Niccolò Ferraris is Senior Business Controller and is responsible for the valuation and the optimization of operative plants in STAR project.
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Eleonora Firrincieli joined the team in 2021 and, as a Senior Associate in Business Development, contributes to business growth by developing new opportunities and managing the UK market from an investment perspective.
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Ryan Franz is an Investment Director in Stafford’s Private Markets team.
Prior to joining Stafford Ryan worked at Audant Investments, a Sydney-based family office, where he was focused on private capital investments. Ryan has a private equity and investment banking background and has worked across numerous industry sectors including Industrials, Technology, Real Estate and Agriculture.
He has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology, Sydney and a Masters of Science in Property Studies from the University of Cape Town.
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Rick is involved in relationship management, due diligence and negotiation.
He was previously Managing Director for Macquarie Investment Management Private Markets which advised on over $7 billion of assets, including private funds, secondary investments and co-investments. Prior to co-founding MIMPM global private equity and real asset operations, Rick was Vice President at Pacific Corporate Group.
He earned a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Texas-Austin and a Bachelors degree from the United States Naval Academy.
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Lane French is a part of the Stafford Infrastructure team and is primarily involved in sourcing, research and due diligence, and the structuring and execution of infrastructure secondaries investments in North America.
Prior to joining Stafford, Lane was an Associate underwriting infrastructure secondaries transactions at another secondaries firm. Before that, he worked as a Senior Analyst at BP Capital Fund Advisors and an Equity Research Associate at Baird.
Lane has been a CFA® Charterholder since 2018 and is a member of the CFA Society of Austin. He holds a BBA in both Finance and Entrepreneurial Management as well as a Certificate in Financial Risk Management & Insurance from the University of Iowa.
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Laurence Gallo is a Natural Capital Client Portfolio Manager within Stafford’s Client Solutions Team, where she focuses on managing investor relationships and supporting capital raising initiatives.
Prior to joining Stafford, Laurence was a Product Strategist at BlackRock, where she specialised in fundraising strategy and client relationship management across a range of asset classes in both public and private markets.
Laurence holds an MSc in Economics and Mathematics from La Sorbonne, Paris, and an MSc in Investment Management from Bayes Business School, London.
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Michael is Head of Fund Operations, and is responsible for the operation of the timberland, infrastructure and agriculture and food funds, including reporting, cash management, investor relations, assisting the investment team and administration.
Prior to joining Stafford, he worked in the oil and gas industry.
He trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales whilst at Stafford and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Sheffield.
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William manages various global investments for Stafford Infrastructure and contributes to Stafford Sustainable Capital investment activities. He has more than 10 years of industry experience and has held senior management roles with Macquarie Investment Management Private Markets, Swiss Re, and the Asian Development Bank, where he was responsible for sourcing, due diligence, and financing projects in the infrastructure and renewables sectors. William has a Masters in Business Administration from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, a Masters of Science in Environmental Engineering from Stanford University, and both a Masters and Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering from The National Superior School of Hydraulics of Grenoble, France.
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Beth Greenhalgh provides administrative support to the Operations, HR, IT, General Counsel, and Compliance teams, as well as across all offices outside London. Some of her responsibilities include vendor management and onboarding/offboarding support.
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Marek is an Investment Manager focused on investor relations, industry research, asset due diligence and monitoring of investment performance.
Prior to Stafford, he was the Forestry Director at Green Resources, a vertically integrated forest products company operating across East Africa. Previously, Marek was a Principal with Pöyry Management Consulting where he led a team providing advisory services to a wide range of stakeholders in the forest sector.
He holds Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry from the University of Stellenbosch.
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Adam Hawkins is Head of Technology and is responsible for Stafford's global IT strategy including cyber security and the internal technology function.
Before joining Stafford, Adam was Head of IT at Cerno Capital Partners LLP where he was responsible for the company's IT estate.
Adam holds a Batchelor of Science with honours from the University of Kent in Multimedia Technology and Design.
Chloe is Stafford's HR Manager overseeing the day-to-day operations of our HR function whilst partnering with the business to deliver people focused and commercial outcomes.
