Valentina Abbott | Global Head of Client Solutions | London, UK
Valentina Abbott is Global Head of Client Solutions and is responsible for the development of Stafford’s Client Solutions and Relationship Management function.
Prior to Stafford, Valentina was Global Head of IFM’s Global Relationship Group where she was responsible for international business development and private markets capital raising programs, investor relations and product development efforts.
Valentina holds a Masters of Operational Leadership from Melbourne Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne.
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Stephen Addicott | Managing Partner, Stafford Timberland | London, UK
Stephen is co-Managing Partner of Stafford’s Timberland team and is responsible for client services, investment sourcing and due diligence.
Stephen was previously the Forest Business Manager for Willmott Forests where he managed large afforestation and acquisition projects. He was also a senior consultant at URS, specialising in plantation management, timberland appraisals and due diligence.
He holds a Bachelor degree in Forestry from the University of Melbourne.
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Jungwoo Ahn | Head of Client Solutions, Asia | Seoul, Korea
Jungwoo is responsible for business development efforts in Asia.
Prior to Stafford, he served as Managing Director at Timber Capital, a boutique investment management firm specializing in fund solutions. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance as well as Accounting from Seoul University.
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James Allen | Vice President, Stafford Timberland & Agriculture | London, UK
James is responsible for portfolio management, origination, due diligence and investor reporting.
Prior to Stafford, James was a Senior Analyst at EBG Capital, an agricultural investment advisory firm, where he completed mandates for various Family Offices, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the German International Development Agency. Before this, James was an Investment Manager at EnerCap Capital Partners in Prague, focusing on wind farm project finance and M&A in central and eastern Europe. He also has experience in carbon finance (with Climate Change Capital) and public market transactions.
James holds an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London and a BA (Hons) in Natural Sciences from Clare College, Cambridge.
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Nick Anderson | Associate, Stafford Timberland | Austin, US
Nick Anderson is an Associate on the Timber team responsible for evaluating new investment opportunities.
Prior to Stafford, Nick was an Associate at J.P. Morgan Chase responsible for underwriting debt solutions to sponsor-backed tech and life sciences companies.
Nick holds bachelor’s degrees in Finance and Philosophy from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
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Matthew Armstrong | Financial Accountant | London, UK
Matthew is Stafford's Financial Accountant, and is responsible for the fund operations of Stafford's European Private Markets business line.
Prior to joining Stafford, Matthew worked at Deloitte, where he gained his ACCA qualification and worked as an assistant manager in audit, with a focus on private equity and real estate funds.
Matthew also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business and Management from the University of Exeter.
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Niels Bardelmeijer | Portfolio Manager & Product Specialist | Rotterdam, Netherlands
Niels is a portfolio manager and private equity product specialist for Stafford’s Client Solutions team.
Prior to joining Stafford, Niels was co-heading the private equity activities at Robeco, which managed and advised over USD 2bln of assets in private equity. Niels started his career at ING Structured Finance.
Niels holds a Masters of Science in Business Administration from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.
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Theodoros Benavidis | Associate, Stafford Infrastructure | Zurich, Switzerland
Theodoros Benavidis is an Analyst of Stafford Infrastructure and is involved in market research and due diligence for Infrastructure investments.
Prior to joining Stafford, he worked with Swiss Life Infrastructure and had various internships in the Risk Management division of NBG Securities and with Stafford Infrastructure.
He holds a MSc in Finance from University of Lausanne and a BSc in Banking and Financial Management from the University of Piraeus.
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Andrew Betz | Partner, Stafford Private Equity | Los Angeles, US
Andrew works on venture capital and growth equity opportunities.
Prior to Stafford, Andrew worked with Macquarie Investment Management Private Markets and GKM Newport as an investment manager. In these roles, Andrew was responsible for due diligence of primary and co-investment opportunities.
He holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Southern California and a Bachelors degree from the University of California-San Diego.
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Yughues Bonfim | Associate, Stafford Timberland | Curitiba, Brazil
Yughues joined Stafford as an Investment Associate based in Brazil and is responsible for investor relations, industry research, asset due diligence, and the monitoring of investment performance with a focus on Latin America.
Previously Yughues worked for TTG/BTG from coordinating the planting of seedlings in the field to performing internal valuations. In total, holds over 15 years of experience working in forest management and consulting.
He also holds Bachelor's degrees in Forestry, Business Management, and Project Management from Universidade Federal do Paraná, FAE Business School, and FGV.
