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

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

Rajiv is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, negotiating, and monitoring junior credit and private equity investments. Prior to joining Manulife Capital—now operating as Manulife Investment Management—in 2002, he was with KPMG, where he provided valuation and transaction advisory services primarily to private equity investors. Additionally, Rajiv has served as a director on the boards of several companies and on advisory boards of investment funds in Canada and the United States. Rajiv holds the Chartered Business Valuator, Chartered Financial Analyst, and Chartered Professional Accountant designations.

• Education: B.Com., University of Toronto
• Joined the company: 2002
• Began career: 1998

Brian is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, negotiating, and monitoring junior credit and private equity investments. Prior to joining Hancock Capital Management—now operating as Manulife Investment Management—in 2011, he was with Bain as a member of the private equity group, where he worked with clients to evaluate investment opportunities and drive strategic and operational changes at portfolio companies. Prior to that, he was a senior analyst in the transaction advisory services practice at Ernst & Young. Brian holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

• Education: B.A., Economics, Bucknell University; M.B.A., The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
• Joined the company: 2011
• Began career: 2003

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

Seth is responsible for the sourcing, underwriting, analysis, and review of junior credit and private equity investments. He joined Hancock Capital Management—now operating as Manulife Investment Management—in 2018. Prior to joining the firm, he was a senior associate at PGIM Private Capital, where he focused on sourcing and underwriting senior and mezzanine investments. Prior to joining PGIM Private Capital, he supported institutional investor relations at Mellon. Seth holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

• Education: B.S.B.A., Finance, University of Rhode Island
• Joined the company: 2018
• Began career: 2011

Richard is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, negotiating, and monitoring private equity fund investments. He was previously responsible for transaction execution and portfolio monitoring of direct equity and mezzanine investments. Prior to joining Manulife Capital—now operating as Manulife Investment Management—he gained four years of experience in senior lending with GE Capital and six years of experience in private equity and mezzanine investments with McKenna Gale Capital. He began his career in investment banking with Scotia Capital. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

• Education: B.B.A, Wilfrid Laurier University
• Joined company: 2015
• Began career: 2002

Jeff is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, negotiating, and monitoring private equity fund investments. Prior to joining Hancock Capital Management—now operating as Manulife Investment Management—he spent 12 years as a research analyst at Congress Asset Management, where he was a member of the private equity investment policy committee. His responsibilities included sourcing, evaluating, negotiating, and monitoring primary private equity fund investments, in addition to overseeing the day-to-day operations of the private equity fund investment program. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

• Education: B.A., Economics, Bates College; M.B.A., Boston College
• Joined company: 2017
• Began career: 1997

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

Tom is responsible for all operations, including accounting, tax, portfolio valuation, financial reporting, fund management, and systems for the global private equity and credit team. Prior to joining the firm, he held leadership positions in financial and operational roles within private equity at J.P. Morgan Chase and The Blackstone Group.  

• Education: B.B.A., Accounting, Siena College
• Joined the company: 2021

Angela is responsible for accounting and reporting for the firm’s private equity. She joined the firm’s U.S. retail business in 1990, and in 2001, she joined Hancock Capital Management, now operating as Manulife Investment Management. Prior to joining the private equity group. Angela was a member of the North American corporate finance group’s third-party and client services group.

• Education: B.S., Business Management, Salem State College; M.B.A., Suffolk University
• Joined the company: 1990

Matt is responsible for financial planning and analysis across the firm's private equity platform; he also oversees the valuation operations for private debt and equity investments. He joined Hancock Capital Management—now operating as Manulife Investment Management—in 2009 in a role supporting the underwriting and review of mezzanine and private equity investments. Previously, he worked at Dubin Clark, a private equity firm focused on lower middle market investments, and in MetLife's private securities group, covering private placements in several industries.

• Education: B.S., Management, Boston College; M.B.A., Finance, Duke University–The Fuqua School of Business
• Joined the company: 2009