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Press Release: Stafford Capital Partners (“Stafford”) has today published its fifth annual Sustainability Report, highlighting its achievements in sustainable investing between 2024 and 2025. The report marks both the firm’s 25th anniversary and another year of progress in responsible investment across its global investment program.

As we enter into the final quarter of 2025, we are proud to publish our 2025 Sustainability Report, marking Stafford’s 25th anniversary and over USD 8.5bn AUM across timberland, infrastructure, and private equity.

Stafford Capital Partners (Stafford), a leading international private markets investment and advisory group, has strengthened its commitment to sustainable forestry by becoming a Full Member of the International Sustainable Forestry Coalition (ISFC).  As part of this move, Stafford’s Chief Executive Angus Whiteley, will join the ISFC’s Board as Director.

In our latest whitepaper, we explore the emerging opportunity of repowering existing European solar plants and wind farms to extend their lifespan and value.

Press Release - Stafford Capital Partners is proud to be ranked 26th in the Private Equity International/Secondaries Investor 2025 Top 50 secondaries managers list, climbing three places from last year. While many of the top-ranked firms in the list are primarily focused on private equity secondaries, Stafford’s rise reflects its differentiated strength in real asset secondaries, including infrastructure, timberland, and agriculture – where it continues to rank among the global leaders. This recognition demonstrates Stafford’s strong momentum, continued growth and fundraising success across its real asset strategies in the global secondaries market.

We’re pleased to be featured in Environmental Finance as investor interest in timberland continues to accelerate, positioning it as a strategic asset class within the broader natural capital landscape.

In our latest whitepaper, we explore the emerging opportunity of repowering existing European solar plants and wind farms to extend their lifespan and value.

Ashley Marlow, Regional Lead in North America at Stafford Capital Partners, joined the Infrastructure Forum at the Women in Private Markets Summit 2025 in New York, contributing to a dynamic discussion on the evolving role of infrastructure secondaries in institutional portfolios.

Angus Whiteley joins Giovanni Amodeo host of Ion Influencers’ Fireside Chat to discuss real asset secondaries and how Stafford has been an early mover in this space for the past 25 years.    

Stafford Capital Partners was pleased to see Jesse de Klerk, Private Equity Partner, participate in the PEI Impact Investor Global Summit held in London on 20 May 2025. The event brought together leading voices in impact investing to explore the evolving role of private capital in addressing global environmental challenges.

Long-standing advisers Rosemary Jackson and Stephen Milburn-Pyle appointed to the Board of Stafford Capital Partners

In the face of ongoing volatility in public markets, particularly fuelled by uncertainty around the Trump-era tariffs and broader geopolitical noise, private markets continue to offer a compelling alternative for investors seeking greater certainty and stability.

Stafford Capital Partners (“Stafford”) has successfully closed its flagship timberland fund, Stafford International Timberland Fund X (SIT X), at $1.04 billion, surpassing its $1 billion target.

Stafford Capital Partners is pleased to have contributed to foundational guidance on the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) for Private Markets, published by the Initiative Climat International (iCI), a PRI-supported initiative, and the sustainability consultancy Anthesis Group.

Stafford Capital Partners (“Stafford”), a leading international private markets investment and advisory firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of Lauren Masson as Chief Finance Officer (CFO). Lauren joins with over 15 years of experience in financial services and investment management and will be responsible for leading Stafford’s financial strategy and operations, reporting directly to CEO Angus Whiteley.

Our Infrastructure Managing Partner, William Greene, shared valuable insights on the evolving landscape of infrastructure secondaries in a roundtable with Infrastructure Investor.

CONFIDENTIAL – for investors in SISF V only

Stafford Capital Partners today launched its 2023/24 Sustainability Report, which captures the firms’ sustainability efforts over the last year. The report highlights that Stafford's timberland assets under management sequestered an aggregate 15.9 million tonnes of carbon over 2023/24, the rough equivalent to the annual emissions of the city of Rome.

Stafford Capital Partners has made the first two investments for its new Stafford Carbon Offsets Opportunities Fund totalling over USD 70 million and comprising significant parcels of land in both Brazil and New Zealand.

Stafford Capital Partners (“Stafford”) has today announced that it has been selected as a manager for the ACCESS Pool in global core timberland, and as ACCESS’ sole global impact timberland manager.

Stafford Capital Partners (“Stafford”) is pleased to announce that its Australian PE co-investment program with First Super has now been converted into an Evergreen structure, further cementing the strong relationship Stafford has developed with First Super over nearly two decades. 

Stafford Capital Partners is delighted to be able to confirm today “QP4”, a new A$250m global private equity co-investment mandate with HESTA, the A$83 billion Australian industry superannuation fund.

Stafford Capital Partners (“Stafford”), a leading international private markets investment and advisory group, with USD$7.9b under management has launched its flagship Private Equity Decarbonization Program.

In our latest infrastructure whitepaper, we observe how the infrastructure secondaries market continues to grow steadily into 2024 with significant new flows of secondary deals coming to the market.

Stafford Capital Partners is delighted to announce today that it has joined the International Sustainable Forestry Coalition (ISFC), a new body that will work across the timberland sector to promote the environmental and other benefits of a robust global forestry industry.

This release is restricted to Professional Investors outside of the USA & Canada

Stafford Capital Partners Scores High on the 2023 UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Assessment Report. The firm secured 5/5 stars on three out of four assessed modules.

Stafford Capital Partners has finalised the deployment of its fourth infrastructure secondaries fund, SISF IV, and made the first investment of its fifth fund, SISF V

Stafford Capital Partners (“Stafford”) has partnered with the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) on their 100th year anniversary to produce ‘Pensions at Work 100’ by ITN Business.