Our team
The Arctos team has an extensive track record in private equity fund management and professional sports leadership
The Arctos team has an extensive track record in private equity fund management and professional sports leadership
Ian H. Charles is a Managing Partner at Arctos Sports Partners. In addition to his investment responsibilities, Mr. Charles directs the Firm’s investment strategy, firm governance and investor relations.
Prior to the formation of Arctos Sports Partners, Mr. Charles served as a member of the private equity and infrastructure investment committees and Partner at Landmark Partners, a leader in the global private equity, real estate and infrastructure secondary markets. At Landmark, Mr. Charles helped design and execute Read More
David J. O’Connor is a Managing Partner at Arctos Sports Partners. In addition to his investment responsibilities, Mr. O’Connor directs the Firm’s investment strategy, firm governance and investor relations.
Prior to the formation of Arctos Sports Partners, Mr. O’Connor was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Madison Square Garden Company (NYSE: MSG), whose assets include Madison Square Garden, the New York Knicks (NBA), the New York Rangers (NHL), Radio City Music Hall, the Forum, Counter Logic Gaming and a number of other entertainment properties. Read More
Chad Hutchinson is a Partner of Arctos Sports Partners. Mr. Hutchinson is on the Investment Committee and directs the Firm’s investment strategy, sourcing, executing and managing investments for the Firm.
Prior to joining Arctos Sports Partners, Mr. Hutchinson was a Managing Director at Sixth Street, a global investment firm operating across nine platforms including growth investing, adjacencies, direct lending, fundamental public strategies, infrastructure, special situations, agriculture and par liquid credit. Read More
Joseph S. Nasr is a Partner at Arctos Sports Partners. Mr. Nasr is on the Investment Committee and directs the Firm’s investment strategy, sourcing, executing and managing investments for the Firm.
Prior to the formation of Arctos Sports Partners, Mr. Nasr served as a Managing Director at Stellus Capital Management, a private credit platform. At Stellus, Mr. Nasr was responsible for sourcing, evaluating, structuring and managing loans and equity co-investments in private equity-backed businesses. Mr. Nasr also managed amendment processes, managed the firm’s private fund credit facilities and worked closely with the firm’s leadership team on strategic initiatives. Read More
Partner
Robyn Sacks Slutzky is a Partner of Arctos Sports Partners. In addition to leading the firm’s investor relations and capital raising activities, Mrs. Slutzky directs the Firm’s investment strategy and firm governance.
Prior to joining Arctos Sports Partners, Mrs. Slutzky served as Co-Head of Private Equity Due Diligence for JPMorgan’s Private Bank where she led a team that sourced and oversaw more than $40 billion in client commitments. In this capacity, she worked with some of the largest private equity firms and served on numerous Advisory Boards. Read More
Jordan L. Solomon is a Partner at Arctos Sports Partners. Mr. Solomon is on the Investment Committee and directs the Firm’s investment strategy, sourcing, executing and managing investments for the Firm.
Prior to the formation of Arctos Sports Partners, Mr. Solomon served as Executive Vice President of MSG Sports at the Madison Square Garden Company, where he was responsible for MSG’s sports business operations, including the New York Knicks (NBA) and New York Rangers (NHL). Mr. Solomon led commercial strategy for the teams, including sponsorships, ticketing, marketing, merchandizing, venue operations and analytics. Read More
John B. Vedro is the Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer at Arctos Sports Partners. Mr. Vedro is responsible for all financial aspects of the firm and its affiliates, including oversight and management of all compliance and regulatory functions for Arctos and its funds.
Prior to the formation of Arctos Sports Partners, Mr. Vedro was Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer at Gauge Capital, a middle market private equity firm based in Dallas, for over five years. Mr. Vedro was the 6th employee hired at Gauge and played a key role in developing and implementing systems related to the firm’s finance and compliance functions. Read More
Joseph M. Corcoran is a Managing Director at Arctos Sports Partners. Mr. Corcoran is responsible for [the Firm’s sourcing, evaluation and management of investments.
