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Nari focuses on minority and majority growth equity investments in the software/SaaS, B2B tech, and fintech & payments sectors. At Sixth Street, he has led or co-led investments in Volante, SumUp, MasterControl, Atlas HXM, and Stripe.  Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2022, Nari was a General Partner at TCV focused on investments in the application software, industry-specific software, fintech & payments, healthcare IT, and tech-enabled services sectors. Nari’s previous led and co-led investments include Avalara (NYSE: AVLR; sold to Vista), AxiomSL (sold to Thoma Bravo), EmbanetCompass (sold to Pearson), HireVue (sold to Carlyle Group), Kipu Health, Merkle (sold to Dentsu Aegis), OneSource Virtual, Payoneer (NASD: PAYO), Perceptyx, Varsity Tutors/Nerdy (NYSE: NRDY), and Watermark. Previously, Nari worked at McKinsey & Company advising clients in the storage, semiconductor, and general technology industries. Nari graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. and M.S. in Management Science & Engineering.

Keith Barr is a Senior Operating Advisor to Sixth Street. He is a seasoned executive with over 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry. Barr served as CEO of IHG Hotels & Resorts from 2017 to 2023, where he led the company’s strategic growth initiatives and value creation. He had been a member of IHG’s Executive Committee since April 2011 and served as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) for four years before being appointed CEO. Prior to his role as CCO, Barr spent four years as CEO of IHG’s Greater China business. Barr joined IHG in 2000 and subsequently held a number of senior positions in IHG’s Americas and former Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) regions. He was previously VP of Operations for Midscale brands in North America, VP of Operations for the Holiday Inn brand in North America and Chief Operating Officer for Australia, New Zealand, and South Pacific. Prior to joining IHG, Barr held several senior positions at Bristol Hotels and Resorts, which was acquired by IHG in 2000. Barr also sits on the Board of Directors for Yum! Brands and MGM Resorts International.

Barr is a graduate of Cornell University’s Nolan School of Hotel Administration. He is currently a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board for The Nolan School of Hotel Administration and a member of the Leadership Council for Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.

Mike focuses on growth investments in software/SaaS and technology companies. Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2022, Mike was a Principal at Level Equity focused on investing in software and technology businesses. Previously, he held positions at OFS Capital, Berkery, Noyes & Co, and KPMG. Mike graduated magna cum laude from the University of Delaware with a B.S. double major in Accounting and Finance.

Fazal Merchant is a Senior Operating Advisor for Sixth Street and has served various enterprises across the media and technology landscape. Merchant most recently served as Co-CEO of Tanium Inc., a technology business he helped grow from $3 billion in value to almost $10 billion in under 4 years. Merchant retired from Tanium at the end of 2020 and remained on the company’s board until February 2022. Previously, he was CFO of DreamWorks Animation SKG, where he was integral to the company’s sale to Comcast. Prior to that, Merchant was Head of Corporate Development at DIRECTV and CFO of DIRECTV Latin America and helped lead the company’s sale to AT&T. Earlier in his career, Merchant spent several years in investment banking at Barclays Capital and Royal Bank of Scotland, as well as Ford Motor Company. Merchant currently serves on the boards of Ariel Investments, Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE: RHP), and Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD). He previously served on the board of Meritor (NYSE: MTOR) until its sale to Cummins in 2022.

Merchant earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MBA from Indiana University.

Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2022, Piper was a recruitment specialist with Roark Capital. She began her career with Boston Consulting Group. Piper received degrees in Psychology and Business Administration, Operations and Supply Chain Management from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Carl Pascarella is a Senior Operating Advisor for Sixth Street. He serves as Board Member at LoanPro Software since March 2010. Pascarella served as Executive Advisor at TPG, a leading global private equity firm, and has served in that capacity since August 2005. Pascarella joined TPG after retiring in 2005 from Visa U.S.A., Inc., a financial services company, where he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer for 12 years. Pascarella also served as President and CEO of Visa International's Asia-Pacific Region and Director of the Asia-Pacific Regional Board. Prior to joining Visa International, Pascarella held positions as Vice President of the International Division of Crocker National Bank and Vice President, Metropolitan Banking, at Bankers Trust Company.

