing and communications strategies of the executive branch of the U.S. government."
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Mr. Chanduri graduated from the University of Michigan where he received a dual degree in Business Administration and Computer Science."
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Malhotra is a Growth Associate within L Catterton Portfolio Operations. She was previously part of the Growth, Marketing, & Sales practice at Mckinsey & Co. as a Business Analyst, working on cases across the Consumer and Banking industries.
Ms. Malhotra recently graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Economics, concentrating in Behavioral Economics and Operational Management.",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Chia is a Vice President at L Catterton Asia, based in Singapore. Before joining L Catterton, Mr. Chia was with Southern Capital Group, investing in middle-market high-growth businesses in Southeast Asia. Mr. Chia started his career in the investment banking division at Citigroup in Singapore before moving to Temasek's Transportation & Logistics team.
Mr. Chia graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration with Honours (Highest Distinction) from the National University of Singapore, where he was an ASEAN Scholar.",
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Ms. Tan is a Chartered Accountant in Singapore, holds an MBA from Imperial College London and graduated with Accountancy (Hons) from Nanyang Technological University Singapore.",
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Mr. Fergie graduated cum laude from the University of Southern California with a B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering and received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.",
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Mr. Fiorita recently graduated from Elon University with a B.A. in Finance.",
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Mr. Cai graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of London."
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Ms. Liu received a Master of Finance degree from MIT Sloan School of Management. She also holds a dual B.S. in Financial Engineering and Management Science from Renmin University of China.",
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Ms. Maxwell received a BS in Business and Management from Skidmore College.",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Kothari is an Analyst at L Catterton Asia based in Mumbai. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Kothari was with Multiples PE, a homegrown private equity firm based out of India, as a part of the Investment team focusing on opportunities in the consumer, B2B and tech sectors. Prior to Multiples PE, Mr. Kothari worked as an Associate Consultant at EY-Parthenon's consulting practice, working primarily in the consumer goods, retail and e-commerce sectors. He has done his CA Internship from S. R. Batliboi, which is a member firm of the EY network in India.
Mr. Kothari is a rankholder Chartered Accountant and a Gold Medalist graduate from St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata. Additionally, he has cleared all three levels of the CFA Program.",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Anderson is an Assiociate, Treasury at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, he was a Senior Treasury Analyst at Omnicom, focused on Capital Markets and Lease Accounting.
Mr. Anderson graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a degree in Finance.",
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"AboutMe": "Benson Ang is an Associate with the Business Intelligence group at L Catterton based in Singapore. Prior to joining L Catterton, he worked at Partners Group as an Associate where he gained extensive experience in portfolio monitoring, valuation, and data analytics. Before Partners Group, he was an Associate with Bank of New York Mellon where he worked with data management, valuation and led multiple initiatives that resulted in significant cost and time savings through process improvements and automation.
Mr. Ang graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Banking & Finance from the University of London and is a CFA® Charterholder (Chartered Financial Analyst®)."
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Janos is a Vice President and Controller at L Catterton. He is responsible for the finance, accounting, tax, and cash management activities of L Catterton's various funds. Prior to joining L Catterton, he was the Controller for Leeds Equity, a leading investor in the Private Equity knowledge industries. Prior to Leeds Equity, he was a Vice President at HQ Capital, an independent manager of Private Equity alternative assets. Mr. Janos has significant accounting and financial reporting experience and started his career at JP Morgan in the Private Equity and Fund Services division.
Mr. Janos graduated from the University at Albany with a B.S.B.A in Financial Analysis Honors Program.",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Smith is a Vice President of Talent Acquisition at L Catterton. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Smith held similar positions at BlackRock and Morgan Stanley. He began his career in the expert network industry at Coleman Research Group.
Mr. Smith holds a B.A. from Colgate University and an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School.",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Jennings is a Vice President at L Catterton focused on Private Credit. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Jennings was an Associate at Audax Private Debt, focused on credit investments across a variety of industries. Previously, Ms. Jennings was an analyst at Maranon Capital, focused on direct debt investments.
