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Daniel Leger

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Daniel Leger

Senior Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations and Marketing

Daniel Leger is Senior Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations and Marketing at Metropolitan Partners Group. Prior to joining Metropolitan, he was Managing Director, Head of Marketing and Investor Relations at MGG Investment Group, a $6.3 billion private lending firm in New York. Over his 23-year career, he has held senior asset raising roles at Akre Capital Management in Virginia, a $15B private partnership and mutual fund management company; Geosphere Capital, a $1.4 billion hedge fund; and Steel Partners, a $5 billion global activist manager. Daniel began his career in asset management at BRI Partners, a venture capital firm and joint venture with Mesirow Financial that seeded hedge funds, helping grow their collective assets to $5 billion. Prior to entering the asset management business, he spent several years in academia and received a Ph.D. in political philosophy and international relations from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. Daniel received his BA from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

Maithili Purandare

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Maithili Purandare

Vice President, Operating Expert Network

Maithili Purandare is a Vice President at Metropolitan, where she is responsible for nurturing, supporting, and scaling the firm’s Operating Expert Network. Before joining Metropolitan, she was a Strategy & Operations professional at iCapital and Deep 6 AI, focused on strategy, capital raising, and supporting business operations. Prior to that, she began her career at Morgan Stanley. Maithili holds a B.A. in Economics, magna cum laude, from Rutgers University. She also currently serves on the Board of Directors as VP of Programming for the United Women in Business Foundation (UWIB), a non-profit organization.

Jack DePerrior

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Jack DePerrior

Senior Associate

Jack DePerrior is a Senior Associate at Metropolitan Partners Group. His responsibilities include oversight of existing credit investments through ongoing examination of key credit metrics and continual interactions with management on attaining strategic and operational milestones. Prior to joining Metropolitan in 2024, Jack was an Investment Banking Associate at H.C. Wainwright where he focused on executing equity, debt, and M&A transactions for healthcare companies. Prior to H.C. Wainwright, Jack worked in operational strategy consulting at EY. Jack was a Presidential Scholar and received a B.A. in Economics from George Washington University.

Alex Roesch

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Alex Roesch

Associate

Alex Roesch is an Associate at Metropolitan. His responsibilities include deal execution and portfolio analytics. Prior to joining Metropolitan in 2024, Alex worked as an Investment Professional at Runway Growth Capital, a venture debt focused BDC, where he sat on the Credit Team. Previously, Alex was a Program Manager at LivePerson as well as an investment banker at Lazard and Cascadia Capital. Alex received a B.S. in Finance and Economic Consulting from Indiana University.

Adam Weber

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Adam Weber

Principal

Adam Weber is a Principal at Metropolitan. His responsibilities include deal origination, underwriting and execution. Prior to joining Metropolitan in 2024, Adam was a Partner at CrowdOut Capital LLC, a lower middle market alternative investment company. During his seven-year career at CrowdOut, Adam led the underwriting and execution efforts that included closing forty debt and private equity transactions totaling around $800 million. Adam also led several in-court and out-of-court restructurings and workouts. Before joining CrowdOut, Adam held operational and strategic finance roles at two technology companies in Central Texas. Adam began his finance career at Sandler O’Neill + Partners in New York, focused on mergers, acquisitions, and equity raises for banks and thrifts. Adam graduated cum laude from Connecticut College with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Religious Studies.

Jake Barrett

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Jake Barrett

Vice President

Jake Barrett is a Vice President at Metropolitan. His responsibilities include deal execution and portfolio analytics. Prior to joining Metropolitan in 2024, Jake was an Investment Professional at Värde Partners, an alternative investment firm where he was a member of their Financial Services and Diversified Private Credit team. Previously, Jake was an Associate at Neptune Financial on their Private Credit team. Jake received a B.S. in Business and Economics with a minor in Mathematics from St. Lawrence University.

Wilmer Cerda

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Wilmer Cerda

Vice President

Wilmer Cerda is a Vice President at Metropolitan. His responsibilities include the management, workout, and ongoing evaluation of the firm’s portfolio of assets. Prior to joining Metropolitan, Wilmer advised companies on financial restructurings and operational turnarounds as part of AlixPartners’ corporate restructuring practice. Wilmer earned his MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business and holds a B.S. from Columbia University.

Chris Dolan

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Chris Dolan

Senior Associate

Chris Dolan is a Senior Associate at Metropolitan. His responsibilities include deal execution and portfolio analytics. Prior to joining Metropolitan in 2023, Chris was a Vice President at Johnsen Fretty & Company, a media-focused investment bank where he advised clients on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and debt and equity financings. Previously, Chris was a Supply and Trading Associate at ExxonMobil. Chris received a B.S. Mechanical Engineering from the Purdue University.

Aaron Dalal

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Aaron Dalal

Senior Associate

Aaron Dalal is a Senior Associate at Metropolitan Partners Group. His responsibilities include asset management and evaluation of existing investments. Prior to joining Metropolitan in 2023, Aaron was an Analyst with S&P Global Ratings where he focused on ground-up credit risk analysis and monitoring of various obligors in the energy sector. Aaron received a B.A. in Economics and Master’s of Applied Data Science from University of Michigan – Ann Arbor.

George Alifragis

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George Alifragis

Senior Vice President, Head of Operating Expert Network

George Alifragis is Metropolitan’s Head of Operating Expert Network, where he is responsible for curating, managing, and scaling our Operating Expert network. George began his career at Bell Canada, where he dedicated over 12 years to increasingly responsible management and executive roles. More recently, George served in executive capacities at Sryas as COO and Altima Telecom as Chief Customer and Innovation Officer. Presently, he serves on the Executive Board as Chief Innovation Officer at the Cyber Security Global Alliance and is a member of the Forbes Business Council.