Mr. Chavez currently serves on the Board of Directors of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL). In addition, he serves on the fiduciary or advisory boards of Abacus.AI, Datavant, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Stanford Medicine. He previously served as President of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University.

Prior to joining Sixth Street, Mr. Chavez served in a variety of senior roles at Goldman Sachs, including Chief Information Officer, where he oversaw the firm's 9,000 engineers; Chief Financial Officer, and global co-head of the firm’s Securities (now Global Markets) Division. Mr. Chavez was also a partner and member of the Goldman Sachs Management Committee. Mr. Chavez was one of the first developers of SecDB, an early platform that transformed the trading business into a software business. He retired from the firm in 2019.

Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Mr. Chavez was the CEO and co-founder of Kiodex, and Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Quorum Software Systems.

He holds an A.B. magna cum laude in Biochemical Sciences and an S.M. in Computer Science from Harvard, and a Ph.D. in Medical Information Sciences from Stanford.

Chris Perrotti is a Senior Operating Advisor for Sixth Street and Bay FC. His subject matter expertise focuses on digital transformation, go-to-market and back-office technology and process, core IT, strategy, change management, and culture. With over 20 years of experience, he has served as Chief of Staff and VP of Digital Workplace for LogMein, a 1B+ global SaaS vendor, through a period of significant revenue growth. He has led multiple CRM/ERP/HRIS implementations through mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and start-ups. Perrotti has worked with some of the top global cybersecurity, AI software, and research companies including Formstack, Dataminr, Rapid7, Forrester Research, Notarize (now Proof).

As a member of the Chief of Staff Association, Perrotti has been interviewed and published in multiple publications and podcasts including The Ivy Podcast. He is also co-owner of Archery Close, a curated collection of emerging designers, trend setting styles, and cult brands in Stowe, Vermont. Perrotti holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Boston University.

Brad Stewart is a Private Equity Exec Chair and Senior Advisor. He specializes in technology, payments and B2B/B2C services with deep experience in strategy and talent transformation, restructuring, and M&A.

Currently, Stewart serves as Executive Chairman at Pushpay, as Senior Advisor at Sixth Street (and formerly TPG Capital) and as a board member at multiple publicly-traded and privately-held companies. Previously, Stewart was CEO at Fair Technologies, a fintech backed by SoftBank Group. He led Fair's pivot from car subscriptions (financing / insurance) to fully digitized transaction platform and subsequent sale to a strategic buyer. Prior to Fair, Stewart was Chairman & CEO at XOJet, the largest on-demand private jet services company in North America, backed by TPG Capital and Mubadala. He led XOJet’s turnaround, 4x revenue growth and eventual sale to a strategic buyer for a sector record price. Stewart formerly was Vice President at Parthenon Capital and Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company.

Stewart received an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BSB in Corporate Finance from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.

Paul Dodd is a Go-to-Market, Operating Partner at Sixth Street focused on providing core expertise to organizations in order to maximize revenue generation and profitable growth.

Before joining Sixth Street, Paul served as Chief Growth Officer at SecureLink, SVP of Sales for Compeat Tech, Head of Sales for the GA360 Measurement Suite at Google, and previously served as Vice President of World Wide Sales at Adometry, a leading provider of multi-touch attribution & cross-channel intelligence, acquired by Google in 2014. Before Adometry, Paul served as Vice President of Sales for Retail at Bazaarvoice and as Chief Strategy & Global Sales Officers for Design Reactor/6Connex.

He holds an MBA from Baylor University-Hankamer School of Business, an M.A. in Psychology from the University of Santa Monica, and a B.A. in Accounting from Kent State University.

Sham Telang is a Senior Operating Advisor to Sixth Street and other private equity firms. Telang is also an independent board director for Logile, Inc. Telang has 25 years of executive leadership, board experience, P&L, product management, technology management expertise spanning a broad range of company sizes from start-up to large multi-billion-dollar global companies within a diverse industry segmentation including D2C, B2B, FinTech, LegalTech, High-Tech, Retail, Real Estate, and more.