Prior to joining Arctos Sports Partners, Mr. Corcoran was a member of the founding team at Stonyrock Partners, a joint venture with Leucadia Asset Management, making direct equity investments in middle market alternative asset management firms (GP Stakes). Read More
Alastair C. Seaman is a Managing Director at Arctos Sports Partners. Mr. Seaman is responsible for the Firm’s sourcing, evaluation, and management of investments.
Prior to joining Arctos Sports Partners, Mr. Seaman was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs in New York, where he served as a member of the Vintage Funds investment team within Goldman Sachs Asset Management. While at Goldman, Mr. Seaman executed transactions ranging from complex direct secondaries and special situation opportunities to more traditional secondary investments. Read More
Meaghan J. Murphy is the Director of Operations at Arctos Sports Partners. Ms. Murphy is responsible for helping improve organizational processes to ensure work quality, productivity and efficiency is in line with firm goals and objectives. Ms. Murphy is also responsible for working with firm leadership to develop and implement firm policies and procedures and build the firm’s human resources function.
Prior to the formation of Arctos Sports Partners, Ms. Murphy served as the Office Manager at RedBird Capital Partners, a New York and Dallas based private equity firm. Read More
Zachary W. Baran is a Director at Arctos Sports Partners. Mr. Baran is responsible for all aspects of transaction evaluation and execution as well as leading the firm’s initiatives in data science and statistical modeling.
Prior to the formation of Arctos Sports Partners, Mr. Baran was an Associate at Warburg Pincus in New York, a global growth equity firm, where he was a direct report to the firm’s President, a former U.S. Treasury Secretary, and the firm’s Head of Research, in a role that required expertise across corporate finance, macro and quantitative finance. Read More
Peter F. Valhouli-Farb is a Director at Arctos Sports Partners. Mr. Valhouli-Farb is responsible for sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities, fundraising and investor relations.
Prior to the formation of Arctos Sports Partners, Mr. Valhouli-Farb served as Director of Strategy & Development and Special Assistant to the Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer at Fenway Sports Group (“FSG”) and the Boston Red Sox. Read More
Tanner N. Houston is a Vice President at Arctos Sports Partners. Mr. Houston is responsible for all aspects of transaction evaluation and execution as well as supporting the origination and negotiation processes of the firm’s investments.
Prior the formation of Arctos Sports Partners, Mr. Houston was an Associate at Landmark Partners. At Landmark, Mr. Houston was engaged in financial modeling, underwriting and general assessment of prospective and active private equity transactions. Read More
Jonathan D. Lile is a Vice President at Arctos Sports Partners. Mr. Lile is responsible for all aspects of transaction evaluation and execution.
Prior to joining Arctos Sports Partners, Mr. Lile was a Vice President at Pomona Capital, a global private equity firm. At Pomona, Mr. Lile was responsible for sourcing, evaluating, structuring, and monitoring secondary transactions across a variety of alternative asset strategies, including buyout, venture, growth, mezzanine/structured equity, and credit.
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Sushaan Modi is a Vice President at Arctos Sports Partners. Mr. Modi is responsible for all aspects of transaction evaluation and execution.
Prior to joining Arctos Sports Partners, Mr. Modi was an Associate in the Strategic Advisory group at PJT Partners, a global boutique investment bank, in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Modi advised on $9 billion of M&A transactions and played an integral role in building out the firm’s sports, media, and entertainment practice.
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Forrest Richmond is a Vice President at Arctos Sports Partners. Mr. Richmond is responsible for all aspects of transaction evaluation and execution.
Prior to joining Arctos Sports Partners, Mr. Richmond was a Senior Associate at HarbourVest Partners, a global private equity firm, in their Boston office. Mr. Richmond joined the firm as an Associate and was responsible for the evaluation, structuring, execution, and monitoring of private equity transactions.
