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Michael Bego

October 12, 2021

Michael Bego is the Managing Partner of Kline Hill Partners, a private equity secondaries firm he founded in 2015, highly regarded for its focus on finding underserved sellers and providing high-quality service with three main strategies in LP, GP-led, and tech secondaries. He oversees all firm operations and investments, leveraging extensive relationships across the secondary…

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Jared Barlow, CFA

October 12, 2021

Jared Barlow is a Partner and principal of Kline Hill and, along with Michael Bego, is responsible for overall firm and investment oversight. Prior to joining Kline Hill in 2015, Mr. Barlow ran Sweetwater Capital LLC, an investment boutique firm, where he managed and advised on over $100 million of capital. Prior to Sweetwater Capital…

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Chris Bull, CFA

October 12, 2021

Chris Bull is a Managing Director on the investment team at Kline Hill. Prior to joining Kline Hill in July 2021, Mr. Bull was a Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). While at BCG, he worked closely with senior executives across a wide range of industries to design and deploy strategic, organizational, and operational…

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Graham Douglas

October 12, 2021

Graham Douglas is a Managing Director on the investment team at Kline Hill. Prior to joining Kline Hill in 2017, Mr. Douglas was an Analyst at Modern Bank, N.A. in the Leveraged Finance Group where he played a key role in all stages of the underwriting process. He worked with middle market companies to provide…

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Roman Hürlimann

March 1, 2022

Roman Hürlimann is a Managing Director at Kline Hill. Prior to joining Kline Hill in December 2021, Mr. Hürlimann was a Member of Management at Partners Group where he was responsible for sourcing, due diligence, and execution of primary, secondary and co-investment opportunities since 2012. In his prior role, Mr Hürlimann was also responsible for…

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Elena Laleh

October 12, 2021

Elena Laleh is a Managing Director at Kline Hill Partners, focused on GP-led secondaries. Prior to joining Kline Hill, Elena spent seven years as a core member of the secondaries team at Partners Group, where she focused on both GP-led and LP secondaries, as well as co-investments and primary investments. She was a Founding Member…

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David Swanson, CFA

October 12, 2021

David Swanson is a Managing Director at Kline Hill, focused on GP-led secondaries. Prior to joining Kline Hill, he was a partner at Unigestion SA, where he was head of secondaries for North America and responsible for sourcing, due diligence, and execution of secondary transactions. He began his career in 2005 in the corporate finance/restructuring…

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James Bradshaw

October 12, 2021

James Bradshaw is a Vice President on the investment team at Kline Hill Partners. Prior to joining Kline Hill in 2019, James was a Manager within the M&A Transaction Services team at Deloitte UK, where he performed financial due diligence for mid-cap focused private equity clients and strategic investors across financial services, technology and manufacturing.…

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Kathryn McMullan

October 12, 2021

Kathryn McMullan is a Vice President on the investment team at Kline Hill. Prior to joining Kline Hill in 2018, she worked in the Audit and Assurance practice at Deloitte for three years. Ms. McMullan specialized in financial services, specifically within the Investment Management group, where she worked with multiple private equity firms across various…

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Chris Nagashima

October 12, 2021

Chris Nagashima is a Vice President on the investment team at Kline Hill. Prior to joining the firm in March 2020, Mr. Nagashima was a Senior Analyst on the Strategy and Corporate Development team at Expedia Group. While at Expedia Group, he played a key role in the sourcing and execution of the firm’s acquisitions…

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