Prior to becoming a full-time advisor, Telang was the CPTO at Perceptyx a PE backed company specializing in people listening analytics where he transitioned the company to a SaaS multi-product business. Prior to Perceptyx, Telang was the COO/CTO at LegalZoom (NASDQ:LZ) where he helped double the ARR from $192 million to $425 million in 6 years with FCF of $110 million. Part of the executive team that filed the confidential S1. Telang was also the global CITO for Experian, Plc (EXPN) where he helped scale it from $350 million to $1.2 billion in revenue across nine countries.

Telang holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Telecommunications and Master’s in Computer Science.

Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2021, Evelyn was an Investment Associate with SoftBank. Evelyn began her career as an Associate with Ernst & Young. Evelyn received a B.B.A. in Finance & Accounting and Mathematics from Emory University.

Kristi Turner is a Senior Operating Advisor for Sixth Street and was interim CMO of Bay FC, playing an essential role in building and launching the NWSL professional women’s soccer team in 2023. Her subject matter expertise focuses on go-to-market, strategy, brand, marketing, product design, customer operations, diversity, and culture. With over 30 years of experience, she has served as CMO for Restaurant365, Compeat, and HotSchedules (now Fourth) in the restaurant technology space where she was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award for Top Women in Restaurant Technology as well as a Bronze Winner for promoting diversity at the 15th Annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. She also served as SVP of Marketing for InComm, a global market leader in payments, prepaid, and gift card market as well as multiple leadership positions in high growth telecom, wireless, and technology companies from start-ups to multi-billion global companies, managing through mergers, acquisitions, and crisis management. Turner has worked with some of the top retail, telecom, financial, and sports brands including Target, Walmart, Apple, T-Mobile, AT&T, American Express, Visa, NFL, NHL, NWSL, and Senior PGA. Turner has been interviewed and published in 50-plus publications and podcasts including Forbes.

She is founder and CEO of Kaizen Consulting and a best-selling author of Rethink Everything, The Courage to Lead Differently. Turner holds a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Marketing/ Mass Communications and minor in Business from University of South Florida.

Prior to joining Sixth Street as its Director of Tax in 2017, Lindsay was a Tax Partner with KPMG LLP. Ms. Farnsworth earned a B.B.A in Accounting and a B.B.A. in Business Management from Evangel University.

Greg Waldorf is currently a Senior Advisor at Sixth Street and Concrete Rose Capital. A senior technology, fintech and consumer CEO, Board Director, and advisor with over 30 years of entrepreneurial skill across SMB, consumer, real estate technology, payments, and healthcare. Waldorf has had a passion for technology and business ever since starting a software development company at age thirteen.

Waldorf serves as a Lecturer at the Stanford's Graduate School of Business, was a founding member of the school’s Business Management Board and sits on the board of Virta Health.

In his most recent operating role as CEO of Invoice2go, he led a team that revolutionized how the world’s smallest businesses work. From his joining the Australian founded company in 2014 as part of an Accel Partners investment, he rebuilt the product and led the company through substantial growth in customers and payments transaction volume. In 2021, Invoice2go was purchased in a successful sale by Bill.com. Previously, Waldorf spent a decade working with eHarmony after becoming the company’s founding investor in 2000. After becoming CEO in 2006, he drove the company's global expansion into new markets domestically and in fifteen countries worldwide, resulting in more than $1 billion of revenue during his tenure.

Waldorf holds an MBA from the Stanford's Graduate School of Business and a BA from UCLA.

Finn began his career at Sixth Street in 2023. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Notre Dame with a B.B.A. in Finance and History.

Maggie Wilderotter has led as CEO both F500 companies and start-ups and has served on 36 public and 15 private company Boards of Directors. Currently on the public boards of Costco Wholesale Corporation, SANA Biotechnology, and is Board Chair at DocuSign, and the private boards of Tanium and Sonoma Biotherapeutics. She is Senior Advisor to Accenture, Okta, the Blackstone Group, Atairos Private Equity and Sixth Street Partners. She is one of the top 20 ‘2024 Value Creating Corporate Directors’ in America by the Chief Executive Group.

