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.
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.
Read MoreYughues 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.
Read MoreLee 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.
Read MoreKurt is responsible for relationship management, sourcing and due diligence for sustainable investments.
Prior to Stafford, Kurt worked for Macquarie Investment Management Private Markets as Senior Vice President. He also spent several years identifying clean tech ventures and technologies, incubating start-ups for launch and growth, and consulting with sustainable start-ups.
He earned a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Texas-Austin and a Bachelors degree from Carnegie Mellon University.
Read MoreRick 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.
Read MoreLane French is a part of the Stafford Infrastructure team and is primarily involved in investment research, due diligence, transaction execution, and originations in the US.
Prior to joining Stafford, Lane was at Beneficient underwriting secondaries investments in energy and infrastructure. Before that, he worked as a Senior Analyst at BP Capital Fund Advisors and an Equity Research Associate at Baird.
Read MoreRon is responsible for sourcing and due diligence of private markets investments.
He was previously a Principal at Sweetwater Capital Partners, a boutique private equity secondaries firm. Prior to Sweetwater, Ron held investment roles at StepStone Global and Signal Peak Ventures.
Ron holds an MBA from Mannheim University in Germany and a BA in economics from Villanova University.
Read MorePedro is a Data Technician and is involved in data analysis process, business support and reporting.
Prior to joining Stafford, Pedro assisted in the development of research in the optimization in forest management.
Pedro is a qualified Environmental Technician and Forest Engineer and is currently enrolled for a postgraduate in Business Intelligence, Big Data and Analytics - Data Science
Read MoreAndrew is responsible for oversight and strategy for Stafford's U.S. timberland investment portfolio.
Prior to joining Stafford, Andrew held roles in risk management at Alliant Insurance Services and as Portfolio Manager & Manager of Business Development at Campbell Global, where he focused on timberland portfolio operations, strategy, acquisitions, dispositions, analytics & fundraising.
Andrew holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Oregon with a concentration in finance & economics.
Juli is an investment analyst focused on providing project support across the Stafford Group. She delivers various business process improvements and special projects across the business.
Prior to joining Stafford Juli assisted in the development of research for Brazilian public agricultural research corporation.
Juli is a qualified Chemical Technician and Forest Engineer and is currently enrolled for a Masters in Business Administration specialising in Big Data and Market Intelligence.
Read MoreAshley works on the client solutions team in North America.
Prior to joining Stafford, she worked in business development and client relations with DW Partners, a multi-strategy/special situations credit firm. Previously, Ashley was Director of Investor Relations at Meritage Capital, a boutique investment management firm specializing in differentiated hedge fund solutions and was a Senior Associate, Business Development with Pine River Capital Management, a global alternative asset manager. Ashley began her career in alternatives as an Investor Relations Analyst at King Street Capital Management.
She received a Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurial Management and Spanish Studies from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.
Read MoreKate Pargaman is a Private Equity Analyst in Stafford's US Private Equity Team.
Prior to joining Stafford, Kate was an International Tax Senior Consultant at Deloitte where she helped clients with compliance and strategic planning around international M&A and financing.
Kate is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Texas and has a Bachelor degree in Business Administration and Master degree in Professional Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin.
Jay Peay is a Vice President with Stafford Timberland and is involved in due diligence and transaction sourcing for Timberland investments.
Prior to joining Stafford, Jay was a Deals Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he focused on M&A valuations, market research, and analytics.
Jay is a Certified Public Accountant. He has a Master of Accountancy from Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management as well as a BA in Finance and Accounting from Wofford College.
Read MoreBeatriz Rossa is ESG Data Analyst in Stafford's Sustainability Team. Beatriz works closely with collecting, reporting, and analysing ESG data, while also contributing to the methodology evolution for Stafford’s ESG data tools. Before transitioning to the Sustainability Team, she worked with data analytics for the Timber and Technology Team.
Prior to joining Stafford, Beatriz worked for a Wood Panels Industry and a Consulting Company. Her work primarily involved forest inventory data, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Brazilian environmental regulatory projects.
Beatriz holds a Bachelor of Forest Engineering from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR).
Carlos Ruiz is a Vice President with Stafford Timberland and is involved in due diligence and transaction sourcing for Timberland investments.
Prior to joining Stafford, Carlos was a Transaction Manager at Manulife where he focused on Farmland and Farmland plus acquisitions in US and Canada
Carlos holds a master’s degree from the University of Georgia as well as a BS in Industrial Engineering.
Read MoreElizabeth Williams is a member of the Stafford Client Solutions team for North America and is primarily involved in business development, capital raising, marketing, and investor relations.
Prior to joining Stafford, Elizabeth was a Senior Associate at KPMG conducting financial due diligence on transactions for private equity firms. She also worked as an Audit Associate at KPMG focusing on financial services companies.
Elizabeth holds a Masters of Business Administration from UCLA Anderson School of Management, and a Masters in Professional Accounting and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University Texas of Austin. She has been a Certified Public Accountant in Texas since 2019.
Tainá is a Data Technician at Stafford, and is involved in data analysis, innovation and business support.
Prior to joining Stafford, Tainá assisted in the area of statistical consultancy.
She recently graduated from Universidade Estadual de Maringá in Statistics.
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