Team
Team members are the greatest strength of Siguler Guff
All Professionals
Michael Apfel
Partner and Head of Credit and Special Situations
Fernando Arakaki
Managing Director
Pedro Luis Aranha
Vice President
Megan Auwarter
Operations Associate
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
Adam Domanico
Vice President
Brenna Embry
Fund Accountant
Justin Eskind
Senior Investment Associate
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
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
Tyler McEwan
Vice President
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
Daniel Vieira
Vice President
Narihiko Watanabe
Principal - Controller
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
Josh Zweig
Managing Director- Chief Operating Officer, Marketing and Investor Relations
Will Siguler
Investment Associate
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Sharon Liang
Principal and Head of Southeast Asia
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Sharon Liang is a Principal and Head of Southeast Asia at Siguler Guff. In this role, she is responsible for the Firm’s investment business in Southeast Asia, covering the region’s FoF and direct investment initiatives with a focus on emerging GPs & start-ups. In addition to Southeast Asia initiatives, she is also in charge of direct investments in China. Ms. Liang currently serves as the Board Member of AgotoZ Inc. and iMaker Inc.
Ms. Liang joined Siguler Guff’s Shanghai office in 2018 and built the firm’s direct investment program from scratch. In 2022, she relocated to Singapore to expand into new territories.
Prior to joining Siguler Guff, Ms. Liang worked at China Renaissance Group in Hong Kong and Shanghai, at which she accumulated years of extensive experience in primary and secondary capital markets for “unicorn” companies risen from China’s booming internet economy. Previously, Ms. Liang worked in the investment banking divisions of Credit Suisse in Hong Kong and Taiwan, also Nomura Securities in Taiwan.
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Education
Ms. Liang holds a B.A. in Finance from National Taiwan University.