Hamilton Lane Bolsters Direct Equity Investment Team

Private markets investment management firm Hamilton Lane expanded its direct equity investment team, with the appointment of five new senior team members based in North America and Europe to support the continued growth of the asset class._x000D_
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Nelda Chang, Kyle McGinnis and Jenny Zhang recently joined the firm, based at Hamilton Lane’s headquarters in Conshohocken._x000D_
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Chang plays a pivotal role in leading the origination, evaluation and due diligence of direct investment opportunities across North America. Prior to joining Hamilton Lane, Chang was a principal at GCM Grosvenor, responsible for evaluating and executing private equity co-investments. She previously held roles at Headlands Capital and American Securities and began her career in the leveraged finance group at JPMorgan._x000D_
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McGinnis joined from Onex Partners, where he served as a principal, responsible for the evaluation and execution of private equity investments. Previously, he worked at H.I.G. Capital on the middle market fund team and began his career as an investment banker with Wells Fargo Securities._x000D_
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Zhang joined from Two Sigma, where she was a vice president on the private equity team and prior to that was on Carlyle’s private equity team._x000D_
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Chang, McGinnis, Zhang and Dudek all report to Ken Binick, co-head of direct equity investments._x000D_
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Based in London, Aljoscha Dudek is responsible for the origination, evaluation and due diligence of direct equity opportunities across EMEA. Prior to joining the firm, Dudek was a director at PSP Investments, responsible for the strategic development and management of a private equity portfolio in Europe._x000D_
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Lastly, Benjamin Kalter has joined the firm’s impact investment team, where he is focused on the origination, evaluation and management of direct equity impact transactions. Kalter joined from Nuveen, where he served as a vice president on the private equity impact investing team, executing growth equity investments across developed and developing markets. He is based in Conshohocken and reports to Dave Helgerson, head of impact investments._x000D_
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“For firms like Hamilton Lane with strong investment capabilities and a large primary platform, we believe the co-investment landscape, particularly within the middle market, is ripe with opportunity,” Binick said. “Our deal flow is at record levels, and we are happy to welcome Nelda, Aljoscha, Kyle, Jenny and Benjamin to our already talented, experienced team as we seek to execute on our strategy and strengthen our presence and expertise across the direct equity landscape globally.”_x000D_
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“These appointments further bolster our expertise and scale to support the historic success and AUM growth across our direct equity platform,” Drew Schardt, vice chairman, head of investment strategy and co-head of direct equity for Hamilton Lane, said. “Our direct equity investment strategy leverages the unique benefits of Hamilton Lane’s platform and market access, enabling us to execute what we believe to be high-quality investments and construct portfolios that seek to deliver compelling returns for our investors.”