Team.

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2020, Mr. Agrawal was an associate in the private equity group at Blackstone in New York. Previously, he was an investment banking analyst at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Agrawal is currently a member of the board of Care Advantage. Mr. Agrawal received a BS from Harvard College, an MBA from Harvard Business School and a MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2018, Mr. Ardies was an investment banking analyst in the financial sponsors group at Credit Suisse in London. Mr. Ardies received a MSc from KU Leuven and a MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2011, Mr. Austin was an investment banking associate in the mergers and acquisitions group at Morgan Stanley in New York. He began his career in the restructuring group at Rothschild in New York. Mr. Austin is currently a member of the board of Ziply Fiber. Mr. Austin received a BA from Bates College. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2023, Mr. Batista was a vice president in the infrastructure investing group at Goldman Sachs in New York. Mr. Batista received a BS in Finance and Accounting from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2019, Mr. de Canniere was a senior associate at Blackstone in London. He began his career as an investment banking analyst in the TMT group at J.P. Morgan in London. Mr. de Canniere received a BSc and an MSc from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2019, Mr. Carroll was an associate at Pine Brook Partners in New York. Previously, he was an investment banking analyst at Barclays. Mr. Carroll received a BS and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. 

Mr. Cartier leads Searchlight’s value creation effort in Europe. Prior to joining Searchlight in 2021, Mr. Cartier was a partner at Bain & Company for 14 years across the London, Madrid, Amsterdam and Copenhagen offices. During his time at Bain, he worked on both private equity and listed companies on strategy, end to end execution of radical transformations, mergers/carve-outs and due diligence. Mr. Cartier is currently serving on the board of Flowbird Group. Mr. Cartier received an MEng from the University of Bristol and an MBA from Columbia Business School. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2023, Mr. Castillo worked as a principal at Metric Capital Partners in Madrid. He previously worked in investment banking at Deutsche Bank in London and Madrid. Mr. Castillo received his BA from CUNEF Business School in Madrid.

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2023, Mr. Chester worked as a Senior Director at Wealthsimple, after previous roles at firms including MNP and Stern Cohen. Mr. Chester received a BComm from McMaster University. He is a Canadian CPA, CA.

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2023, Mr. Chona was a Principal at Perry Creek Capital, where he focused on distressed debt, private equity, and public equity investments. Previously, Mr. Chona was an Associate at MHR Fund Management, where he focused on activist equity and control distressed debt opportunities. He began his career as an Analyst at Bain Capital in the Distressed & Special Situations group. Mr. Chona graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Economics from The Wharton School and a BA in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania as part of the Vagelos Program in Life Sciences & Management.

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2017, Mr. Colder worked at Strategic Value Partners, where he served as a Director and led North American Industrial Research for the firm’s investment funds. Prior to Strategic Value Partners, Mr. Colder worked at Ewing Management Group, where he oversaw the firm’s private equity investment team focused on turnaround and special situation control investments. Prior to Ewing, he worked at Aurora Capital Group, where he focused on buyouts and recapitalizations of middle market industrial companies. Mr. Colder began his career at Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co. in Charlotte in 1997. He received a BBA, summa cum laude, from James Madison University.

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2010, Mr. Cruz was an associate at Oaktree Capital Management, where he was part of the global principal control investing strategy focused on distressed debt for control and private equity investments. He began his career as an investment banking analyst in the leveraged finance and restructuring advisory group at UBS in San Francisco. Mr. Cruz serves on various portfolio company boards. Mr. Cruz received an HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2011, Mr. Dekker was a principal at Bain Capital in London, where he focused on investments in the consumer, services and industrial sectors. He began his career as an investment banking analyst in the mergers and acquisitions group at Morgan Stanley in London. Mr. Dekker serves on various portfolio company boards. Mr. Dekker received an MSc in business administration and economics from the University of St. Gallen. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2021, Mr. Folek worked as a Senior Associate in the US tax practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Previously, Mr. Folek worked as a US tax specialist at KPMG. Mr. Folek received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University.

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2011, Mr. Frey was a managing principal at Quadrangle Group in New York, where he focused on investments in the telecommunications and technology sectors. Previously, he held positions at TPG Capital in London and Blackstone in New York. He began his career as an investment banking analyst in the media and communications group at Lehman Brothers in New York. Mr. Frey serves on various portfolio company boards. Mr. Frey received a BS in finance and BAS in systems engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. 