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Melissa M. Kelly is a Senior Associate at Arctos Sports Partners. Ms. Kelly is responsible for all aspects of transaction evaluation and execution.
Prior to joining Arctos Sports Partners, Ms. Kelly was an Associate on the direct lending team at Golub Capital, where she underwrote lending and syndicated loan transactions for middle market companies.
Prior to Golub, Ms. Kelly was an associate at Morgan Stanley in the credit risk group underwriting leverage finance commitments supporting M&A, LBO, and other specialized transactions. Read More
Daniel Lewis is a Senior Associate at Arctos Sports partners. Mr. Lewis is responsible for all aspects of transaction evaluation and execution.
Prior to joining Arctos, Mr. Lewis was an Associate in the Private Capital Group at MSD Partners, a registered investment advisor, in their New York office. At MSD, Mr. Lewis served on the Private Capital Group as a generalist focused on Control Buyout and Structured Preferred Equity investments. Read More
Senior Associate
Kaitlin A. Moore is a Senior Associate at Arctos Sports Partners. Ms. Moore is responsible for all aspects of transaction evaluation and execution.
Prior to the formation of Arctos Sports Partners, Ms. Moore was an Associate at Partners Group, a $91 billion AUM global private markets investment manager in the firm’s Denver and London offices. At Partners Group, Ms. Moore was part of a rotational program, gaining investment experience across the firm’s infrastructure, debt, and real estate verticals. Read More
Associate
Jayanth R. Chintham is an Associate at Arctos Sports Partners. Mr. Chintham is responsible for all aspects of transaction evaluation and execution.
Prior to joining Arctos Sports Partners, Mr. Chintham was an Analyst in the Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment group at Lazard, a global independent advisory firm, in the New York office. At Lazard, Mr. Chintham was involved in all aspects of M&A transactions, including valuation, conducting due diligence, drafting marketing materials, and process management. Read More
LinDon T. Harris is an Associate at Arctos Sports Partners. Mr. Harris is responsible for supporting all aspects of transaction evaluation and execution.
Prior to joining Arctos Sports Partners, Mr. Harris was an Analyst at Morgan Stanley on the Structured Products Banking team within Global Capital Markets. At Morgan Stanley, Mr. Harris underwrote a broad suite of structured and securitized assets for clients in the residential real estate and transportation sectors. Read More
Associate
Jacob M. Harrison is an Associate at Arctos Sports Partners. Mr. Harrison is responsible for all aspects of transaction evaluation and execution.
Prior to joining Arctos Sports Partners, Mr. Harrison was an Analyst within Goldman Sachs’ TMT Investment Banking group in San Francisco, where he advised on a broad range of transactions across M&A, equity, and debt. Mr. Harrison has also previously interned with United States Cyber Command / NSA, and CNO-IP at the Pentagon. Read More
Associate
Lindsay J. Ladas is an Associate at Arctos Sports Partners. Ms. Ladas is responsible for assisting with the firm’s investor relations and capital raising activities.
Prior to joining Arctos, Ms. Ladas was an Analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the Leveraged Finance group where she was involved in all aspects of high yield debt transactions, including LBO valuation, origination, conducting due diligence, drafting marketing materials, and process management. Read More
Associate
Mehul Patel is an Associate at Arctos Sports Partners. Mr. Patel is responsible for all aspects of transaction evaluation and execution.
Prior to joining Arctos, Mr. Patel was an Analyst at Goldman Sachs in the Global Natural Resources group, where he focused on helping grow the group’s Energy Technology practice. While at Goldman Sachs, Mr. Patel was involved in valuation, due diligence, creation of marketing materials, and process management across transactions spanning M&A, equity capital markets, and debt capital markets. Read More
Nick M. Skornia is an Associate at Arctos Sports Partners. Mr. Skornia is responsible for all aspects of transaction evaluation and execution.
