Advisors
Support by a Deep Bench of Advisors
Scott Kapnick
CEO and Governing Partner of HPS Investment Partners, a leading global credit investment firm with over $100B in AUM, which he led through its separation from JPMorgan
Previously Co-Head of Global Investment Banking and Co-CEO of Goldman Sachs International, with over two decades of senior leadership experience in global financial markets
Tom Kichler
Current Sr. Advisor and former Partner & U.S. Head of Industrials at CVC Capital Partners, leading deal teams for industrials, energy, and related verticals in North America
Former Partner & Managing Director at One Equity Partners—originated and led M&A transactions across sectors like logistics, chemicals, and rail
Kevin Beebe
Founding Partner and Senior Operating Advisor at Astra Capital Management, a private equity fund focused on mid-market opportunities in the tech and telecom industries
Independent Director at Frontier Communications, a provider of broadband internet, digital television and computer technical support in the United states
Prof. Steven Kaplan
Neubauer Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and faculty director of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Renowned expert on private equity, venture capital, corporate governance, and entrepreneurial finance, with research cited widely across academia and industry
Barry Volpert
Co-founder, CEO, and Investment Committee Chair at Crestview Partners, with deep expertise in complex, contrarian private equity investing across dislocations and restructurings
Former Partner and Co-COO of Goldman Sachs’ global private equity business, where he spent 18 years and also founded the firm’s private credit platform