Jeff Brown
CEO, AACP
Jeff Brown serves as the Chief Executive Officer of AACP and has over two decades of investing, due diligence and operating management experience in the alternative asset management industry.
Prior to joining AACP, Mr. Brown was a Managing Director at Dyal Capital Partners, joining in its early days of formation. Mr. Brown founded and for five years led Dyal’s Business Services Platform. Prior to Dyal, Mr. Brown was a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns Asset Management (“BSAM”). During his tenure at BSAM, he was the Chief Development Officer and led the strategic expansion of the Firm from $23bn in AUM to $55bn in AUM over a four-year time period. Mr. Brown also served as Chief Marketing Officer and Global Head of Institutional Sales at BSAM. Prior to joining BSAM, he held senior roles at Morgan Stanley Asset Management.
Mr. Brown holds a JD from the University of Wisconsin Law School, an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and a BA from the University of Wisconsin.
Vittorio Pracca
Chairman, AACP Deputy CEO
AZ US Holdings
Vittorio Pracca is currently the Chairman and Deputy CEO of AACP and is responsible for Investor Relations at the Group level. Mr. Pracca has been with Azimut since 2012 and serves on the boards of Azimut Enterprises and Azimut Libera Impresa SGR, two Italy-based vehicles dedicated to investments in the Private Markets space.
Prior to joining Azimut, Mr. Pracca was a Senior Associate at Société Générale in the Equity Capital Markets and Corporate Finance groups and spent five years at Citigroup (in London and Milan) in the Investment Banking and M&A groups.
Mr. Pracca holds a Financial & Business Economics degree from Royal Holloway, University of London, and an MBA from SDA Bocconi / NYU Stern School of Business
Giorgio Medda
Director, AACP
Global Head of Asset Management, Azimut
Giorgio is a Group co-CEO of Azimut Group and the General Manager of Azimut Investments S.A., the Group’s Luxembourg based investment platform. He is also Global Head of Asset Management and the MENAT Regional Head. Since 2012, Giorgio successfully initiated the Azimut expansion in the Middle East. He was CEO of Azimut Portföy Yönetim A.S., Istanbul, from 2012 to 2015 and CEO of Azimut (DIFC) Limited from 2017 to 2019. Prior to these roles, since 2007, Giorgio was a Portfolio Manager at Azimut Capital Management SGR, Milan.
His pre-Azimut experience includes Equity Research Sales Analyst for Mediobanca, Milan (1999-2000) and Credit Suisse First Boston, London (2000-2007). Giorgio holds a BA from the University Commerciale Luigi Bocconi Milan.
Massimo Guiati
Director, AACP Co-CEO
Head US & Australia of Distribution, Azimut
Massimo is currently the Chief Executive Officer and Global Head of Distribution at Azimut Group and the Manager of AACP. Mr. Guiati has been with Azimut since 2008 and has more than 20 years of senior leadership experience in Investment Banking and Asset and Wealth Management.
Prior to joining Azimut, Massimo held different managerial positions at Euromobiliare Asset Management in Italy, and Bear Stearns and Société Générale in London.
Mr. Guiati holds a degree in Economics from the University of Pavia.
Gabriele Blei
Director, AACP
Co-CEO, Azimut
Gabriele Blei is CEO of Azimut Holding, Chairman of Azimut Capital Management Sgr, Vice Chairman of Azimut Libera Impresa Sgr and he holds highest positions in all the subsidiaries of the Group. In 2008 he joined the Group as Head of Business Development and Investor Relator, and, in this role, he developed the Group's international network, which reaches today 17 countries around the world. Before joining Azimut, Blei gained significant experience as financial analyst and fund manager.
Blei holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Westminster in London and a master's degree in Banking and International Finance from Cass Business School, City University of London.
Joe Hill
Global Head of Institutional Relationships
Joe Hill is the Global Head of Institutional Relationships at AACP. In this role, he advises Affiliates on the most important and impactful institutional investor relationships around the world
Prior to this role, Mr. Hill was a Managing Principal, Vice-Chairman, member of the Executive Committee and Head of Marketing and Investor Relations at Halcyon/Bardin Hill Capital Partners. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director of Credit Suisse First Boston in the Private Funds Group. Mr. Hill and his team raised capital for firms such as Bridgewater Associates, Moore Capital, Graham Capital and Chilton Capital. Previously, Mr. Hill was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley where he held several senior leadership positions.
