Portfolio

Co-authored a book chapter with Sarah Alexander on "The Evolution and Future of Private Equity in China." It is a primer on the history and development of China's domestic private equity industry, ...

Led on-the-ground research and writing of Private Equity in India. Included interviews with over 25 leading PE / VC firms, including ChrysCapital, Everstone, Gaja Capital, IDG Ventures, Microsoft V...

Portico was hired by EMPEA's ESG Working Group to produce a groundbreaking study on governance and business integrity issues for the EM private markets industry. The report explores governance acro...

Launched the Portico Podcast, a show that explores the landscape of private markets in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. Our debut guests were Aniko Szigetvari and Ik Kanu, the found...

Launched Portico Perspectives, a monthly(-ish) newsletter that provides fresh thinking on private markets.

Launched the Informal Guide to Raising Your First Private Equity Fund (bundled with a sample pitchbook). One of the most frequent complaints we hear from investors is that many fund managers’ pitch...

Released Portico's third research piece, "Does EM PE Scale?" Inspired by USV's Fred Wilson, I tried to estimate the absorptive capacity of EM PE.

Released Portico's second research study, "The Mid-Market Squeeze." Undertook a survey of 76 private equity practitioners across the world to identify why there was an imbalance between the supply ...

Released Portico's first research piece, "Is Emerging Markets Private Equity Dying?" Explored several existential challenges besetting the industry.

Identified latent demand for customized research services after conducting structured interviews with 30+ senior private equity professionals. Worked with co-founder to write business plan and laun...

Spoke about the role local pension funds and private equity funds can play in development at the United Nations African Development Forum in Marrakech, Morocco. My prepared remarks were published i...

Following an introduction by Teresa Barger (Co-Founder & CEO of Cartica Management), I teamed up with Alex Meyer at SAP to create interactive data dashboards on private equity & venture capital act...

After speaking at UNC's Alternative Investments Conference, I uploaded my presentation to YouTube to help educate people about the evolution of private equity in emerging markets.

Opened the doors of Portico Advisers, a research-driven private markets advisory firm that supports asset managers, asset owners, principal investors, and entrepreneurs active in Africa, Asia, East...

Wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal on the investment prospects for Millennials. (I've been wrong so far 😬)