During her Eleven years as CEO and Executive Chairman, Frontier Communications grew from a Fortune 1000 to a Fortune 500 national broadband, voice and video provider with operations in 29 states and annualized revenues in excess of $10 billion.

She served on the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) as Vice Chairman and Chairman, and on the President’s Special Commission responsible for a recommendation report on Enhancing National Cybersecurity.

Holding a bachelor’s in economics from the College of the Holy Cross, she has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from University of Rochester.

Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2023, Nikhil was a Vice President at PSG focused on investing in high-growth software businesses. Previously, he held positions at Palladium Equity Partners and RBC Capital Markets. Nikhil received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Duke University.

Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2024, Mr. Goodman was a Principal at WestCap. Mr. Goodman earned a Bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting from Lehigh University with the Highest Honors and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Prior to WestCap, Mr. Goodman was an Associate with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. Mr. Goodman began his career as an Analyst with Morgan Stanley.

Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2023, Dylan worked at Guggenheim Partners in the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Group within the Investment Banking division. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 2021, where he received his BBA from the Ross School of Business.

Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2018, Ben was a Vice President with Battery Ventures focused on venture capital & growth equity investments in the internet and software space. Previously, he was a Senior Equity Research Associate at Rutberg & Company and holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in Chemistry from Duke University.

Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2018, Alex worked as an Associate at General Atlantic and Abry Partners. He started his career as an Investment Analyst in the Private Equity Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co. He graduated summa cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs at Princeton University.

Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2016, Bill was an Assistant Vice President with Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Bill graduated summa cum laude from the University of New Hampshire with a B.S. in Economics.

Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2022, Benedict was an Analyst at Credit Suisse in the Global Industrial Group within the Investment Banking division. He began his career at GAO Capital. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Finance from New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2022, Susie was a Senior Associate for Neuberger Berman in its Private Equity group. She began her career at BNP Paribas as an Investment Banking Analyst. Susie earned a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2022, Max was an Analyst at Lazard in the Technology M&A Group within the Investment Banking division. He began his career at Israel Growth Partners. He earned his BBA and BA from the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business.

Mike is a Partner of Sixth Street and Co-Head of Sixth Street Growth. Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2018, Mike was a Managing Director in AmSSG at Goldman Sachs, which he joined in 2004. From 2013 through 2018, he was co-head of PCI, AmSSG’s preferred equity, growth capital business. Prior to co-heading PCI, Mike worked in AmSSG’s Multi-Strategy Investing Group and Specialty Lending Group. Before joining AmSSG in 2006, he worked in Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research Division. Mike received a B.B.A. in Finance and Business Economics, magna cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame in 2002.

Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2018, Lee was a Vice President at TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm where he focused on healthcare investments. Prior to TA Associates, Lee worked in the Global Healthcare Investment Banking group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He received an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School and graduated magna cum laude from the Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in Finance.

Reina began her career at Sixth Street in 2023. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Princeton University.

Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2022, Chris was a Senior Associate at Peak Rock Capital. He began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Barclays. Chris earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Princeton University.

Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2020, Eric worked in the Investment Banking Division at Morgan Stanley. He graduated from Northeastern University with an M.S. in Finance and a B.S. in Business Administration.

Sandra is Deputy General Counsel at Sixth Street. Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2017, she was an Associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. Ms. Rutova holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School and an L.L.B. from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2023, Shilpa was an Associate for District Capital Partners. Prior to District Capital Partners, Shilpa worked in the Corporate Finance division of KPMG. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Economics from University of Mary Washington.

Mr. Stanley is a Partner of Sixth Street and Co-Head of Sixth Street Growth, which is the firm’s platform for providing customized, non-control private capital for growth-oriented companies. Mr. Stanley focuses on originating transactions in the software, payment systems, data infrastructure and business services sectors. Representative portfolio companies include AvidXchange, Kaseya, Lucidworks, PayScale and SmartDrive. Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2011, Mr. Stanley was with Wells Fargo Capital Finance, where he served in multiple roles providing specialized financing to companies throughout the U.S. and Canada. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from the University of Maine.

