Michael van Och | Compliance Officer | Rotterdam, Netherlands
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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Daan Oranje | Managing Partner, Stafford Timberland | Sydney, Australia
Daan Oranje | Managing Partner, Stafford Timberland | Sydney, Australia

Daan is involved in relationship management, investment sourcing, due diligence, negotiation and research for investments in timber.

Daan was previously with URS as a senior consultant specialising in timberland appraisals and environmental audits.

He holds a Bachelor degree in forestry with honours from the University of Melbourne and a Graduate Diploma in applied finance (FINSIA).

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Kate Pargaman | Analyst, Stafford Private Equity | Austin, US
Kate Pargaman | Analyst, Stafford Private Equity | Austin, US

Kate 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.

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Amit Patel | Principal, Stafford Private Equity | London, UK
Amit Patel | Principal, Stafford Private Equity | London, UK

Amit Patel is a Principal in Stafford’s European Private Equity business line, involved in the sourcing, execution, diligence and monitoring of European Private Equity investments.

Prior to joining Stafford Capital Partners, Amit spent four years in the private equity team at Robeco. Amit began his career at London-based investment firm Keyhaven Capital Partners where he spent eight years.

Amit holds a Masters of Science in Investment Management from Cass Business School and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Bristol Business School.

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Rahul Patel | Financial Accountant | London, UK
Rahul Patel | Financial Accountant | London, UK

Rahul Patel is a Financial Accountant and is responsible for the Corporate Accounting at Stafford Capital Partners.

Prior to Stafford, Rahul worked across Fin-Tech and Professional Services sectors where he trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

Rahul is a Chartered Accountant with the ACCA and holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from The University of Nottingham.

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Jay Peay | Vice President, Stafford Timberland | Austin, US
Jay Peay | Vice President, Stafford Timberland | Austin, US

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.

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Daniel Pye | Vice President, Stafford Infrastructure | London, UK
Daniel Pye | Vice President, Stafford Infrastructure | London, UK

Daniel is involved in investment research, due diligence, transaction execution, portfolio management, and origination. He also works on various sustainability projects.

Prior to joining Stafford, Daniel was part of the assurance and advisory team at Deloitte in Australia, servicing listed, multinational, and private clients across a range of industries.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce with majors in Accounting & Finance from the University of Sydney, is a qualified Chartered Accountant with Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ) and has completed level 1 of the CFA Program.

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Dan Rocca | Vice President, Stafford Timberland | Sydney, Australia
Dan Rocca | Vice President, Stafford Timberland | Sydney, Australia

Dan is an Vice President with Stafford’s Timberland team. His focus areas are market analysis, investment due diligence and operational management of timberland investments.

Prior to Stafford, Dan worked as a Forestry, ArcGIS and Bioenergy Analyst at Pöyry in both New Zealand and Australia. His experience includes: forest appraisals, asset due diligence, market trends and analysis and forecasting with a focus on the Asia Pacific region.

Dan holds a Bachelor of Forestry Science from the University of Canterbury.

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Beatriz Rossa | ESG Data Analyst | Curitiba, Brazil
Beatriz Rossa | ESG Data Analyst | Curitiba, Brazil

Beatriz 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).

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Christophe de Royer | Vice President, Client Solutions, Europe | Zurich, Switzerland
Christophe de Royer | Vice President, Client Solutions, Europe | Zurich, Switzerland

Christophe works within Client Solutions and is involved in all aspects of business development for Europe.

Prior to joining Stafford in 2020, Christophe worked as an associate with Deutsche Bank’s asset management arm, DWS, where he completed the global graduate programme and integrated the Insurance Coverage team. As part of his responsibilities, Christophe maintained relationships with insurance companies and supported senior management on various sales activities.

Christophe has a Master in Finance degree from EDHEC Business School, and a Bachelor’s degree from the École Hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL).

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Carlos Ruiz | Vice President, Stafford Timberland | Austin, Texas
Carlos Ruiz | Vice President, Stafford Timberland | Austin, Texas

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.

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Victoria Sherliker | Chief Compliance Officer | London, UK
Victoria Sherliker | Chief Compliance Officer | London, UK

Victoria is Chief Compliance Officer at Stafford and is responsible for all aspects of compliance across the business.

Victoria brings over 20 years of experience in legal and compliance roles within financial services. Most recently at gunnercooke LLP, Victoria advised investment managers on all aspects of private investment management, compliance strategy, and global regulatory matters. Prior to that, Victoria was General Counsel at MVision Private Equity Advisers for nine years.

Victoria holds a Batchelors degree in Natural Sciences, a Distinction in Legal Practice from BPP Law School and trained in the Private Equity Group at SJ Berwin LLP.

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Dhara Soneji | Head of Tax | London, UK
Dhara Soneji | Head of Tax | London, UK

Dhara is Stafford’s Tax Manager and is Responsible for tax compliance, planning and reporting on behalf of the Stafford funds.

Prior to joining Stafford, Dhara worked as a Vice President in the transaction tax team at Duff and Phelps and as a Tax Manager in the KPMG private equity funds team.

She is a qualified Chartered Accountant, qualified Chartered Tax Advisor and holds a bachelor’s degree in Law from Reading University.

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Daria Stotskaya | Carbon Associate, Stafford Timberland | London, UK
Daria Stotskaya | Carbon Associate, Stafford Timberland | London, UK

Daria Stotskaya is Carbon Associate within Stafford's Timberland team, supporting primarily with the development of the Carbon Fund.

Daria joined Stafford from South Pole, a leading climate-solutions project developer and a consultancy, where she worked within the Carbon projects team and engaged in the in-house research activities.

She holds a Masters of Sustainable Urbanism from the University College London (UCL) and a Bachelor of Science from the London School of Economics (LSE).

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Haiko Sulman | Vice President, Stafford Private Equity | Rotterdam, Netherlands
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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Nhien Vo | Operations Assistant | London, UK
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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