Haiko Sulman | Vice President, Stafford Private Equity | Rotterdam, Netherlands
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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Michael van Och | Compliance Officer | Rotterdam, Netherlands
Michael van Och is Stafford’s Compliance Officer based in Rotterdam.
Prior to joining Stafford, Michael worked at Knab for five years formerly as a Business Consultant and leaving as Compliance Officer. Michael started his career at Robeco where he was based in the Netherlands for ten years and Miami for a couple. He fulfilled different roles during his time at Robeco with a strong focus on Compliance.
Michael is a Certified Compliance Professional (certified by the Dutch Compliance Institute) and holds a Master of Science degree in Criminology from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.
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Nhien Vo | Operations Assistant | London, UK
Nhien Vo is Stafford’s Operations Assistant
Prior to joining Stafford, Nhien was an entrepreneur with her own financial technology consulting business, working with Start-Ups to build their operations. Most recently, Nhien worked for Vesuvius PLC in office administration and operations. Nhien is currently focusing on IT based financial solutions to deliver business process improvement, data migration and supporting Stafford’s COO on restructuring projects.
She has Prince2 and Agile Certifications.
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Stephen White | Co-founder, Stafford Private Equity | Sydney, Australia
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 Whiteley | Chief Executive Officer | London, UK
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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Henry Willson | Vice President, Stafford Timberland | London, UK
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.
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Elizabeth Williams | Business Development Analyst, North America | Austin, US
Elizabeth 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.
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John Zaknic | Principal, Stafford Infrastructure | Sydney, Australia
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 | Senior Advisor, Stafford Private Equity | Rotterdam, NL
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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Amy Zhao | Portfolio Analyst, Stafford Timberland | Sydney, Australia
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.
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Steven Zehr | Partner, Stafford Infrastructure | Zurich, Switzerland
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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