At Stafford, Porfirio mainly manages investment operations, which include market analysis, sourcing, identifying, and evaluating new opportunities, along with negotiating, acquiring, and financing new assets.
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Haiko is a Vice President in Stafford’s European Private Equity business, and is responsible for sourcing, execution, due diligence and monitoring of European Private Equity investments.
Prior to joining Stafford Capital Partners, Haiko was involved in multiple areas of the Robeco Private Equity team, which managed and advised over USD 2bln of assets in private equity. Prior to Robeco, Haiko worked in IT Development at Omron for five years, and as an IT Engineer and Developer specializing in Human Resource platforms.
Haiko studied Financial Control at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam.
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Syed Muhammad Abdul Raffay is a fund controller within Stafford’s Fund Finance team, leading the firm’s US private equity operations through fund operations, investor reporting, and financial oversight.
Prior to joining Stafford, Raffay worked at KPMG UK for over five years, rising to Assistant Manager within the Asset Management audit practice. There, he led audits for clients across private equity, real estate, and institutional asset management, with a focus on financial reporting, fund structures, valuation assessments, governance reviews, and fund-level control testing.
Raffay is an ACA-qualified Chartered Accountant through the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). He also holds a Master of Science in Business Analytics from Queen Mary, University of London, and a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Mathematics from the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi.
William is an Investment Analyst at Stafford.
Prior to joining Stafford, William worked as an Investment Analyst with Cintra, a Ferrovial company. Before that, he held various internship positions relating to Civil Engineering.
William holds a master’s degree in Finance and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
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Ana joined Theia's finance team in February 2026, as Specialist Accountant
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Wes is Stafford's Rewards & People Data Analyst, and responsible for our HR & People data and reward structures.
Prior to joining Stafford, Wes worked in Herbert Smith Freehills’ HR department in various roles, where he was responsible for the entire employee lifecycle, people analytics projects and HR operations initiatives.
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Justin is a Tax Transaction Manager within Stafford's tax team and is responsible for providing tax structuring and advice across Stafford's international investments.
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Angie joined Stafford’s Milan team in June 2025, as Specialist Accountant.
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Jordan Vincent supports Stafford with sourcing, execution, and monitoring of investments within the Timberland team.
Prior to Stafford, Jordan oversaw finance and corporate strategy responsibilities serving on the leadership team of a private equity platform acquiring and managing renewable power and oil & gas mineral investments. Before this, Jordan worked at Equilibrium Capital and Lime Rock Resources, where he led and monitored private equity investments in sustainable agriculture and natural resources, and at Petrie Partners, where he advised on a variety of mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructurings.
Jordan holds an MBA from Northwestern University and bachelor's degrees from the Business Honors Program and Engineering Route to Business Program at the University of Texas at Austin.
Marcus Wallace is a Fund Controller, working in the Fund's Operations team and is responsible for the oversight of Stafford’s Timberland & Agriculture Fund's finances & operations.
Prior to Stafford, Marcus worked for Fund Operations at Pantheon, with specific focus on their Primary & Co-Invest Strategies and had spent 4 years with KPMG in their private equity audit department.
Marcus a holds a Masters Degree in Economics from the University of Glasgow where he received the 'Adam Smith Scholar Award for Excellence' and is a Chartered Accountant with the ICAEW.
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Stephen is involved in relationship management, strategy formulation and investment sourcing and evaluation for Private Equity in Australia and New Zealand. He co-founded Stafford Capital Partners in 2000.
Prior to Stafford Capital Partners, Stephen spent over 10 years at Macquarie Bank’s Asset Management Division, where he established and invested its $220 million private equity program. Stephen joined Macquarie Bank when it acquired Risk Averse Money Managers, of which he was an owner and director.
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Angus is responsible for all aspects of the business at Stafford, working across strategy formulation, team development, relationship management and investment evaluation.
Prior to Stafford Angus worked as a direct investor in the private equity and venture capital markets. He started his career with Thompson Clive & Partners, a life sciences and technology private equity firm with investments in Europe and the US. He then co-founded Solon Ventures, a UK venture capital firm.
He received an MA in Law from Cambridge University.
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Tom Williams is responsible for fund operations of the timberland products. Prior to joining Stafford, he worked at DWS across Private Equity and Infrastructure.
He trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds a a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Leeds.
Henry is a Vice President with Stafford Timberland, and is involved in investor relations, asset due diligence, market research and sustainability.
Prior to Stafford, he was a Consultant at AFRY Management Consulting where he managed a range of projects including asset due diligence, valuations and market studies.
He holds a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Forestry from the University of Bangor.
John is an Investment Manager involved in investment research, due diligence, portfolio management and marketing.
Prior to joining Stafford, John was at Grant Thornton Australia managing a broad range of clients across various industries. He has over ten years of experience in providing taxation and advisory services to private and entrepreneurial clients.
He has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Sydney.
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Mikan van Zanten is Senior Advisor and Investment Committee Member at Stafford Capital Partners in The Netherlands, focusing on investments and organization strategy.
Prior to joining Stafford Capital Partners in June 2020, Mikan worked for asset management firm Robeco for 20 years as a founder and partner of its Private Equity business. During his tenure at Robeco, he has also been responsible for Robeco’s Luxembourg public equity and fixed income UCITS business. Previously, he was a Private Equity analyst and investment manager at APG, the investment arm of Dutch pension fund ABP.
Mr. Van Zanten is a former President of CFA Society VBA Netherlands, is a CFA-charterholder, and holds a Master’s Degree in Econometrics with a specialization in Quantitative Finance, from Tilburg University, the Netherlands.
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Steven is involved in investment research, sourcing, due diligence, negotiation and monitoring for Stafford’s Infrastructure business.
He was previously with XL Catlin, a global specialty insurer and reinsurer, where he built and led the private equity and real asset investment activities comprising direct investments, co-investments and fund commitments. Prior to that, Steven was a member of the Alternative Investments division at Swiss Re, focused on private equity direct investments.
He earned a Master of Arts in Economics and Finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland and holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation.
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Amy Zhao is Portfolio Analyst with Stafford Timberland. Her focus areas are portfolio management, investment modelling, and investor reporting.
Prior to Stafford, Amy worked as a Senior Portfolio Analyst at Challenger where she was responsible for origination, due diligence, portfolio management, and credit reporting.
Amy is a qualified Chartered Accountant with Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ) and holds a Master of Accounting from the University of New South Wales.