Vipon is responsible for the team that oversees global private equity, junior credit, and secondaries investments. ​He joined the firm in 2002 and has more than two decades of experience in private equity, four years in corporate and investment banking, and three years of operational experience. Vipon has served as a board director on several public and private companies in the United States and Canada, and he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst, Certified Management Accountant, and Certified Public Accountant designations. 

• Education: B.B.A., Wilfrid Laurier University 
• Joined the company: 2002
• Began career: 1991

Liam is responsible for leading the firm’s private equity investment activities in the Asia-Pacific region. He joined Manulife in 2006 and was based in Toronto until relocating to Hong Kong in 2016. Liam holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

• Education: B.Com., Finance, McGill University
• Joined the company: 2006
• Began career: 2006

Scott has overall responsibility for the firm’s North American junior credit, private equity funds, and equity co-investment programs. Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner at FinanStar Group, a boutique investment bank. Scott’s background also includes numerous merger-and-acquisition assignments and corporate finance transactions while serving in Wachovia’s capital markets group.

Education: B.A., Economics, Williams College; M.B.A., Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business
Joined the company: 2002
Began career: 1988

Matt leads Manulife Investment Management’s junior credit business, which focuses on providing subordinated and second-lien debt and structured equity solutions to private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies. He joined Hancock Capital Management—now operating as Manulife Investment Management—in 2013. Previously, he was vice president at Pomona Capital, where he focused on private equity secondary and co-investment opportunities. Earlier in his career, Matt held investment positions at AlpInvest Partners and Prudential Capital Group.

• Education: B.S., Finance and Accounting, Boston College; M.B.A., Northwestern University (Kellogg)
• Joined the company: 2013
• Began career: 2003

Jeff is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, negotiating, and monitoring secondary investments. Prior to joining the firm, he was an investment manager at Coller Capital for over four years, and before that, he worked as an associate at StepStone Group. He began his career working as an analyst at Ardian.

• Education: B.S., Economics, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
• Joined the company: 2020
• Began career: 2013

Peter is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, negotiating, and monitoring secondary investments. Prior to joining the firm, he was a senior associate at HarbourVest Partners, where he spent three years focusing on secondary private equity investment opportunities.  Prior to that, he was an investment banking analyst in the leveraged finance group at Wells Fargo and a senior investment associate at Cambridge Associates.

• Education: B.A., Economics and Mathematics, Colby College; M.B.A., The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania
• Joined the company: 2020
• Began career: 2011