Yann founded Dawson (formerly Whitehorse Liquidity Partners) – a leading global alternative asset manager focused on providing innovative structured solutions to the private markets – in 2015.

Since its inception, Dawson has raised over $15 billion, deployed over $20 billion and has over 175 employees across offices in Toronto and London UK.

Prior to Dawson, Robard spent 13 years at CPP Investment Board, most recently as head of secondaries and co-investments. He has more than 20 years of industry experience.

Sandro Galfetti is the Head of EMEA Secondary Advisory at UBS Investment Bank in London. He has over 20 years of experience in private equity and financial services. Prior to joining UBS in 2020, he worked at PJT Partners (UK) Ltd as a Managing Director in the Park Hill Secondary Advisory unit in London. He sourced, structured and executed a wide range of liquidity solutions for European financial sponsors and limited partners. Prior to joining Park Hill Group in 2014, Mr. Galfetti was a Director with Capital Dynamics’ private equity secondary investment team in London and New York and before that, with the firm’s structured solutions group in Zug, Switzerland. Previously, he was a structured credit underwriter with Swiss Re Financial Services in Zurich and London and carried out worldwide audit/consulting assignments for Swiss Re Group.

Mr. Galfetti holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration, magna cum laude, from the University of Zurich (lic.oec.publ.) and the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation.

Mr. Burdel is a Partner and Co-Portfolio Manager in the Credit Secondaries team, and a Partner in the Private Equity Secondaries team. Additionally, Mr. Burdel serves as a member of the Credit Secondaries and Private Equity Secondaries Investment Committees. Prior to joining Ares in 2022, Mr. Burdel was a Co-Founder and Partner of Spring Bridge Partners. Previously, Mr. Burdel was a Partner at Coller Capital where he spent 12 years, and served on the firm's Global Investment Committee, Strategic Committee and on the Advisory Board of key underlying investments. In addition, Mr. Burdel has held several positions in the Private Equity and Mergers and Acquisitions Units at General Electric. Mr. Burdel holds a B.A. from Audencia in France in Business and an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School.

Mr Engelien is a Managing Director and Co-Head of European Private Capital Advisory. He is based in Greenhill’s London and Frankfurt offices where he leads the firm’s secondary advisory business working with fund managers and institutional investors in the UK, Continental Europe and the Middle East. Prior to Cogent Partners' acquisition by Greenhill, he was a Partner and member of the firm's Executive Committee.

Prior to joining Cogent Partners, Mr Engelien was an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company where he served financial services companies and private equity firms on a broad range of strategy and corporate finance topics. He was also a leader of McKinsey’s European Banking & Securities practice. Mr Engelien started his career at Goldman Sachs in London covering the pan-European Business Services sector as an equity analyst.

Mr Engelien holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and a Master’s Degree in International Management from the Community of European Management Schools (CEMS).

BlackRock where he co-leads all aspects of the SLS business including investment strategy, deal sourcing, structuring and execution, business development/capital formation and serves as a member of the SLS Investment Committee. He has led the implementation of complex fund-level and deal-specific structures through partnerships developed across the BlackRock platform including capital markets, legal, and operations.

Prior to joining BlackRock, Jarid was on the Secondary Advisory Team within the UBS Investment Bank, where he was responsible for the sourcing, diligence, and execution of private equity and real estate secondary transactions. Prior to UBS, Jarid worked in the AIMS Group at Goldman Sachs & Co., focusing on the private equity and real estate secondary platform. While at Goldman Sachs, he acted in various capacities including as a member of the teams responsible for the sourcing and execution of private equity and real estate secondary transactions, including several innovative GP-led transactions, launching of the first dedicated real estate secondaries fund on the platform, and various business development responsibilities. Prior to his time at Goldman Sachs, Jarid worked as an equity analyst at Paradigm Capital where he was focused on small-capitalization, value-oriented investments.

Jarid graduated with an MBA from Union Graduate College and a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Siena College.