Mr. Hill graduated from the University of Texas with a BBA in Accounting and from the University of Chicago with an MBA concentrating in Marketing and Finance.
Patrick McGowan
Senior Vice President,
Head of Product Management
Mr. McGowan serves as the Head of Product Management at AACP. In his role, Mr. McGowan advises on all aspects of mid-market private markets managers and AACP affiliate investment products.
Mr. McGowan joined AACP from Invesco Private Capital, the private equity arm of Invesco (NYSE: IVZ) with $1.4 trillion AUM. Patrick and his team oversaw $1 billion of private equity and venture capital investments, focused on primaries, secondaries, and co-investments. Prior to this role, Mr. McGowan was at OC Private Capital, a $1 billion JV between The Carlyle Group and OppenheimerFunds. He and his team advised on investment allocation, risk, liquidity, and distribution of an evergreen private credit mandate across direct lending, CLOs, opportunistic, and distressed credit. He led the publication of all third-party due diligence. Mr. McGowan started his career at OppenheimerFunds, and then was a Vice President at Altegris, and then Senior Director at AI Insight, where he and his team focused on non-traded REITs, BDCs, interval fund, and private fund investment research.
Mr. McGowan earned his BS from Vanderbilt University. He holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 registrations.
Judith A. Furgiuele, CFA
Global Head of Consultant Relationships
Judith Furgiuele is the Global Head of Consultant Relationships at AACP. In this role, she leads distribution with the most relevant and influential institutional investment consultants that advise investors on private markets allocations.
Ms. Furgiuele has over two decades of experience in real estate investment sales, portfolio management, fixed income trading and risk management. Prior to joining AACP, she held senior positions at Bear Stearns Asset Management and ABN AMRO Bank, and has experience with institutional investors, family offices, and high net worth individuals.
Ms. Furgiuele holds a BS in Statistics from The Pennsylvania State University and an MBA in Finance from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. She is a CFA Charterholder, a member of CFA Society New York, the Private Equity Women Investor Network, and the Real Estate Board of New York.
Robert Adler
COO/CFO
Robert Adler is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of AACP. In addition to overseeing finance, administration and operations, he is responsible for establishing and managing processes to ensure that each affiliate receives the “benefit of the bargain” from AACP and Azimut globally.
Mr. Adler has over two decades of leadership positions at financial services firms including Bridgewater Associates, Strategic Value Partners, Bear Stearns Asset Management and Goldman Sachs. He has also held senior management positions at cryptocurrency startups including Tradehill, Sator Square Partners and Kraken. Mr. Adler spent the first eight years of his Wall Street career as a Securities Analyst covering pollution control and small cap stocks at Goldman Sachs.
Mr. Adler holds an AB from Princeton University and an MBA from the University of Michigan.
Linh Nguyen
Associate
Linh Nguyen is an Associate at AACP. Ms. Nguyen supports all aspects of the Firm’s investment process, including transaction structuring, analysis, and monitoring, and the Firm’s distribution process, including liaising with Azimut’s global sales force across 17 countries.
Prior to joining AACP, Ms. Nguyen was an Analyst at Pluris Valuation Advisors where she focused on the valuation and analysis of general partnership and limited partnership interests in private equity and private credit funds.
Ms. Nguyen holds a BS in Finance and Statistics from NYU Stern School of Business.
Weston Wilkinson
Senior Vice President
Head of Affiliate Investments
Weston Wilkinson is the Head of Affiliate Investments and a Senior Vice President at AACP. In this role, Mr. Wilkinson leads all aspects of the Firm’s principal investment activities, including sourcing, negotiation, due diligence and structuring, as well as underlying monitoring and strategic growth initiatives for affiliate investments. He serves on the board of Kennedy Lewis Investment Management LLC.
Prior to joining AACP, Mr. Wilkinson was a Director at Perella Weinberg Partners, where he was a senior member of the Firm’s asset management business. Previously, Mr. Wilkinson was an Associate at Berkshire Global Advisors, where he advised financial services clients on mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Wilkinson holds a BA from the University of London, studying at the London School of Economics and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).
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