Ms. Jennings graduated with a B.B.A. in Finance and B.S. in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Notre Dame."
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Mr. Choi graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. in Economics. He also received a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School."
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Moorjani is a Vice President at L Catterton, focusing on investments in India. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Moorjani spent six and half years at Lightbox Ventures, where he helped invest and manage some of the fund’s largest bets across consumer categories. Before joining Lightbox, he was an entrepreneur in the consumer packaged foods space and has also worked at JP Morgan and Deloitte.
Mr. Moorjani graduated from the University of Mumbai with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and has completed the CFA program."
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Mr. Khullar received an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, where he was a Gold Medalist. He also holds both a Bachelor's and Master's degree in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi."
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Peña is a Workday Manager for L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Peña spent six years managing the full Workday suite at Pathway Vet Alliance. Previously, Ms. Peña spent seven years with Castleton Commodities International managing the Workday platform. Ms. Peña has worked for several other organizations in various industries, as an analyst and human resources systems manager.
Ms. Peña graduated from Cornell University where she received a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations with a concentration in Human Resource Management."
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Yu is a Sr. Associate at L Catterton in Data Engineering. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Yu was a Data Consultant at Slalom as part of the Global Technology group where she has served clients on different projects in Data Analyst, Data Visualization and Data Engineering capacities.
Prior to working in the data space, Ms. Yu began her career as a Mechanical Engineer having opportunities to work at Axon/TASER, Tesla and Toyota before making a career pivot and specializing in Data.
Ms. Yu received a BASc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo."
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Basu is a Director in the Capital Solutions team at L Catterton, based in India. Prior to joining the firm, he was Executive Director of Business Development at Everstone Capital, where he led fundraising across the firm’s private equity, climate solutions, real estate, and venture capital platforms.
Previously, he led fundraising and investor relations at Oman India Joint Investment Fund (OIJIF) and was a Senior Associate at ICICI’s alternative investment arm. He has over 17 years of experience and has raised more than USD 1 billion across funds and portfolio companies.
Mr. Basu earned an MBA from IBS Pune in India.",
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Mr. Amar holds a MSc in International Finance from HEC Paris and a Dual Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and International Relations from IE Business School."
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Eisner is a Senior Associate at L Catterton in Portfolio Operations, where he focuses on driving supply chain and operations improvement. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Eisner was a Manager at Alvarez & Marsal within their Consumer & Retail Group. During his time at A&M, he focused on various supply chain transformations including direct product sourcing, distribution center optimization and contract manufacturing onboarding. He also executed multiple organizational and operating model transformations for large, publicly traded companies in the consumer space.
Mr. Eisner graduated from the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business with a Bachelor of Business Administration.",
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He also held prior roles as a Vice President in the Global Investor Capital Group at TJC LP (formerly The Jordan Company), Vice President of Investor Relations at Marathon Asset Management, and marketing roles at Cadogan Management and Robeco Investment Management.
Mr. Drumm earned a BA in History from Colgate University.",
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Ms. Willis has an MBA from INSEAD and BA in History and Politics from the University of Warwick.",
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Mr. Young graduated from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, where he received a B.S. in Finance.",
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Ms. Frelinghuysen graduated cum laude from New York University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a minor in Business Studies from the Stern School of Business.",
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Mr. Lim graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration with Honours (Highest Distinction) from the National University of Singapore."
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Ms. Madan completed her bachelor's degree from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.",
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Mr. Klaiber holds an MBA from the University of Dayton and a Master’s in Finance & Information Management from the University of Augsburg / Munich. He has also completed executive education at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania."
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Ms. Shibata received a Bachelor of International Liberal Studies from Waseda University, Tokyo."
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Ms. Otto graduated summa cum laude from The George Washington University with a B.A. in Psychology and Criminal Justice.",
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Ms. Pan holds dual B.S. degrees in Mathematics and Psychology with Honors from St. Lawrence University, and an M.S. in Business Analytics from the University of Southern California."
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Mr. Schechtmann graduated summa cum laude from New York University with a B.A. in Economics and received an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.",
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Mr. Kim earned a BA from New York University’s Stern School of Business and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth."
