Team
Team members are the greatest strength of Siguler Guff
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Varun Agarwal
Investment Analyst
Michael Apfel
Partner and Head of Credit and Special Situations
Fernando Arakaki
Managing Director
Pedro Luis Aranha
Principal
Jeb Banks
Managing Director
Christopher Barbier
Managing Director
Jenna Beekman
Senior Compliance Associate
Sarah Bellis
Marketing Analyst
Bradley Bennett
Managing Director
Matthew Bernstein
Managing Director
Sara Bowdoin
Managing Director
Elena Brown
Vice President - Investor Relations
Tammy Budd
Office Manager
Ken Burns
Co-Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer
Thomas Burns
Fund Accountant
Tami Cai
Tax Manager
Mário Carolo
Investment Analyst
Beam Chandraprasert
Investment Associate
Shelly Chen
Legal Analyst
Cesar Collier
Partner and Head of Latin America
Meghan Conaty
Principal and Head of Investor Relations
James Conticello
Vice President - Controller
Taylor Coundouris
Senior Tax Associate
Clara Custodio
Vice President - Administration
Meghan Danaher
Partner and Head of Global Distribution
Bibhusha Dangol
Vice President
Rebecca Darcy
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Marketing and Investor Relations
Luiza De Munno
Investment Associate
Nicholas Demas
Vice President
C.J. Denmark
Principal
Mark Denomme
Managing Director
Jordan DiTommaso
Senior Investment Associate
Adam Domanico
Principal
Matthew Downes
Managing Director
Nicole Ebinger
Fund Accountant
Brenna Embry
Fund Accountant
Justin Eskind
Vice President
Jim Fink
Managing Director
Matthew Foley
Principal
AJ Guff
Senior Investment Associate
John Ging
Principal - Asset Management
Klaudia Gjeta
Corporate Accountant
Theresa Glorioso
Office Manager
Mitchell Goldfarb
Principal
Lucas Grant
Vice President - Controller
Zachary Gray
Executive Assistant
Jordan Greenberg
Senior Investment Associate
Sean Greene
Partner and Head of Direct Lending
Peyton Grenley
Vice President - Marketing
Drew Guff
Co-Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer
Timothy Hagerty
Corporate Staff Accountant
Keith Hamilton
Investment Associate
Donald Harris Jr
Vice President - Asset Management
Carolyn Heffernan
Loan Operations Analyst
Laura House
Executive Assistant
Susan Huang
Senior Associate - Investor Relations
Alexander Huo
Vice President
Jun Isoda
Partner and Chief Financial Officer
Aviral Jain
Managing Director, Head of India
Lea Johnson
Executive Assistant
Sandip Kakar
Managing Director, Managing Counsel - Fundraising & Corporate
Kevin Kester
Partner and Managing Partner of Small Business Investments and Co-Portfolio Manager of Small Buyout Funds
Shaun Khubchandani
Partner and Co-Head of Emerging Markets
Fiona Kolterman
Senior Investment Associate
Kyungoh Kook
Senior Advisor
Scott Krattenmaker
Managing Director
Jarrad Krulick
Managing Director and Head of Finance, Tax and Operations
Ilomai Kurrik
Managing Director
Megan Laakso
Investment Associate
Michelle Layne
Principal - Operations Controller
Edward Lederle
Principal
Gee Lee
Principal and Head of Distribution for Greater China and Southeast Asia
Sandra Lee
Receptionist
Sharon Liang
Principal and Head of Southeast Asia
Victor Liang
Corporate Accountant
Robert Ligouri
IT Manager
Timothy Lo
Investment Associate
Avery Lynch
Marketing Analyst
Sean R. MacDonald
Partner and Co-Head of Emerging Markets
Faith Maiello
Executive Assistant
Michael Malinics
Vice President - Director of ESG
Michael Martynowicz
Vice President
Michelle Matthews
Executive Assistant
Alexandre Mauad
Investment Analyst
Jose Mayoral, CFA
Investment Associate
Kelly McKeveny
Fund Accountant
Edward McQuiston
Vice President
Udit Mehta
Investment Associate
Trey Meyer
Vice President
Rhoda Minderhoud
Assistant Controller
Langdon Mitchell
Managing Director
Katherine Moraski
Senior Fund Accountant
Alexa Morris
Fund Accountant
Jason Mundt
Managing Director
Meghan Murphy
Vice President - Asset Management
Melissa Natale
Executive Assistant
Elisangela Oliveira
Receptionist
Jaqueline Olson
Vice President - Operations
Timothy Ong
Assistant Controller
Marie Ong
Investment Associate
Kentaro Otani
Managing Director and Head of Siguler Guff Japan
Bailey Palumbo
Investor Relations Analyst
Ranjan Panda
Principal
Prabhas Panigrahi
Managing Director
Elizabeth Panzera
Executive Assistant
Marcelo Phillips
Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer
Bernardo Piquet
Investment Analyst
Joshua Posner
Managing Director - General Counsel
Luisa Reis
Senior Investment Associate
Charles Robinson
Managing Director and Head of European Business Development
Victoria Roytvarf
Principal and Head of Operational Due Diligence
Eric Rustad
Vice President
Daniella Sagalovsky
Principal
John Scheurer
Managing Director and Head of Real Estate
Lauren Schmidt
Principal and Head of Human Resources
Sumil Sethi
Investment Associate
Heemin Shin
Principal- Head of Korea
Nadeem Siddiqui
Principal and Director of Technology
George W. Siguler
Executive Chairman
Roman Simonov
Director
Nicole Stauffer
Senior Investment Associate
Alicia Stevens
Executive Assistant
Michael Stovall
Vice President
Marcos Tage
Investment Associate
Jason Tan
Principal - Director of Fund Accounting
Helen Tang
Managing Director
Manoel Tavares
Vice President and Head of Litigation
Stephanie Tazza
Executive Assistant
Jodee Telfer
Vice President - Controller
Nikhil Velivela
Investment Associate
Daniel Vieira
Vice President
Narihiko Watanabe
Principal - Director of Finance and Accounting
Nathan Wawrowski
Investment Associate
Matthew West
Principal
Eugene Williams
Vice President
Jonathan Wilson
Partner and Co-Portfolio Manager of Small Buyout Funds
Clifford Yonce
Managing Director
Valentyn Zadorin
Senior Investment Associate
Ally Zhang
Managing Director and Head of China
Aimee Zhang
Investment Analyst
Vivian Zhu
Office Manager
James Zumot
Managing Director and Co-Portfolio Manager of Real Estate
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Marcelo Phillips
Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer
New York, USA
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Marcelo Phillips is a Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer at Siguler Guff. Mr. Phillips leads the firm’s compliance team and advises on regulatory and compliance matters under the federal securities laws, particularly the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and Investment Company Act of 1940. Mr. Phillips serves as Chair of the firm’s Compliance Committee and is a member of the firm’s Operations Committee, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Committee, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee.
Prior to joining Siguler Guff in 2016, Mr. Phillips was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs where he was responsible for regulatory compliance and risk advisory for Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management and Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Education
Mr. Phillips received a J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law and a B.A magna cum laude from the University of Buffalo, State University of New York.