Jeffrey Stone leads Sixth Street’s team focused on providing strategic growth advice to management teams and founders. Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2022, Mr. Stone led four sponsor-backed companies as CEO: Arrowstream, a leader in supply chain software solutions for multi-unit restaurants; Compeat, a provider of restaurant management software; MarketTools, a provider of software and services for market research and enterprise feedback management; and Tiburon, a leader in public safety and security software. Prior to those roles, he worked at Morgan Stanley and GE, and he began his career as an initial member of two IdeaLab Ventures companies, KornFerry Futurestep and Citysearch. He has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire.

Kirsty is an Operating Partner at Sixth Street Growth, where she helps portfolio companies achieve step changes in their growth trajectory. Her subject matter expertise centers around Customer Experience, Customer Success, Support and Service, Customer Insights and Advocacy.

Prior to her role at Sixth Street, she was an Operating Partner at Movac, NZ’s preeminent Venture Capital Firm, a Beachhead advisor for the New Zealand Government and served as the Chair of the Board of Directors for Optimal Workshop, and GoGenerosity, as well as MenuAid.

Kirsty’s other experience includes Chief Customer Officer at Shuttlerock, a Creative as a Service organization; VP of Client Advocacy at Yext (NYSE: YEXT), the leading Search Experience Cloud platform, and VP Customer at Hootsuite, the world’s most widely used social media relationship platform. Prior to Hootsuite, Kirsty was the Chief Customer Officer at Snapfish, a San Francisco based online photo merchandising company.

Kirsty has over 25 years of international experience gained from Executive Sales & Marketing, Operations, and General Management roles in the US, Canada, Japan, and New Zealand. She has a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Marketing and International Business, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Japanese and German from the University of Auckland.

Alan Waxman is Co-Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Sixth Street.

Founded in 2009, Sixth Street manages $75 billion in assets with over 600 team members including more than 250 investment professionals around the world. Sixth Street uses its long-term flexible capital, data-enabled capabilities, and One Team culture to develop themes and offer solutions to companies across all stages of growth.

Prior to co-founding Sixth Street, Mr. Waxman was a Partner at Goldman Sachs and Chief Investment Officer of its largest proprietary investing business. Sixth Street continues an investment philosophy Mr. Waxman and Sixth Street’s founding partner group began developing over 20 years ago while building complementary businesses to invest Goldman’s capital in public and private markets across the capital structure in companies, assets, and idiosyncratic opportunities. At Goldman, Mr. Waxman founded and led private capital investing franchises in growth capital solutions, direct lending, and alternative energy infrastructure, among others, as well as in public markets multi-strategy investing. He began his career at Goldman Sachs in 1998.

Mr. Waxman is a Founding LP and Strategic Advisor to Westbound Equity Partners, an early stage investment platform deploying financial and social capital to underrepresented founders of color. Mr. Waxman and other Sixth Street team members began advising Westbound Equity Partners leadership on the firm’s formation in 2018 and Sixth Street is a Founding Strategic Partner.

Mr. Waxman is co-chair of the new National Women’s Soccer League franchise coming to the Bay Area in 2024 and serves on the NWSL’s Board of Governors.

Mr. Waxman holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania and currently serves on the Board of Overseers for the University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences. He is a Board Member Emeritus for Tipping Point Community and serves on the Advisory Council for the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula, which are both focused on fighting poverty and inequality of opportunity in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2023, Edward was an Analyst at Lazard in the Technology M&A Group within the Investment Banking division. Prior to Lazard, Edward worked in the Technology Investment Banking division of JMP Securities and the Transaction Services division of Deloitte. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Statistics from University of California, Berkeley

Prior to joining Sixth Street in 2022, Claire was a Vice President in the financial technology practice at Goldman Sachs. Claire received an MBA with high honors from the Booth School of Business at University of Chicago, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.