Mr. Glatt brings considerable principal investing experience in technology, media and telecommunications (“TMT”) investing. He invested over $6 billion across 18 TMT investments during his career. Prior to joining Searchlight in 2013, Mr. Glatt was a partner in the private equity group at Apollo, where he focused on both equity and credit investing in a range of industries that included TMT, consumer, leisure and shipping. Mr. Glatt serves on various portfolio company boards. Previously, Mr. Glatt held positions at Bear Stearns, Apax Partners and The Cypress Group. He received a BS from The George Washington University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2021, Ms. Good was a partner at Hg, where she led the portfolio and operations team of over 30 executives. While at Hg, Ms. Good was also an active member of the Operating Committee and chaired the Portfolio Review Committee. Previously, Ms. Good was a partner at Bain & Company. During her career at Bain, she worked in both the London and San Francisco offices, with a focus on technology and private equity clients during both the diligence and post-acquisition stages. Ms. Good is currently serving on the boards of Care Advantage and IPS. Ms. Good received a BA in economics from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2011, Ms. Gospodinova worked as a Business Analyst at Vale in Toronto. She started her career at KPMG in Bulgaria. Ms. Gospodinova received a BA from the Sofia University and is a U.K. ACCA and a Canadian CPA, CGA.

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2019, Ms. Greene was the Head of Marketing and Investor Relations at Varagon Capital Partners. Previously, she was a managing director at BlackRock, where she raised capital for hedge fund and private credit offerings and a director at Anchorage Capital Group, where she managed the firm’s relationships with a range of domestic and foreign institutional investors, including pension plans, endowments, foundations and sovereign wealth funds. She received a BCom from McGill University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2016, Mr. Hendrick led U.S. origination and trading and focused on Wall Street intermediaries, banks and other financial institutions at Strategic Value Partners. He was also an assistant portfolio manager on the Strategic Value Credit Opportunities Fund. Previously, Mr. Hendrick co-founded the bank loan trading desk at DLJ (later Credit Suisse) in New York and held positions on the trading desks at Citibank and Merrill Lynch. He began his career at Continental Bank in Chicago. Mr. Hendrick received a BS from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from Indiana University. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2019, Mr. Hoxha worked as a consultant at Cornerstone Capital Management. He started his career at Columbia University as a Desktop Support Specialist. Mr. Hoxha received a BS from New York City College of Technology.

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2019, Ms. Iyer was an associate director at UBS in the private funds group, where she focused on capital raising of private equity funds as well as secondary transactions. Ms. Iyer received a BA from Colby College. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2021, Mr. Joynt worked at Macquarie Capital in New York where he was an investment professional in the Principal Finance group. He has 13 years of experience at Macquarie across three investment strategies: growth equity, capital solutions and special situations, and held positions in New York, Hong Kong and Sydney. Mr. Joynt received a Bachelor of Economics and Law Degree from the University of Western Australia.

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2024, Mr. Kapoor worked as a Fund Controller at Nephila Capital Ltd., overseeing several insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment funds. Prior to that, he held the position of a Manager in the Business Analysis and Transformation Department and an Assistant Manager in the Corporate Finance Department at KPMG. His career commenced as an Audit Executive in the investment funds' auditing division at KPMG. Mr. Kapoor obtained his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Delhi University. He is a CFA and also a qualified Chartered Accountant (CA).

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2021, Ms. Kim was a senior associate at Wafra in New York, where she focused on investor relations and business development efforts. Previously, she held positions at QVT Financial and Hellman & Friedman in New York and San Francisco, respectively. She began her career as an investment banking analyst at Citigroup in San Francisco. Ms. Kim received a BS from the Marshall School of Business at University of Southern California. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2016, Ms. Kwun worked as the Tax Director for Direct Investments in the Americas for a large pension plan in Toronto after having served as Tax Director for Global Real Estate Investments. Previously, Ms. Kwun held several positions with PricewaterhouseCoopers, most recently serving as Senior Tax Manager in their international tax group. Ms. Kwun received a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto. Ms. Kwun is a Canadian CPA, CA.

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2014, Mr. Laloum was an investment banking associate in the leveraged finance group at Deutsche Bank in London. Mr. Laloum is currently a member of the boards of Ardent Hire Solutions and Opus Group. He received an MA from the EDHEC Business School. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2015, Mr. Lo worked as the Controller of the Structured Credit group within the Finance team at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Toronto, after having previously served as an Executive Director in the Finance Policy group. Prior to CIBC, he served as Manager, Investment Accounting with the OPSEU Pension Trust overseeing their complete investment portfolio. Mr. Lo started his career in 1997 at KPMG in Toronto where he ultimately became a Manager in the Audit and Assurance group. Mr. Lo received a BA and MAcc from the University of Waterloo. He is a Canadian CPA, CA and CFA.