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Dan Bowden | Partner, Stafford Private Equity | Sydney, Australia
Dan makes primary commitments to private equity funds in Australia and New Zealand (over $500m since joining in 2007). He sits on Investment Advisory Boards of a range of private equity funds. He also makes co-investments alongside the private equity funds, and acquires secondary private equity fund interests. Prior to joining Stafford, Dan spent three years in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, where he advised companies on mergers, acquisitions and capital raisings.
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Richard Bowley | Co-founder | London, UK
Richard co-founded Stafford Timberland and co-developed Stafford Private Equity’s initial international expansion plan. Prior to this, Richard was CEO of Pantheon Ventures. He is involved in relationship management, strategy formulation and investment evaluation. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in London and has a BSc Honours in Chemistry from Exeter University.
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Karina Bradley | Associate, Stafford Private Equity | Sydney, Australia
Karina is an Associate in Stafford’s Private Equity team and based in Sydney. She is responsible for evaluating co-investment and secondary investment opportunities, as well as conducting due diligence on private equity managers and funds.
Karina began her career as a commercial and tax lawyer, before working most recently at a management consultant in London, specialising in private equity. While in this role, she advised mid-to-large cap private equity funds on the commercial aspects of their transactions, as well as working on post-deal value creation plans and strategies.
Karina holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Economics and Finance) and a Juris Doctor from the University of Melbourne and has been admitted to practice in the State of Victoria.
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Isabella Brant | Marketing Manager, Client Solutions | London, UK
Isabella is a Marketing Manager at Stafford and is responsible for the fund marketing and branding across each business line.
Prior to joining Stafford, Isabella worked at an impact investing fund, Conduit Connect, where she headed its marketing activities.
Isabella holds a Bachelor of Arts and Science in History and Global Sustainable Development from the University of Warwick.
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Lee Brown | Associate, Stafford Private Equity | Austin, US
Lee is an Investment Associate for Stafford’s Private Equity group. He is involved primarily in due diligence, transaction sourcing and assists in manager research.
Prior to joining Stafford, Lee was a Deal Advisory Senior Associate at KPMG where he had experience in Lender Due Diligence and Corporate Finance practices.
Lee is a Certified Public Accountant and has a Bachelors Degree in Finance and Accountancy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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José de Bruin | Head of Risk Management & Internal Audit | Rotterdam, Netherlands
José de Bruin is Head of Risk Management & Internal Audit and is responsible for independent risk oversight and control at Stafford Capital Partners.
Prior to Stafford, José was an investment risk manager at Dutch pension investor PGGM where she provided independent risk advice directly to the pension fund board on strategic and fiduciary topics. She was also responsible for independent risk management for the Listed and Private Real Estate portfolios and led multiple initiatives focused on climate risk management and impact investing.
José is a CFA Charterholder and holds a master's degree in International Financial Management from Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and a master's degree in Business and Economics from Uppsala University.
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Vince Cao | Chief Financial Officer | London, UK
Vince Cao is responsible for financial management and involved in strategy formulation and implementation across Stafford Capital Partners.
Prior to Stafford, he was with Ernst & Young, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant, serving as a Senior Manager providing audit, tax, transactions, due diligence and accounting support to emerging growth clients in Sydney (Australia), Philadelphia (United States) and Santiago (Chile). Vince began his career in finance over 20 years ago.
Vince received a Bachelor of Business degree majoring in Accounting and Finance from the University of Technology, Sydney.
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Priya Chauhan | Finance Manager | London, UK
Priya is a Finance Manager at Stafford and works in the Real Assets team.
Prior to joining Stafford, Priya trained and qualified as a Certified Public Accountant at EY in Los Angeles and London where she focused on real estate, hospitality, construction and asset managers.
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Vicky Creek | Finance Assistant | London, UK
Vicky is a Finance Assistant for Stafford, responsible for the management of corporate invoices received for the corporate entities within group.
Prior to joining Stafford, Vicky worked in finance for a digital print company, and has experience in company mergers.
Vicky is a part qualified AAT accountant.
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Elisa Dunisha | Analyst, Stafford Infrastructure | London, UK
Elisa Dunisha is part of the Stafford Infrastructure team and is primarily involved in investment research, due diligence, and transaction execution.
Before transitioning to the infrastructure team, Elisa was a member of the Sustainability Team, where she worked closely with Stafford's Investment teams to integrate ESG factors into the investment process.
Prior to joining Stafford, Elisa worked as a Senior Consultant for Avanntive Consulting and at the same time served as a back-stopper expert in a joint capacity-building project with Roland Berger Gmbh.
She holds a Master of Arts in Corporate Finance from Toulouse School of Management, France and a BSc in Finance from the University of Tirana.
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