Prior to Stafford, Chloe spent 11 years working within the legal sector across several HR specialisms and managed HR operations teams regionally and globally.
Chloe holds a BA in Business Administration at The University of Greenwich and an MA in Human Resource Management at London Metropolitan University.
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Brett Himbury is Chairman of Stafford Capital Partners.
Brett is Non Executive Director and Senior Advisor to a number of Commercial, Charitable and Community Organisations. This follows a successful executive career spanning over 38 years in financial services. Brett was most recently CEO of IFM Investors for ten years where he led the transformation of the firm from A$20Bn to A$167Bn, with 89% of products and mandates outperforming on behalf of over 450 institutional clients across 23 countries.
Brett has an MBA (Exec) from the AGSM, University of NSW, and works closely with the team at Stafford providing strategic advice and support globally.
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Marta Jankovic is the Head of Sustainability at Stafford. Marta works closely with Stafford’s Investment Teams and is focused on shaping Stafford’s sustainable investing strategy, fostering engagement with clients, policy and industry stakeholders.
Prior to Stafford, Marta was responsible for the delivery of client responsible investment policy objectives at APG Asset Management, representing the Responsible Investment team on the Committee for Investment Proposals, and later advised APG’s Private Markets teams on implementation of EU sustainability regulation (SFDR). Marta was also a Director in the Stewardship team at BlackRock.
Marta holds a Masters of Arts in EU Law from King’s College London and a Bachelors of Arts (German Studies) and Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales, in Sydney.
William Javaux is part of the Sustainability Team and supports the implementation of Stafford’s sustainability strategy and objectives, including the firm's Net Zero commitments and ESG integration effort.
Prior to joining Stafford, William worked for ESG Book and Iceberg Data Lab where he supported investment firms with integrating ESG, climate and biodiversity data within the investment process.
William holds a MSc in Climate Change Management & Finance from Imperial College London and both a BSc and MSc in Business Engineering from the Louvain School of Management.
Yoon Ku Kang is an Assistant Manager in Stafford's Client Solutions team in Asia.
Yoon Ku initially joined Stafford as an intern at the Seoul office before joining full time. Prior to Stafford, he interned as an equities analyst at Meritz Asset Management where he conducted due diligence on the Korean healthcare sector.
Yoon Ku attended the Georgia Institute of Technology and majored in Biomedical Engineering.
Gregor is responsible for business development efforts across Europe.
Prior to Stafford, he was Managing Partner at Cartesius Corporate Finance, an advisory boutique offering placement agent services for alternative investment managers and corporate finance services targeting the energy and cleantech sector. Previously, Gregor was Director and Head of Finance at KBR Finance, a corporate finance boutique, and a sell-side analyst for Sal. Oppenheim, covering European utility and renewable energy companies. Gregor started his career as a management consultant at Capgemini’s energy practice.
He holds a PhD in business administration from the University of Duisburg-Essen/Germany where he worked as post-graduate at the Chair of Energy Economics.
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Jesse de Klerk is Partner at Stafford Capital Partners in The Netherlands, with a focus on European private equity investments and global thematic private equity investments.
Prior to joining Stafford Capital Partners in June 2020, Jesse was Head of Private Equity at Robeco, where he worked since 2004. Prior to that, he worked as consultant at KPMG and Andersen, advising global organizations on risk management, financial management, and performance improvement. He started his career at Deutsche Bank in London, where he worked in the Global Markets Research division.
Mr. De Klerk holds an M.Sc. cum laude in Financial Econometrics from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, an M.Sc. cum laude in M&A and Valuation from the University of Groningen, is a CFA-charter holder, and a CAIA-charter holder.
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Charlie Kyaing is a Fund Controller in Stafford’s Real Assets team, responsible for overseeing fund operations and investor reporting, with a focus on Infrastructure.
Before joining Stafford, Charlie spent seven years at Kreston Reeves, an accountancy practice, gaining experience across multiple service lines, and later worked as a Fund Accountant at Praxis Group, a private equity real estate investment firm.
He is a Chartered Accountant (ACCA) and holds a First Class Honours degree in Business from the University of Brighton.
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