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Ms. Bradshaw graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, where she received a Bachelor of Business Administration with a minor in Global Media Studies.",
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Ms. Kamholz graduated magna cum laude from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, where she earned a B.B.A. in Finance with a minor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.",
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Mr. Wrede graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.",
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Mr. Mayer graduated Summa Cum Laude from University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce where he received a B.S in Commerce with a Finance Concentration and a Leadership Minor.",
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Ms. Sun graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.B.A. in Finance, a B.A. in Philosophy, and a minor in Management Information Systems.",
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Ms. Austi graduated with honors from Johns Hopkins University with a B.A. in Economics and International Studies and received an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.",
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Ms. Sana graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance, Investment, & Banking.",
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Mr. Scala has a BA in Economics from Amherst College and an MBA from Seton Hall University.",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Ortiz is a Regional Executive Director at L Catterton focused on the Andean Region in Latin America. He brings extensive experience in private equity, execution, entrepreneurship, and management consulting. Before joining L Catterton, he founded ventures in fintech, agtech, and real estate, including Wompi, a leading online payments platform acquired by Bancolombia, and Rurall, an AI-driven B2B agtech company. Mr. Ortiz previously spent 7 years with Southern Cross Group, a Latin America-focused private equity firm where he led investments in retail, logistics, IT services, and industrials sectors. Earlier in his career, Mr. Ortiz was CEO of Aportes en Línea, a Grupo Aval company, which he grew from start-up into Colombia’s leading payments platform for employee contributions, serving more than four million users profitably. He began his career at Procter & Gamble and spent 7 years in management consulting with McKinsey & Company across Latin America, the UK, and Europe. He currently serves as independent board member of companies in food retail and diversified conglomerates in the region.
Mr. Ortiz holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Universidad de Los Andes and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He is fluent in Spanish and English, and conversational in French."
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Cepeda joins L Catterton as an Executive Assistant supporting the Latin American team in the New York City office. She brings over 20 years of experience as an Executive Assistant and Office Manager, most recently at Patria Investments in New York, where she supported Senior Partners and Directors with calendar management, international travel, board coordination, and office operations. Prior to that, she held executive support roles at Leading Edge Administrators and David Werner & Company.
Ms. Cepeda studied Psychology at Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra in Santiago, Dominican Republic.
Outside of work, Azenet enjoys traveling, spending time with family, friends and her puppy, trying new restaurants, and exploring the outdoors.",
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"Fund": "Europe Fund",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Rahim is an Associate at L Catterton in the London office. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Rahim spent two years at Morgan Stanley in the EMEA Consumer & Retail Investment Banking Group.
Mr. Rahim holds a Bachelor’s in Physics from King’s College London where he graduated with First Class Honours."
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"Gender": "Female",
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"Function": "Finance, Operations, & Risk",
"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Pozniak is a Senior Associate at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Pozniak was an Associate Vice President at Rockefeller Capital Management, where she focused on management company reporting and corporate finance. Before that role, Ms. Pozniak was a Corporate Accounting Manager at Chilton. Earlier in her career, Ms. Pozniak worked as a Senior Fund Accountant at AlterDomus Fund Administrator, providing accounting services to various clients, including L Catterton. She started her career as an auditor at Deloitte & Touche in the financial services sector.
Ms. Pozniak holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Connecticut and an M.S. in International Relations from Troy University."
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"Title": "Associate",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Rhee is an Associate at L Catterton focused on Private Credit. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Rhee was an Investment Banking Analyst in the Leveraged Finance Group at UBS.
Ms. Rhee graduated with a B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Economics from Johns Hopkins University. "
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Nahas is an Associate at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Nahas was an Investment Banking Analyst in the Latin America Group at Citi, where he focused on mergers & acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and various debt and equity financing activities.
Mr. Nahas graduated magna cum laude from New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business, with a B.S. in Business, concentrating in Finance and Computing & Data Science. "
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Bernhard is an Associate at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Bernhard was an investment banking analyst in the Technology Group at UBS.