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2016, Mr. Maass was an associate at Riverstone Holdings in New York, where he focused on investments in the energy industry. He began his career as a mergers and acquisitions investment banking analyst at Lazard in New York. Mr. Maass received a BA from Hamilton College. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2020, Mr. Marshall was a director at Bregal Freshstream, where he focused on investments in the industrials, business services, healthcare, consumer and financial services sectors. Previously, he was an investment manager at Bregal Capital and an associate director at UBS Investment Bank. Mr. Marshall received a BA from the University of Durham. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2019, Mr. Marugg worked at Goldman Sachs in London, where he was part of the Distressed Credit team. Mr. Marugg received a BA and MA from the University of St. Gallen.

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2014, Mr. Nurmohamed was an associate at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt in Toronto, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions. Previously, he was an associate in the mergers and acquisitions group at Shearman & Sterling in New York. Mr. Nurmohamed received a BA from McGill University and a JD from the University of Toronto. He has been admitted to the Ontario and New York Bar. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2021, Mr. Pai was the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), which he led from 2017 until 2021. During his tenure as Chairman, he implemented major initiatives to help close the digital divide; advance U.S. leadership in 5G, Open Radio Access Networks, Wi-Fi 6, and other wireless technologies; promote innovation; protect consumers, public safety, and national security; and make the agency itself more open, transparent, and data driven. Mr. Pai first joined the FCC as a Commissioner in 2012. Before becoming Commissioner, Mr. Pai served in various positions of increasing responsibility at the FCC, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the U.S. Senate. Previously, he was a partner at Jenner & Block and served as in-house counsel at Verizon. Mr. Pai serves on various portfolio company boards. Mr. Pai received an AB, with honors, from Harvard University and a JD from the University of Chicago Law School. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2023, Ms. Paliotta worked as a Senior Manager in the People Advisory Services practice at Ernst & Young, advising clients in the Financial Services sector. Ms. Paliotta received a Bachelor of Science in Human and Organizational Development from Vanderbilt University. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2019, Ms. Pang worked as a Senior Associate, Assurance at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Toronto. Prior to this, Ms. Pang worked as a Financial Analyst at Barrick Gold Corporation and DBRS Limited in Toronto. Ms. Pang received a BAFM and a MAcc from the University of Waterloo.

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2022, Ms. Prince was the Global Head of Human Resources at Waterfall Asset Management. Previously, Ms. Prince was part of the Human Capital team at Apollo Global Management. Before Apollo, Ms. Prince worked as the Head of Learning and Development at First Eagle Investment Management. She began her career at Jennison Associates where she had various Human Resources responsibilities including oversight of recruiting, training and development, performance management and employee relations. Ms. Prince graduated from Loyola University in Maryland with a BA in Psychology and from Baruch College with an MS in Industrial and Labor Relations. Ms. Prince is a certified executive coach through iCoach.

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2018, Mr. Puri worked at Blantyre Capital in London where he was a Research Analyst. Previously, he worked at Champ Private Equity and Booz & Company in Australia. Mr. Puri received a BE in Engineering from The Australian National University, a Master of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge, and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2016, Mr. Ramos de Freitas was a principal at BC Partners in London, where he focused on investments in the TMT, consumer, leisure, business services and financial services sectors. Previously, he was an associate at Terra Firma and began his career as an investment banking analyst in the mergers and acquisitions group at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Ramos de Freitas is currently a member of the board of Flowbird Group. Mr. Ramos de Freitas received a BA from Macalester College and an MBA from London Business School. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2020, Mr. Redmayne was a senior managing director at CVC Capital Partners, where he held positions in London and Hong Kong for over 14 years. At CVC, Mr. Redmayne was based in Hong Kong, where he helped set up the Asia regional team and was responsible for sourcing and executing cross-border transactions across the region while focusing on the business services, TMT and consumer sectors. Prior to moving to Asia, Mr. Redmayne spent seven years as a member of the CVC UK investment team based in London. He began his career with Goldman Sachs in London. Mr. Redmayne received an MSE from Oxford University. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2011, Mr. Reiss was an associate at Silver Lake Partners in Menlo Park, where he focused on investments in the software and online services sectors. Previously, he was an investment banking analyst in the financial institutions group at Goldman Sachs in New York. Mr. Reiss serves on various portfolio company boards. Mr. Reiss received a BBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2022, Mr. Rive was a Principal at Metric Capital Partners in London. Previously, he held positions at 9 Story Media Group, ZMC, and Byron Capital Markets. Mr. Rive received a BComm from Ryerson University and an MSc in finance from London Business School.

