Northleaf hires Vision Capital's Matt Shafer to lead NYC office
Canadian private-markets investor Northleaf Capital Partners has hired Matt Shafer as a managing director on the firm’s private equity team. Shafer will focus on the origination and execution of secondary opportunities from Northleaf's new office in New York, which is scheduled to open this spring. He will lead the office and a team that includes Brad Blowes and Mitch Reeves, who are relocating from the firm's Toronto headquarters. Shafer joins Northleaf from Vision Capital, where he served as a partner and head of the Americas operation. He was previously a managing director at Nomura International.
6 February 2018•4 mins read