Mr. Bernhard graduated from Georgetown University where he received a Bachelor of Arts in History. ",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Wallington is a Managing Director in the Capital Solutions team at L Catterton. Based in London, he oversees the firm’s capital formation efforts across Europe.
Previously, he held senior positions at CVC Capital Partners with responsibility for a UK and European investor base. His prior experience includes building the global private credit platform at Barings and investment roles at Partners Group based in Zug, Switzerland focussed on private equity, real estate and private credit.
Mr. Wallington holds a master’s degree from King’s College London in International Management with and a first class undergraduate degree from the same university.",
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"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Geraci is an Associate in the Business Intelligence group at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Geraci was an Associate in the Portfolio Valuation group at KPMG.
Mr. Geraci is a graduate of Wake Forest University, where he earned a B.S. in Finance. "
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Bravo is a Principal at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Bravo was a Managing Director at Cornell Capital, where he primarily evaluated investments in the consumer sector. He previously worked on the North America private equity team at KKR & Co. and began his career in the Leveraged Finance group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Mr. Bravo earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Government and a Master of Arts in Finance from Claremont McKenna College, where he graduated as a Robert Day Scholar.",
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"Title": "Recruiting Coordinator",
"AboutMe": "Ms. Jenkins is a Recruiting Coordinator. Prior to her current role, Ms. Jenkins worked at the law firms Morgan Lewis and Akin, focusing on attorney recruiting and retention.
Ms. Jenkins holds a B.A. in English and Sociology from Georgetown University."
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"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Jeter is an Associate in the Capital Solutions team at L Catterton, based in the U.S. Prior to joining the firm, she was an Analyst in the Private Funds Group at Piper Sandler where she worked across multiple private equity mandates. She began her career as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Industrials & Services Group at Truist Securities.
Ms. Jeter graduated from Washington & Lee University with a BS in Business Administration and Cognitive & Behavioral Science. ",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Plattner is an Associate at L Catterton, based in London. Prior to joining L Catterton, he was an Analyst at Morgan Stanley in London, where he focused on M&A advisory across a range of sectors.
Mr. Plattner holds a BSc in International Economics and Management from Bocconi University in Italy.",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Novikoff is an Associate at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Novikoff was an investment banking associate in the Financial Institutions Group at Citigroup.
Ms. Novikoff graduated from Northwestern University, where she received a B.S. in Learning and Organizational Change with a dual major in Economics.",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Sho is an Associate with the Asia Fund at L Catterton, based in Tokyo.Prior to joining L Catterton, Mr. Sho served as a Manager at Kearney, where he specialized in advising private equity clients. He began his career as a consultant at Deloitte, focusing on M&A.
Mr. Sho holds a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Tokyo."
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Muto is a Senior Associate with the Asia fund at L Catterton, based in Tokyo. Prior to joining L Catterton, he worked at Marunouchi Capital as a Senior Associate. His career began in the investment banking division of Nomura.
Mr. Muto graduated with a Bachelor of Sport Sciences from Waseda University.",
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"AboutMe": "Natalia Cala is an Associate of Consumer Insights at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Cala worked at McKinsey & Company, where she advised private equity investors and consumer companies across growth strategy, commercial due diligence, and other strategic initiatives.
Ms. Cala graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University with a BSBA in Finance and Operations Management, and a minor in Psychology.",
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"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
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"Title": "Vice President, Capital Solutions",
"AboutMe": "Mr. Clarke-Fisher is a Vice President in the Capital Solutions team at L Catterton, based in the U.S. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Director at Allocate, where he focused on developing partnerships with wealth advisory firms seeking to build and manage differentiated private market exposures. Previously, he was a Vice President at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, where he advised Registered Investment Advisors and Family Offices on investment strategy, portfolio construction, and asset allocation.
Mr. Clarke-Fisher earned a BA in Economics from St. Lawrence University."
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"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Boutsikoudis is a Senior Associate at L Catterton. She was previously a Senior Associate at Ares Management Company where she worked on the Secondaries and Employee Co-Investment team. Earlier in her career, Nikki worked in the Audit department at Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP where she served Alternative Investment clients in the Asset and Wealth Management group.
