NB Private Markets

Anthony Tutrone is the Global Head of NB Alternatives and a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman. He is a member of all Neuberger Berman Private Equity’s Investment Committees. Anthony is also a member of Neuberger Berman's Partnership, Operating, and Asset Allocation Committees. Prior to Neuberger Berman, from 1994 to 2001, Anthony was a Managing Director and founding member of The Cypress Group, a private equity firm focused on middle market buyouts that managed approximately $3.5 billion of commitments. Anthony began his career at Lehman Brothers in 1986, starting in Investment Banking and in 1987 becoming one of the original members of the firm’s Merchant Banking Group. This group managed a $1.2 billion private equity fund focused on middle market buyouts. He has been a member of the board of directors of several public and private companies and has sat on the advisory boards of several private equity funds. Anthony earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Columbia University.

Jonathan D. Shofet is the Global Head of the Firm’s Private Investment Portfolios and Co-Investments (“PIPCO”) group and is a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman. He is a member of the PIPCO and Credit Opportunities Investment Committees. Prior to joining Neuberger Berman in 2005, Mr. Shofet was a member of the Lehman Brothers Private Equity division, focusing on equity investments primarily in the technology, communications and media sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Shofet was a member of the Lehman Brothers Investment Banking division, where he focused on public and private financings, as well as strategic advisory in the real estate, technology and utility sectors. Mr. Shofet has been, or currently sits, on the Limited Partner Advisory Boards of a number of funds including those managed by Amulet Capital, Beacon Capital, Castlelake, Cerberus, Clearlake Capital, Comvest Partners, DFW Capital, Oak Hill Capital, Platinum Equity, Thomas H. Lee Partners and Vector Capital. He has also been a Board Observer for several private companies. Mr. Shofet holds a B.A. from Binghamton University, where he graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.

Patricia Miller Zollar is a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman and a leader of the Firm’s Private Investment Portfolios practice. She is a member of the Co-Investment and Private Investment Portfolios Investment Committees. Additionally, Ms. Zollar sits on the Limited Partner Advisory Boards of a number of funds. Before rejoining Neuberger Berman in 2004, Ms. Zollar was a vice president in the Asset Management Division of Goldman Sachs. Ms. Zollar began her career as a Certified Public Accountant in the Audit Division of Deloitte & Touche. She received her MBA from Harvard Business School and her BS, with highest distinction, from North Carolina A&T State University, where she is Chairperson Emeritus of the Board of Trustees and the recipient of an honorary Doctorate degree. Ms. Zollar is a member of the Executive Leadership Council, the Harvard Business School Alumni Board and was a former member of the executive board of the National Association of Investment Companies. She serves as Vice Chairman of The Apollo Theater and a member of the Investment Committee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Board of Trustees and the Neuberger Berman Foundation Board of Trustees.

Tristram Perkins is a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman and Global Co-Head of NB Secondary Private Equity. He is a member of the Secondary, Real Estate Secondary, and Strategic Capital Investment Committees. Tristram oversees the origination and valuation of secondary investments. He joined Neuberger Berman Private Equity from Deutsche Bank, where he worked for eight years in the private equity division investing in secondary private equity and directly in operating companies. Prior to that, he worked for four years in investment banking with Alex. Brown & Sons in New York in both the Restructuring Group and the Industrial Technologies Group. He received his MBA from Columbia Business School and his BA from Middlebury College.

David Stonberg, Managing Director, is Neuberger Berman's Deputy Head of NB Alternatives and the Global Co-Head of Private Equity Co-Investments. He is also a member of the Private Investment Portfolios and Co-Investments Investment Committees, as well as the Renaissance, Secondary, Real Estate Secondary, Strategic Capital and Credit Opportunities Investment Committees. Before joining the firm in 2002, David held several positions within Lehman Brothers' Investment Banking Division, including providing traditional corporate and advisory services to clients, as well as leading internal strategic and organizational initiatives for Lehman Brothers. David began his career in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Lazard Frères. He holds an MBA from the Stern School of New York University and a BSE from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

David Morse is a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman, and is the Global Co-Head of Private Equity Co-Investments. He is also a member of Co-Investment, Private Debt and Private Investment Portfolios Investment Committees. Mr. Morse is currently a Board Observer of Behavioral Health Group, C.H. Guenther, CSC, and ProAmpac, all of which are portfolio companies of our dedicated co-investment funds. Mr. Morse joined Lehman Brothers in 2003 as a Managing Director and principal in the Merchant Banking Group where he helped raise and invest Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking Partners III L.P. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, Mr. Morse was a founding Partner of Hampshire Equity Partners (and its predecessor entities). Founded in 1993, Hampshire is a middle-market private equity and corporate restructuring firm with $825 million of committed capital over three private equity funds. Prior to Hampshire, Mr. Morse worked in GE Capital’s Corporate Finance Group providing one-stop financings to middle-market buyouts. Mr. Morse began his career in 1984 in Chemical Bank’s middle-market lending group. Mr. Morse holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a BA in Economics from Hamilton College. Mr. Morse is a member of the M.B.A. Advisory Board of the Tuck School, a member of the Alumni Council of Hamilton College, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Berkshire School.

