Team
Team members are the greatest strength of Siguler Guff
All Professionals
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
Vice President - Tax
Mário Carolo
Investment Analyst
Beam Chandraprasert
Investment Associate
Shelly Chen
Senior Paralegal
BeomJoon Cho
Prinicpal
Marcus Clitheroe
Principal
Cesar Collier
Partner and Head of Latin America
Meghan Conaty
Principal and Head of Investor Relations
James Conticello
Principal - Controller
Taylor Coundouris
Senior Tax Associate
Clara Custodio
Vice President - Administration
Meghan Danaher
Partner and Head of Global Distribution
Bibhusha Dangol
Principal
Rebecca Darcy
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Marketing and Investor Relations
Luiza De Munno
Investment Associate
Nicholas Demas
Vice President
Mark Denomme
Managing Director
Jordan DiTommaso
Senior Investment Associate
Adam Domanico
Principal
Matthew Downes
Managing Director
Nicole Ebinger
Fund Accountant
Brenna Embry
Senior Fund Accountant
Justin Eskind
Vice President
Jim Fink
Managing Director
Matthew Foley
Managing Director
AJ Guff
Vice President
John Ging
Principal - Asset Management
Klaudia Gjeta
Corporate Accounting Manager
Theresa Glorioso
Office Manager
Mitchell Goldfarb
Principal
Lucas Grant
Vice President - Controller
Zachary Gray
Executive Assistant
Jordan Greenberg
Vice President
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 Accountant
Keith Hamilton
Investment Associate
Donald Harris Jr
Vice President - Asset Management
Carolyn Heffernan
Loan Operations Analyst
Laura House
Executive Assistant
Susan Huang
Vice President - 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
Managing Director - Head of Siguler Guff Korea
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 - Director of Operations and Finance
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
Vice President
Kelly McKeveny
Fund Accountant
Edward McQuiston
Vice President
Udit Mehta
Investment Associate
Trey Meyer
Principal
Rhoda Minderhoud
Assistant Controller
Langdon Mitchell
Managing Director
Katherine Moraski
Assistant Controller
Alexa Morris
Senior Fund Accountant
Jason Mundt
Managing Director
Meghan Murphy
Vice President - Asset Management
Melissa Natale
Executive Assistant
Elisangela Oliveira
Receptionist
Jaqueline Olson
Principal - Asset Management
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
Vice President
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
Vice President
Heemin Shin
Principal
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
Senior 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
Daniel Vieira
Vice President
Narihiko Watanabe
Principal - Director of Finance and Accounting
Nathan Wawrowski
Senior 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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Matthew Downes
Managing Director
Boston, USA
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Matthew J. Downes is a Managing Director at Siguler Guff and serves as co-lead in the Firm’s capital raising efforts to the Taft-Hartley marketplace.
Prior to joining Siguler Guff in 2023, Mr. Downes was a Senior Principal at BNY Mellon Asset Management, where he was responsible for capital raising and relationship management within the Taft-Hartley marketplace. Prior to joining BNY Mellon in 2001, Mr. Downes served as the Director of Marketing for US Trust Company of Boston and as an account executive at Union Labor Life Insurance Company.
Education
Mr. Downes earned a B.S. in Business Administration/Accounting from Nebraska Wesleyan University and holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses. He also spent eight years in the Construction Battalion of the United States Naval Reserve.