Ms. Boutsikoudis graduated Cum Laude from the Gabelli School of Business at Roger Williams University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Bachelor of Science in Finance . At Roger Williams, she was a member of the Financial Management Association where she served as a President during her junior and senior year. She also was a member of Beta Alpha Psi where she served as Treasurer during her senior year.",
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Ms. Feng earned a Master of Science in Finance from the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School."
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Jackson is a Principal on the L Catterton Portfolio Operations team, focusing on Talent. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Vice President at Alpine Investors, a mid-market private equity firm, where he was responsible for assessing, recruiting, and developing the executive leadership across Alpine's portfolio.
Before Alpine, Mr. Jackson led talent acquisition at Onex, a global private equity and alternative asset management firm, and was an executive search consultant at Spencer Stuart. He began his career in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs.
Mr. Jackson earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a master's degree from the University of Cambridge.",
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"AboutMe": "Katya Chang is an Associate at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Chang was a management consultant in the Core Consulting Group at Oliver Wyman.
Ms. Chang graduated from the University of Calgary, where she received a B.A. in Psychology.",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Kawamoto is a Vice President in the Capital Solutions team at L Catterton, based in Japan. Prior to joining the firm, she spent eight years at Goldman Sachs Asset Management in Tokyo, most recently serving as a Vice President in Institutional Alternatives Sales, where she was responsible for fundraising and client servicing across a variety of alternative asset classes.
Ms. Kawamoto graduated from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies with a B.A. in Language and Area Studies. She is also a CFA Charterholder of the CFA Institute."
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Mr. Gupta holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, is a Chartered Accountant, and received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Delhi.",
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Previously Emmy worked as Assistant to the Head of London's LBO team, along with the deal team for H.I.G. European Capital Partners. During her time with H.I.G., Emmy supported the team through a high level of exciting new deals and add-ons, including Silentnight, andwis, Axis CLC, and most recently Rainham Industrial Services merging with Zenith and TEi to form Coriant Group. Prior to that, Emmy was EA for Auriens Group and AQR Capital Management, and started her administrative career as Front of House for Investcorp which followed eight years working as long-haul Cabin Crew for Monarch Airlines.
Emmy attended The College of Richard Collyer studying Media Studies, Sociology and Performing Arts, and was a member of The Roshe School of Performing Arts studying ISTD and RAD ballet, tap, modern and jazz into her adult years.",
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Ms. Fu received a Master of Finance degree from Fudan University. She also holds a B.A. in Financial Management from Sichuan University.",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Tondo is an Associate at L Catterton, focused on Latin America and based in Brazil. Prior to joining L Catterton, he was an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, as well as debt and equity financing transactions across a range of sectors in Brazil.
Mr. Tondo holds a degree in Economics from Insper in São Paulo. He is a native Portuguese speaker, fluent in English, and conversational in Italian and German.",
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"Fund": "Flagship Buyout Fund; Growth Fund; Latin America Fund; Impact Fund; Private Credit Fund;",
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"AboutMe": "Mr. Niven is an Associate in the Capital Solutions team at L Catterton, based in the U.S. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Client Advisor at Bessemer Trust, where he advised ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and foundations on investment management and wealth planning strategies.
Mr. Niven graduated from Wake Forest University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a minor in Entrepreneurship. ",
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Ms. Tominaga holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Philosophy from the University of Toronto and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) charter holder."
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Mr. Ibrahim graduated from HEC Paris with a Master in Management.",
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Ms. Xu received a MS in Business Analytics from Columbia University, and BSc in Risk Management and Business Intelligence from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.",
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Mr. Welsch graduated summa cum laude from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, where he earned a B.B.A. in Finance with a supplementary major in Mathematics and Statistics. ",
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Ms. Cane graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from Dartmouth College, where she received a Bachelor of Arts, with honors, with a double major in Mathematics and Economics. She also holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, where she graduated Beta Gamma Sigma.",
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Mr. Kanna graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics & Economics."