Maura Reilly Kennedy is a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman and a senior member of the private equity investment team. Ms. Kennedy focuses on designing, implementing and managing customized, commingled and registered private equity solutions for clients. Prior to joining Neuberger Berman in 2008, she worked at Landmark Partners, focusing on secondary private equity transactions. Ms. Kennedy is a member of Neuberger Berman’s Public Private Investment Committee and the ESG Advisory Committee. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Associate of Investment Companies, the largest network of diverse-owned private equity firms and hedge funds, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Miss Porter's School, the high school she attended. Ms. Kennedy received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Jennifer Signori is Managing Director and Head of Private Markets ESG and Impact at Neuberger Berman. Jennifer joined the firm in 2017 and leads the development, implementation, and portfolio management of impact investing strategies within private equity as a senior member of the private equity investment team. Jennifer oversees environmental, social, and governance integration in private markets and multi-asset class solutions. Previously, Jennifer was a Director at Bridges Fund Management, a specialist impact investing private equity fund manager. Jennifer began her career in investment banking at J.P. Morgan, where she conducted credit analysis and structured syndicated leveraged loans and bonds. Jennifer also worked in a number of investment and advisory roles focused on impact investing, including at Imprint Capital and Next Street. Jennifer received a BS of Foreign Service in International Economics from Georgetown University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Jennifer is on the Wharton Private Equity Venture Capital Association Board, and was previously on the Principles for Responsible Investment Private Equity Advisory Committee and Impact Management Project Advisory Board.

Susan Kasser, CFA, is the Head of Neuberger Berman Private Debt. The Private Debt business manages $19 billion of investor capital as of November 2024 dedicated to investing in first-lien and unitranche loans to market-leading companies owned by private equity firms. Prior to joining Neuberger Berman in 2013, Ms. Kasser was an investment professional in the Direct Lending business of the Carlyle Group. Prior to joining Carlyle, she worked at Goldman Sachs in several roles, including as an investment banker in the Leveraged Finance group, a fund investor and direct private equity co-investor in the Private Equity Group, and as a financial analyst in Global Investment Research. Susan was named one of The Wall Street Journal's 2024 Women to Watch and one of Pensions & Investments' 2023 Most Influential Women in Institutional Investing. In addition to serving on the National Board of the Enterprise Club of the American Enterprise Institute, Susan serves on the Investment Committee and the Board of Directors for Vail Health, an independent, nonprofit health care system in Eagle County, Colorado. Ms. Kasser received an MA in International Economics and Finance and a BA in Philosophy from Brandeis University, where she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst.

David Lyon is a Managing Director and Head of NB Capital Solutions. Mr. Lyon is a member of the Capital Solutions, Private Debt and Strategic Capital Investment Committees. Prior to joining Neuberger Berman in 2014, he was the Director of Research at Ellis Lake Capital, a $500 million event-driven credit hedge fund based in New York. Before Ellis Lake, Mr. Lyon was one of three professionals responsible for the day-to-day management of a multi-billion-dollar portfolio of credit and equity investments at D. E. Shaw. At D. E. Shaw, Mr. Lyon was also responsible for the private equity efforts in the credit opportunities group and sat on several public and private company boards. Previously, Mr. Lyon was a Managing Director at The Cypress Group, a $3.5 billion private equity fund, where he was a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to Cypress, Mr. Lyon was one of five original professionals at Och-Ziff Capital Management and worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions department of Goldman Sachs. Mr. Lyon earned a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.

Paul Daggett, CFA is a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman and a senior member of the Private Investment Portfolios and Co-investments team. He is also a member of the Private Investment Portfolios and Co-investments Investment Committee. Paul joined Neuberger Berman in 2004 focusing on investments in private equity and venture capital funds and direct co-investments in venture capital, growth equity and buyout transactions. Paul sits on the Limited Partner Advisory Boards of a number of venture capital and private equity fund relationships and has Board of Directors Observer seats for a number of direct venture and growth capital investments on behalf of Neuberger Berman Funds. Prior to joining Neuberger Berman, Paul worked in the European Equity Derivatives Group at JPMorgan Chase & Co. He holds an MBA from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University and a BEng, with honors, in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Bristol. Paul is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (FCA) and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Kent Chen, CFA, is a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman, Head of Asia Private Equity and a member of the Private Investment Portfolios and Co-Investments Investment Committees. Kent joined Neuberger Berman in 2015 from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) after 17 years of central banking career in various positions, including Deputy Chief Representative of the HKMA’s New York Office and Advisor to the Executive Director for China at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington D.C. From 2008, Kent was involved in the establishment of the HKMA’s private equity program, which is comprised of global buyout, global energy and Asia private equity investments. Before joining the HKMA in 1998, he was the Head of China Research at Daiwa Securities in Hong Kong, covering the Chinese stock market. Kent is Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (HKVCA) and a member of the Products Advisory Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in Hong Kong. Kent has been awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, an MPA from Columbia University, an MBA from University of Hull and a BS in Economics from University of London.

Gabriel Ng is a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman. Prior to joining Neuberger Berman Private Equity in 2018, Gabriel was part of the GIC Private Equity Funds and Co-investments Group, where he focused on global secondary transactions. Previously, he worked at Providence Equity Partners in Hong Kong, where he focused on buyout and growth transactions in the Asia Pacific region. Gabriel also worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the Asia M&A group. Gabriel received a BS in Economics, with honors (Magna Cum Laude), from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Doug Manor is a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman. Mr. Manor is a member of the Private Equity investment team and is focused on primary investments and co-investments in North America. Prior to joining Neuberger Berman in 2006, Mr. Manor was in the Lehman Brothers Investment Banking Division in New York, where he focused on M&A advisory and public and private financings in the Financial Institutions Group. Mr. Manor sits on multiple NB Private Markets Valuation Committees and serves on a number of Limited Partner Advisory Boards on behalf of NB Private Markets. Mr. Manor earned an M.B.A. as a Kozmetsky Award winner (highest honors) from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin and a B.B.A. in Finance with Special Distinction from the University of Oklahoma.