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

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

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

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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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

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

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

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

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

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