12th Private Equity New York Forum New York | May 15, 2024 Request Agenda

Simon Bachleda, Founder and Managing Partner, Revelstoke Capital Partners

Simon Bachleda is a Founder and Managing Partner at Revelstoke Capital Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm focused on building industry-leading companies in the healthcare and related health and wellness sectors. Simon is responsible for firm management, fundraising, investment professional development, and execution and leadership of Revelstoke’s investment and value creation processes. Prior to Revelstoke, Simon served as a Managing Director at Eos Partners and as an investment professional at KRG Capital Partners. He began his career as an investment banker in the mergers and acquisitions group of Credit Suisse First Boston. Simon is on the advisory board of the Burridge Center for Finance at the University of Colorado at Boulder and is a Board Member of the United States Ski and Snowboard Foundation. Simon received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and B.S. from the University of Colorado at Boulder. 

Martín Escobari, Head of Global Growth Equity, Co-President and Managing Director, General Atlantic

Martín Escobari is Head of Global Growth Equity, Co-President and Managing Director at General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm with $84B in assets under management. He is Chairman of the firm’s Investment Committee and also serves on the Portfolio Committee.

Before joining General Atlantic in 2012, Martín was a Managing Director at Advent International, where he focused on the financial services sector. Prior to that, he was Co-Founder and CFO of Submarino.com, a leading Brazilian online retailer that went public on the Bovespa and was sold to Lojas Americanas in 2006. Martín started his career as a management consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. 

Martín currently sits on the boards of General Atlantic portfolio companies Arco, dLocal, Grupo Axo and XP Investimentos. He also serves on the boards of Endeavor Global, Lincoln Center and Primeira Chance and as an advisory group member to the Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard.

Martín received a BA in Economics from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Joelle Marquis, President, Arsenal Capital Partners

Joelle Marquis is the President of Arsenal Capital Partners. She chairs the Firm’s Management Committee and is responsible for the Firm’s overall leadership and management. In 2003, after a decade of successful industry leadership Joelle joined Arsenal and has been a pioneer in PE infusing human capital leadership and capabilities into the Firm, its portcos, and the industry. Joelle’s built and led Arsenal’s human capital function and has served as the co-head of the Firm’s operating team where she has built and enhanced the Firm’s industry, scientific, and technical expertise. She’s integrated these teams into the Firm’s operating system and investment teams which have become critical value creators for the Firm and a hallmark of Arsenal’s differentiation in the industry. 

Jai Das, Co-Founder, President & Partner, Sapphire Ventures

Mr. Das is President, Partner and Co-Founder at Sapphire Ventures. He invests in startups that he believes are developing ground-breaking products and are on their way to becoming Companies of Consequence. He has more than 15 years of investment experience and has helped multiple companies innovate their product and marketing strategies in order to become market leaders. 13 of his investments have IPO’ed while 17 have been acquired. He is often sought out by media including publications such as Insider, Bloomberg and TechCrunch for his expert commentary around enterprise tech trends, the burgeoning crypto and blockchain ecosystem, navigating shifting market conditions and more. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, having most recently spoken on the topic of crypto at SuperVenture in Europe. 

Henry Cornell, Founder & Senior Partner, Cornell Capital

Henry is the Senior Partner of Cornell Capital. Prior to founding the firm, he was the Vice Chairman and one of the original architects of the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs. Henry has almost 40 years of experience across all aspects of private equity investing in a broad array of industries. He began his career as an attorney with Davis Polk & Wardwell before joining Goldman Sachs’ Investment Banking Division in 1984. He moved to Tokyo in 1988 to found Goldman Sachs’ real estate efforts in Asia, and then moved to Hong Kong in 1992 where he founded Goldman Sachs’ principal investment business in Asia. Under his leadership, Goldman Sachs made numerous landmark investments in the region, including Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Kookmin Bank, Ping An Insurance Company of China and Sanyo Corporation. 

Mark Dzialga, Founder & Managing Partner, Brighton Park Capital

Mark F. Dzialga is the Founder and Managing Partner of Brighton Park Capital (“BPC”). BPC invests in growth-stage businesses in the software, healthcare and technology-enabled services industries, including successful investments in Indegene, OPSWAT, Posit, Reltio, Coralogix, Darktrace, TheMathCompany, and HTEC. Brighton Park currently manages ~$4 billion. Prior to starting BPC, Mark was a Managing Director at General Atlantic (“GA”), a global growth investment firm that today manages approximately $77 billion, for more than 20 years and was a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, Portfolio Committee, and Human Resources Committee. Mark was also a member of the Investment Committee at GA from 2003-2018 and chaired the Investment Committee from 2007 until the end of 2017. 

Ben Dell, Managing Partner and Founder, Kimmeridge

Mr. Dell is a managing partner and founder of Kimmeridge, an energy private equity firm focused on investing in low-cost unconventional oil and gas assets in the US upstream energy sector. He is closely involved in the screening of new geological opportunities and in the negotiation and execution of investment strategies. Mr. Dell also serves as the Chairman and interim CEO of Civitas Resources, a Colorado energy leader formed through the merger of Bonanza Creek Energy and Extraction Oil & Gas. After closing in November, Civitas is now Colorado's first net-zero oil and gas producer on a scope 1 and 2 basis. Mr. Dell is a leading voice for change in the E&P sector, advocating for reform through direct investment & advisory, focused research, and thought leadership. 

Rich Lawson, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, HGGC

Mr. Lawson is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of HGGC.  Mr. Lawson has been involved in all phases of the firm’s development since its formation and directs the firm’s strategy and investment decisions, governance and investor relations. Since HGGC’s inception, Mr. Lawson has overseen over 700 completed transactions representing more than $80 billion in aggregate transaction value. Mr. Lawson also serves as a director, chairman emeritus or trustee of several philanthropic and cultural institutions including the Capital Impact Foundation, San Francisco Zoo, Wasatch Adaptive Sports and the Forever Young Foundation.  Mr. Lawson received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and B.A. from Amherst College.