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2022, Mr. Rowland established and ran the business analytics team at SHL. Previously, he established the data and analytics practice at L.E.K. Consulting, having worked as a strategy consultant for a number of years before. Mr. Rowland received a BA from the University of Cambridge. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2020, Mr. Ryan was an analyst at Nokota Management in New York. Previously, he was an associate in the private equity group at Ares Management in Los Angeles. Mr. Ryan began his career as an investment banking analyst at Citigroup. Mr. Ryan is currently a member of the board of IPS. He received a BBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2017, Mr. Shin was a managing director and Head of North American Investments, and served on the investment committee which approved distressed-for-control and private equity investments, at Strategic Value Partners. Previously, Mr. Shin advised several leading private equity firms and worked at Saunders Karp & Megrue in New York, where he focused on investments in a diverse set of industries. Mr. Shin began his career at Goldman Sachs in New York. He received a BS in economics from the Wharton School and a BSE in electrical engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2018, Mr. Shu was an investment banking analyst at J.P. Morgan in New York. Mr. Shu received a BS from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2024, Ms. Sullivan worked as an HR Manager at Coller Capital. Previously, she also worked in various HR roles at Ascot Group, Flik Hospitality Group, and Noble Group. Ms. Sullivan received a BA in Sociology from Mount Holyoke College.

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2018, Ms. Sun worked as a Senior Research Accountant at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. Prior to Mount Sinai, Ms. Sun worked as a Senior Staff Accountant at Abrahamse Berkis Pinto LLP in Toronto. Ms. Sun received a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Ottawa, Telfer School of Management. She is a Canadian CPA, CA.

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2020, Mr. Tinelli was an investment banking analyst in the mergers and acquisitions (mainly focusing on TMT) and restructuring groups at PJT Partners in London. He received a BSc from Universita Cattolica of Milan and a MSc from the London School of Economics. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2020, Mr. Tourneret was an investment banking associate in the industrials group at Deutsche Bank in London. He began his career as an investment banking analyst in the European leveraged finance group at Deutsche Bank. Mr. Tourneret received a Bachelor in International Management from Toulouse Business School and an MSc in finance from ESADE Business School. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2016, Mr. Vladusic worked as a Funds Operations Associate at Carlyle Liquid Market Solutions. He started his career with Citco Funds Services as a Hedge Fund Accountant.  Mr. Vladusic attended the University of Toronto. He is a CFA.

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2020, Mr. Weinstein was a managing director at Centerbridge Capital Partners in New York, where he focused on investments in the consumer and industrial sectors. Previously, he worked as an investment banking analyst in the technology, media, telecom group at Goldman Sachs in New York. Mr. Weinstein is currently a member of the board of IPS. Mr. Weinstein received an HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2016, Mr. Wong served as Regional Head of Operations and Trading at Mount Kellett Capital Management.  Prior to this, Mr. Wong spent eight years at Goldman Sachs Asia, mainly as the Head of Middle Office within the Asia Special Situations Group responsible for documentation, negotiation, and settlement of distressed and par debts. Mr. Wong has a B.Sc. from The University of Western Ontario, an HBA and an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at The University of Western Ontario.

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2021, Ms. Xu was a vice president at Point 72 Asset Management, where she focused on private investments. Previously, she was an associate at The Carlyle Group. She began her career as an investment banking analyst at Greenhill & Co. Ms. Xu is currently a member of the board of Euclid Transactional. She received a BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2010, Mr. Yantsulis was a Chief Financial Officer at Reservoir Capital in New York, where he enhanced the infrastructure and internal controls to create efficiencies within the finance and operations functions and established the fair valuation function. Previously, he held progressive roles leading to Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York and Cayman Islands in the assurance and advisory practice working with North American and European alternative asset managers. Mr. Yantsulis began his career at Grant Thornton in Montreal, focusing on a range of industries that included TMT, financial services and heavy industry. He received a BSc and Grad. DPA (CA) from McGill University. He is a Canadian CPA, CA, U.S. CPA and CFA. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2017, Mr. Yaraghi was an investment banking analyst at Evercore in New York. Mr. Yaraghi is currently a member of the board of All Points Broadband. He received a BS from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University. 

Prior to rejoining Searchlight in 2016, Mr. Zanotto was an analyst at Gladstone Capital Management, where he focused on the TMT sector. Previously, he was an associate at Searchlight and also held positions at Providence Equity and Morgan Stanley. Mr. Zanotto received a BSc from the University of Buckingham and an MSc from the Cass Business School. 

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2017, Mr. Zhang was an investment banking analyst at Morgan Stanley in New York. He received a BA from Harvard College.