Our people - London

Vjerana Burleigh is a Managing Director on the Secondary and Portfolio Finance team focusing on the Portfolio Finance strategy. Vjerana rejoined AlpInvest in 2019 from 17Capital, a London-based credit manager, where she was an Investment Director.

She first joined the AlpInvest team in 2012 as an Investment Analyst pursuing equity and credit secondary investments in Europe and globally. Vjerana received a BSc in Economics summa cum laude from the University of Zagreb, an MSc in International Finance from the Amsterdam Business School and an executive diploma from the Said Business School.

Neal is a Managing Director in the Secondary and Portfolio Finance team. Based in London, he focuses on European transactions and leads the European secondary sourcing effort. He originally joined AlpInvest Partners in 2003 in New York, where he helped found the AlpInvest US Secondary Investments team. Over the course of his tenure at AlpInvest, he has also led the firm’s Asia Secondary efforts via the Hong Kong office, and the European efforts from the Amsterdam office.

Neal also spent time with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, where he led the Secondary and Co-investments business in Europe. Previously, he was also with CIBC World Markets’ Mergers & Acquisitions Investment Banking division. He currently serves as a Director on the Columbia University Business School Private Equity Board. Neal received his MBA from Columbia University in New York and an Honors Business degree (HBA) from the Ivey School of Business at Western University in Canada. He is also a CFA® Charterholder.

Louis Choy is a Principal on the Alpinvest Secondary and Portfolio Finance team, where he focuses on European transaction execution and origination. He is based in London.

Prior to joining AlpInvest, Louis was a Senior Principal at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, where he focused on secondaries in Europe, Asia and North America. Previously, he worked at Pantheon Ventures, focused on European secondaries.

Louis received his BBA and BMath (Double Degree) from Wilfrid Laurier University and University of Waterloo, where he graduated with Distinction and on the Dean’s Honour List.

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.

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.