Team
Team members are the greatest strength of Siguler Guff
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Michael Apfel
Partner and Head of Credit and Special Situations

Fernando Arakaki
Managing Director

Pedro Luis Aranha
Vice President

Megan Auwarter
Operations Associate

Jeb Banks
Managing Director

Christopher Barbier
Managing Director

Jenna Beekman
Compliance Associate

Bradley Bennett
Managing Director

Matthew Bernstein
Managing Director

Marvin Bigalbal
Vice President - Corporate Controller

Sara Bowdoin
Managing Director

Elena Brown
Vice President - Investor Relations

Tammy Budd
Office Manager

Ken Burns
Co-Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer

Pedro Cafaro
Principal

Tami Cai
Tax Manager

Mário Carolo
Investment Analyst

Shelly Chen
Legal Analyst

Cesar Collier
Partner and Head of Latin America

Meghan Conaty
Principal - Head of Investor Relations

James Conticello
Vice President - Controller

Taylor Coundouris
Senior Tax Associate

Clara Custodio
Vice President - Administration

Meghan Danaher
Managing Director - Head of Global Distribution

Bibhusha Dangol
Vice President

Ana Elisa de Cunto
Investment Analyst

C.J. Denmark
Principal

Mark Denomme
Managing Director

Cheick Diakite
Investment Associate

Adam Domanico
Vice President

Matthew Downes
Managing Director

Brenna Embry
Fund Accountant

Justin Eskind
Senior Investment Associate

Jim Fink
Managing Director

Matthew Foley
Principal

AJ Guff
Investment Associate

Luka Galvão
Operations Analyst

Alexis Gentry
Marketing Analyst

Sarah Gheewala
Office Manager

John Ging
Vice President - Operations

Klaudia Gjeta
Corporate Accountant

Theresa Glorioso
Office Manager

Mitchell Goldfarb
Principal

Lucas Grant
Controller

Jordan Greenberg
Senior Investment Associate

Sean Greene
Partner and Head of Direct Lending

Drew Guff
Co-Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer

Timothy Hagerty
Corporate Staff Accountant

Donald Harris Jr
Operations Associate

Bailey Hawthorne
Executive Assistant

James Hilton
Vice President

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, 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
Investment Associate

Kyungoh Kook
Senior Advisor

Scott Krattenmaker
Managing Director

Jarrad Krulick
Managing Director - 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- Head of Distribution for Greater China and Southeast Asia

Sandra Lee
Receptionist

Sharon Liang
Principal and Head of Southeast Asia

Robert Ligouri
IT Manager

Brian Ludemann
Fund Accountant

Sean R. Macdonald
Partner and Co-Head of Emerging Markets

Faith Maiello
Executive Assistant

Michael Malinics
Senior Associate - ESG

Michael Martynowicz
Investment Associate

Michelle Matthews
Executive Assistant

Jose Mayoral
Investment Associate

Edward McQuiston
Vice President

Trey Meyer
Vice President

Rhoda Minderhoud
Senior Fund Accountant

Langdon Mitchell
Managing Director

Katherine Moraski
Senior Fund Accountant

Alexa Morris
Fund Accountant

Jason Mundt
Managing Director

Meghan Murphy
Operations Associate

Melissa Natale
Executive Assistant

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

Prabhas Panigrahi
Managing Director

Elizabeth Panzera
Administrative Assistant

Marcelo Phillips
Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer

Joshua Posner
Managing Director - General Counsel

Luisa Reis
Investment Associate

Eric Rustad
Vice President

Daniella Sagalovsky
Principal

John Scheurer
Managing Director and Head of Real Estate

Lauren Schmidt
Principal- Head of Human Resources

Sumil Sethi
Investment Associate

Yiting Shan
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

Marcos Tage
Investment Associate

Jason Tan
Principal - Director of Fund Accounting

Helen Tang
Managing Director

Stephanie Tazza
Executive Assistant

Jodee Telfer
Vice President - Controller

Amish Thakkar
Senior Investment Associate

Nikhil Velivela
Investment Associate

Daniel Vieira
Vice President

Narihiko Watanabe
Principal - Controller

Nathan Wawrowski
Investment Associate

Matthew West
Vice President

Eugene Williams
Vice President

Jonathan Wilson
Partner and Co-Portfolio Manager of Small Buyout Funds

Matthew Yannocone
Principal

Clifford Yonce
Managing Director

Karen Yu
Assistant Controller

Valentyn Zadorin
Investment Associate

Ally Zhang
Managing Director, Head of China

Vivian Zhu
Office Manager

James Zumot
Principal and Co-Portfolio Manager of Real Estate

Will Siguler
Investment Associate
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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.