Prior to joining Arctos Sports Partners, Mr. Skornia was an Associate at Insight Equity, a control buyout private equity firm focused on the middle market. At Insight Equity, Mr. Skornia was engaged in financial modeling, underwriting and general assessment of prospective and active private equity investments. Read More
Matthew R. Webster is an Associate at Arctos Sports Partners. Mr. Webster is responsible for all aspects of transaction evaluation and execution.
Prior to joining Arctos, Mr. Webster was an Associate at Morgan Stanley in the Global Power and Utilities Investment Banking practice in New York. During his time at Morgan Stanley, Mr. Webster was involved in all aspects of transactions, including valuation, conducting due diligence, drafting marketing materials and process management. He advised on various M&A and capital markets transactions representing over $20 billion in value. Read More
Cameron B. West is an Associate at Arctos Sports Partners. Mr. West is responsible for all aspects of transaction evaluation and execution.
Prior to joining Arctos, Mr. West was an Analyst at Barclays in the Energy Investment Banking practice where he was involved in all aspects of transactions, including valuation, conducting due diligence, drafting marketing materials, and process management. While at Barclays, Mr. West advised on various M&A, debt capital markets, and equity capital markets transactions representing over $2 billion in value. Read More
Director of Finance
Larissa E. Wall is the Director of Finance at Arctos Sports Partners. Ms. Wall is responsible for the financial reporting aspects of the firm and its affiliates.
Prior to joining Arctos, Ms. Wall was a Vice President at Fortress Investment Group. At Fortress, Ms. Wall managed accounting on a real estate fund and oversaw an accounting team for multiple legacy and new funds. Read More
N. Clark Smyth is a Controller at Arctos Sports Partners. Mr. Smyth is responsible for the accounting, related reporting, and other financial aspects involving the firm, related funds, and affiliates.
Prior to joining Arctos, Mr. Smyth spent over two years at Gen II Fund Services (Gen II), an industry-leading fund administrator, as Managing Director. While at Gen II, Mr. Smyth oversaw the newly formed Dallas office and led a team of accountants focused on the financial reporting requirements of multiple private equity fund clients. Read More
Cierra J. Ciszecky is a Senior Accountant with Arctos Sports Partners. Ms. Ciszecky will assist the Controller with various financial aspects of the fund, co-invest, and related affiliated entities.
Prior to joining Arctos, Ms. Ciszecky spent over three years at Blue River Partners, an outsourced service provider to the alternative asset management industry. Read More
Shelby C. Wickland is a Senior Accountant with Arctos Sports Partners. Ms. Wickland will assist the controller with various aspects of the fund, co-invest, and related affiliated entities.
Prior to joining Arctos, Ms. Wickland spent almost four years at Blue River Partners, an outsourced service provider to the alternative asset management industry. Read More
Amanda R. Del Biaggio is a a Senior Executive Assistant responsible for providing comprehensive logistical and administrative support to both the Investment and Investor Relations Team.
Prior to joining Arctos, Ms. Del Biaggio was an Executive Assistant at EnCap Investments for nine years where she provided direct support to Partners, Directors and other senior management. Read More
Lisa M. Klimek is a Senior Executive Assistant responsible for providing comprehensive logistical and administrative support to both the Investment and Investor Relations Team.
Prior to joining Arctos, Ms. Klimek was an Executive Assistant and Office Manager at C&C Offset Printing for a total of 20 years. While at C&C Offset Printing, she provided direct support to the sales and senior management team as well as the US Director. Read More
Sage R. White is an Executive Assistant responsible for providing comprehensive logistical and administrative support to both the Investment and Investor Relations Team. Prior to joining Arctos, Ms. White was an Assistant at Goldman Sachs where she provided direct support to Managing Directors and teams. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Ms. White was an Executive Assistant to the Infrastructure and Operation teams at HPS Investment Partners for 6 years. Read More