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Alice Wang

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Alice Wang

Senior Advisor

Alice Wang is a Senior Advisor at Metropolitan Partners Group Management. She brings to Metropolitan twenty years of investing and operating experience. Alice began her career in investment banking and private equity; later founded and sold two data driven companies where she led the development and delivery of product as well as the running of day-to-day operations of global teams. Most recently, Alice managed the Alternatives portfolio of a Global Re-insurer through the COVID crisis and served as the company’s technology strategist through its acquisition. Alice is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Tara Batlaglia

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Tara Battaglia

Accountant

Tara Battaglia is an Accountant at Metropolitan. She has over 15 years of accounting and cash management experience. Prior to joining Metropolitan, Tara held various accounting roles across several sectors, including Gas & Oil. Tara holds a B.S. in Accounting from South Hills School of Business & Technology.

Suma Krishnabhat, CPA

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Suma Krishnabhat, CPA

Controller

Suma Krishnabhat is Controller of Metropolitan. Suma has more than 15 years of experience working in Investment Management, Hedge Fund & Private Equity industries. Prior to joining Metropolitan in 2021, she was a Controller at Nexseer Capital working on finance and accounting transformation initiatives. She has held senior level positions at Accenture Financial Services and State Street Corporation. Suma has a Master’s in Business Administration with specialization in Finance and is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of California.

Sean Browne

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Sean Browne

Operations Associate

Sean Browne is an Operations Associate of Metropolitan. His responsibilities include investment operations, reporting and loan agency. Prior to joining Metropolitan in 2022, Sean worked at Prudential Financial, Inc. as an Investment Operations Specialist on the Fixed Income Public Operations team. There he worked on processing trades and payments on debt products, as well as custody reconciliation. Sean graduated with a B.S. in Accounting from The College of New Jersey School of Business.

Scarly Almonte

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Scarly Almonte

Senior Associate, Investor Relations

Scarly Almonte is a Senior Associate at Metropolitan. Scarly joins Metropolitan from Figure Technologies Inc., where she was responsible for managing and expanding relationships with investors and strategic partners. Previously, Scarly worked on the capital raising team at Monomoy Capital Partners and supported the Investor Relations functions at Invesco and Three Bridges Capital, where she began her career as an Associate. Scarly graduated from Baruch College with a B.A. in Finance.

Oliver Escardo

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Oliver Escardo

Vice President, Investor Relations

Oliver Escardo is the Vice President of Investor Relations at Metropolitan Partners Group. Since joining the firm in 2016, Oliver has held various execution and leadership roles in the firm’s Marketing and Investor Relations department. Oliver also currently heads the firms’ DEI committee. Prior to joining Metropolitan, Oliver was a marketing associate at JH Capital Group, a diversified specialty finance company. Oliver graduated cum laude from Columbia University with a B.A. in Political Science.

Mike Duntanasarn

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Mike Duntanasarn

Analyst

Mike Duntanasarn is an Analyst at Metropolitan. His responsibilities include providing operational support to the firm’s various divisions. Prior to joining Metropolitan, Mike was a Global Corporate Coverage Banker at Deutsche Bank where he actively covered Fortune 500 Technology companies. Mike graduated Magna Cum Laude from NYU Stern School of Business with a B.S. in Finance and Statistics.

Kris Suthivong

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Kris Suthivong

Assistant Controller

Kris Suthivong is an Assistant Controller at Metropolitan. He has over 15 years of accounting and financial reporting experience in the private equity industry, both at the Fund and Fund administrative services level. Prior to joining Metropolitan, Kris was an Assistant Controller for Pine Brook Road Partners, LLC and Addition LLC, as well as a Manager in fund administrative services at Gen2 Fund Services, LLC and SS&C GlobeOp. Kris has performed accounting, reporting and fund administrative services for various funds with over $10 billion AUM. Kris holds a B.S. in Accounting from St John’s University.

Jason Bircann

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Jason Bircann

Vice President, Reporting

Jason Bircann is Vice President of Reporting at Metropolitan. Prior to joining Metropolitan in 2021, Jason was a Senior Performance Reporting Manager at H.I.G. Capital LLC, where he managed investor and management reporting for the Credit platform. Prior to H.I.G., Jason worked for Sculptor Capital Management, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Hedge Fund Services where he focused on CLO compliance, credit operations and business process outsourcing. Jason graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration from Northeastern University and is a CFA® charter holder.

Emily Trozzo, CPA

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Emily Trozzo, CPA

Vice President

Emily Trozzo is a Vice President at Metropolitan. Prior to joining Metropolitan in 2019, Emily was a Senior Manager in Transaction Advisory Services at Ernst & Young, LLP (“EY”), where she led financial and accounting buy-side and sell-side due diligence projects across various industries. Emily started her career in the Assurance practice at EY, focusing on audits of publicly-traded companies in the Aerospace and Defense and Technology industries. Emily graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina and received an M.S.A. in Accounting from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.