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Ms. Lin graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where she received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School and a B.A. in Political Science from the College of Arts and Sciences. ",
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Mr. Packard graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University, where he received a B.A. in Information Science with a minor in Business.",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Osofsky is an Associate on the Capital Solutions team at L Catterton. Prior to joining the firm, she was an Investment Banking Analyst at Jefferies, where she worked on a range of M&A, capital markets, and financing transactions across the energy transition industry.
Ms. Osofsky graduated magna cum laude from the South Carolina Honors College at University of South Carolina with degrees in International Business, Finance, and Economics, and minors in Spanish and Chinese.",
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Mr. Ng graduated from Middlebury College, where he received a B.A. with a double major in Economics and Biology.",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Klingelhofer is an Analyst at L Catterton. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Klingelhofer was a Growth Equity Intern at Spectrum Equity.
Ms. Klingelhofer graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics with a minor in Consumer Psychology through the Wharton School. ",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Wang is an Associate on the L Catterton Portfolio Operations team, where she focuses on marketing and digital growth opportunities. Prior to joining L Catterton, she was at IL MAKIAGE, driving revenue, product, and go-to-market optimizations. Previously, she was at McKinsey & Company in the Growth, Marketing, and Sales practice, advising clients on consumer-focused growth transformations.
Ms. Wang graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, earning a B.S. in Economics with concentrations in business analytics and marketing.",
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Porras Olalla is a Principal at L Catterton. She was most recently a Principal at Bain Capital with experience across the Healthcare, Services, and Technology sectors, with example transactions including Brexa and Kantar. She was previously an investment banking associate in the TMT group at Goldman Sachs in New York and London. Ms. Porras Olalla began her career as a strategy consultant at Bain & Company in Madrid.
Ms. Porras Olalla received an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MSc in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICAI).",
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"AboutMe": "Lakshay is a Senior Associate in the India team. Prior to joining L Catterton, he was a late-stage growth and buyout investor with General Atlantic and Partners Group where he led investment diligence, portfolio value creation and exits in companies across Consumer & Industrials, Healthcare & Life Sciences, and Financial Services sectors. Before his investing career, Lakshay was a Management Consultant with Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
Lakshay holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi)."
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"AboutMe": "Ms. Shi is an Investment Analyst at L Catterton, based in Shanghai. Prior to joining L Catterton, Ms. Shi was an Investment Banking Analyst Intern at Goldman Sachs, where she received a return offer. Ms. Shi received dual Master in Management degrees from London Business School and Fudan University. She also holds a B.S. in Economics from Renmin University of China."
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"AboutMe": "Chetan Naik is a Managing Director at L Catterton, based in Mumbai. Chetan brings nearly two decades of experience across private equity, venture growth, and investment banking. Prior to joining L Catterton, he was President and Senior Fund Manager at 360 ONE Asset, where he led the firm's Consumer and Technology Fund. Earlier, he was a Vice President at TVS Capital Funds. Throughout his investing career, he has led investments across a broad spectrum of consumer and consumer technology sectors, including beauty and personal care, fashion and apparel, consumer internet, food and beverage, health and wellness, restaurants, cloud kitchens, digital platforms, and quick commerce. He has partnered closely with founders and management teams to scale category-leading businesses through strategic guidance, disciplined capital allocation, and long-term value creation, while serving as a Board Member or Board Observer across several portfolio companies.
His marquee investments include Country Delight, Mosaic Wellness, Snitch Apparel, Zomato, Nykaa, Kapiva, The Sleep Company, EatClub Brands, HomeLane, Licious, Miko, Swiggy, upGrad, VAHDAM, Policybazaar, LEAP, SEDEMAC, Netweb Technologies, NSE India, Zetwerk, and Sagility.
Chetan holds a Master of Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management Indore and a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the Government College of Engineering, Pune.",
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Shriya graduated with honors from the University of Delhi with a BA in Economics and is a CFA."
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Ms. Romero graduated cum laude from Harvard College with an A.B. in Social Studies.",
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