Our people

Samantha Meskin is a Vice President in the Secondary and Portfolio Finance team where she is responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing transactions in Europe. She joined AlpInvest in 2016 in New York and relocated to Amsterdam in 2018. Prior to joining AlpInvest, Samantha was with Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the Technology, Media & Telecom Investment Banking Group. Samantha received a B.S. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Marnix is a Senior Compliance Officer based in Amsterdam. He joined AlpInvest from CLSA / CITIC Securities, a Hong Kong based investment bank. Previously, Marnix worked as a lawyer at a single-family office in Switzerland and The Netherlands, being responsible for cross-border licensed asset and fund management activities. He also worked at the Banking and Finance department of Loyens & Loeff. Marnix received his master in Dutch Law from the University of Groningen and an International Executive Diploma in Entrepreneurship and Management from INSEAD.

Phuong is a Vice President in the Investment Accounting team and responsible for managing and reporting investment related information. She joined AlpInvest Partners in 2011 from Exane Group, an international broker, in various Finance and Project Management roles for over 12 years in both France and the UK. She started her career at Ernst & Young. Phuong received a MSc in Management - Specialised in Audit and Accountancy from Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) Grande Ecole, Paris, France and a BSc in IT for finance from the University Of Paris Ix Dauphine in France.

Jenn Paradise is a Vice President and Senior Product Specialist on the AlpInvest Investor Relations team within Global Investment Solutions. She specializes in Americas-based separately managed accounts. She is based in New York and joined AlpInvest in 2022.

Prior to joining AlpInvest, Jenn worked with Goldman Sachs & Co as a Vice President on a bespoke margin and structuring team within Prime Brokerage Risk and Underwriting. She worked for a total of nine years at Goldman Sachs and spent nearly seven of those years in the Prime Brokerage division.

Jenn received her B.S. in Business and Enterprise Management from Wake Forest University, where she graduated with honors.

David Pareja is a Vice President focused on Secondary and Portfolio Finance opportunities. He is based in New York.

Prior to joining AlpInvest, David worked at Macquarie Group, where he invested Macquarie Group's balance sheet in infrastructure assets across the Americas. Prior to completing his MBA, David was an Associate at Palladium Equity Partners focused on middle-market private equity investments. David began his career as an investment banking Analyst at Citigroup.

David received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, an M.P.P. from Harvard Kennedy School, and a B.A. from Yale University.

Marianne Parker is a Vice President in AlpInvest’s Secondary and Portfolio Finance team focused on European transactions. She is based in London

Prior to joining AlpInvest, Marianne was a member of CPP Investments’ secondaries team, where she focused on secondaries in Europe and North America. Prior to that, she worked in the investment banking division at RBC Capital Markets in London.

Marianne received a first class masters degree (MPhys) in Theoretical Physics from the University of St. Andrews.

Liz is a Compliance Officer based in the New York office. She joined AlpInvest in 2014 from Mason Capital Management, an event-driven hedge fund. Liz received a BA in Political Science from the George Washington University and an MBA from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College.

Education:
MSc in Finance and Investments, Rotterdam School of Management

Previous Experience:
Deutsche Bank

Education:
MSc in Quantitative Finance & Actuarial Science, Tilburg University
BSc in Econometrics & Operations Research, Tilburg University

Previous Experience:
Goldman Sachs

Wouter is a Vice President in the Investment Accounting team and responsible for managing and reporting investment related information. He joined AlpInvest Partners in 2011 from RBS where he worked as Senior Board Reporting Analyst. Previously he worked for Schroder Property Investment Management and Fortis Bank. Wouter received an MA in Business Administration from the University of Amsterdam.

Michael Zornitta is a Vice President in AlpInvest's Secondary and Portfolio Finance team focused on Portfolio Finance transactions. He is based in London.

Prior to joining AlpInvest, Michael was an Associate Director in Investec Bank's Fund Solutions team where he focused on providing NAV-based, subscription-based and GP financing solutions to private equity funds in Europe and the UK.

Michael received his master’s degree in Finance from London Business School. He also received a B.S. in Finance and Accounting with honors from the University of Cape Town.

Sarah Fitzgerald is a Vice President leading the Valuation team at AlpInvest, where she is responsible for overseeing the ongoing valuation of investments across all strategies within the portfolio. She is based in Amsterdam.

She has been with the firm since 2015, when she started as an Analyst in the Portfolio & Risk Analysis team. In this role, she was primarily responsible for investor servicing and reporting. Prior to joining AlpInvest, Sarah worked at KPMG New Zealand in their assurance practice.

Sarah received her Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland is a Chartered Accountant (CAANZ).

Bastiaan is a Vice President in the AlpInvest Investor Relations team focused on managing and developing investor relationships in EMEA. Prior to joining AlpInvest in 2015, he spent two years at HEINEKEN as working a management trainee and strategic business analyst in the Netherlands, Nigeria and Russia. Bastiaan received an MSc in Finance from the University of Groningen.

Alex Lim is a Vice President in the Secondary & Portfolio Finance Team based in Singapore. Prior to joining AlpInvest, Alex was an Associate at Apollo Global Management, where he invested across the capital structure with a focus on real estate. Previously, he was an Investment Professional at Gaw Capital Partners, where he executed real estate private equity transactions across Asia Pacific. Alex started his career at the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong, where he focused on Mergers and Acquisitions.

Alex received a B.S. in Economics (First Class Honors) from The London School of Economics & Political Science.

Ashwin Kroon is a Vice President in the Secondaries Team based in Amsterdam where he is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and executing transactions in Europe. Prior to joining AlpInvest in 2016, Ashwin was with Société Générale in the Corporate and Investment Banking Division. Ashwin received an MEng in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London.

Neel Gangani is a Vice President in the Investor Relations team within AlpInvest, focusing on clients and prospects in EMEA. He is based in London and joined AlpInvest in 2022.

Prior to AlpInvest, Neel was a Senior Investor Relations Manager at Hermes GPE, managing client relationships across their Private Equity business. Prior to that, Neel worked at Keyhaven capital, a European small-cap Private Equity firm, where he managed existing client relationships and engaged in new fundraising initiatives. Neel has also worked at The Blackstone Group, where he covered Hedge Fund Solutions, and Deutsche Bank AG, covering Alternatives and Corporate Finance.

Neel holds a MPhil in Management from the University of Cambridge and a BA in Economics.