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April 9, 2019 HLI Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (opens in new window)
April 8, 2019 HLI Amended and Restated Bylaws (opens in new window)
February 28, 2017 Audit Committee Charter (opens in new window)
February 28, 2017 Compensation Committee Charter (opens in new window)
February 27, 2017 HLI Code of Conduct and Ethics (opens in new window)

Management

Hartley R. Rogers

Mr. Rogers is the Chairman of our Board of Directors, a Managing Director, and a member of various investment committees. Prior to joining Hamilton Lane in 2003, Mr. Rogers was a Managing Director in the private equity fund management areas at Morgan Stanley and at Credit Suisse. He is the Chairman of the Advisory Board of HarvardX, the on-line learning initiative of Harvard University.  He also serves on the Boards of the Institute of International Education and Bessemer Securities.

He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School. Mr. Rogers’ extensive experience in private markets, including his long tenure as our Chairman, brings valuable industry-specific knowledge and insights to the board of directors and provides the board of directors with an in-depth understanding of our business and operations.

Mario L. Giannini

Mr. Giannini is our Chief Executive Officer, a member of our board of directors and a Co-Chairman of various investment committees. Mr. Giannini has been a director since 1998 and has been Chief Executive Officer since 2001. Prior to becoming Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Giannini was the President of HLA from 1998 to 2001. Prior to joining Hamilton Lane in 1993, he served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Industrial Valley Title Insurance Company from 1989 to 1992, Deputy General Counsel of Fidelity Bank in Philadelphia from 1984 to 1989, and Senior Attorney at Continental Illinois Bank in Chicago from 1979 to 1983. Mr. Giannini received a B.A. from California State University, Northridge, a Master of Laws degree from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from Boston College. He is a former member of the state bar associations of California and Illinois.

Mr. Giannini’s extensive experience in private markets, including his long tenure overseeing our strategic direction as Chief Executive Officer, brings valuable industry-specific knowledge and insights to the board of directors and provides the board of directors with an in-depth understanding of our business and operations.

Erik R. Hirsch

Erik is the Vice Chairman of Hamilton Lane. In this role, he leads all the firm’s strategic and technology initiatives. Erik also serves on the firm’s Investment Committees, as well as the firm’s Board of Directors.

On behalf of Hamilton Lane, Erik is a board member of Novata, a public benefit corporation designed to collect, analyze, benchmark, and report relevant ESG data on behalf of private companies. Hamilton Lane is a founding partner of Novata.

Additionally, Erik serves as a strategic advisor to Tifin. Tifin is a platform that conceives, creates, and operates fintech companies in the areas of wealth management, investments, and personal finance. Hamilton Lane is a strategic investor in Tifin.

Erik is a frequently quoted expert on the private equity industry, both in the print and broadcast media, and is a regular lecturer at the Wharton Business School (University of Pennsylvania).

Prior to joining Hamilton Lane in 1999, Erik was a corporate investment banker in the Mergers & Acquisitions department of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. He began his career as a municipal financial consultant with Public Financial Management (PFM). At PFM, Erik specialized in asset securitization, sport stadium financings and strategic consulting.

Erik is a trustee of the University of Virginia’s College Foundation, a board member of University of Virginia’s Center for Politics and serves on the board of the Philadelphia 76’ers Youth Foundation.

Atul Varma

Mr. Varma is the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Hamilton Lane. His responsibilities include the oversight of the Corporate Finance Department. Prior to joining Hamilton Lane, Mr. Varma was the Head of Business Strategy and Chief Financial Officer of Wealth Management at The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. Prior to joining BNY Mellon, he served as Chief Financial Officer of various divisions of Bank of America Corporation’s Global Wealth and Investment Management Group. In addition, he has held financial planning, advisory and auditing positions at Citigroup, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and M.R. Weiser & Co, respectively. Mr. Varma received an M.B.A. from Columbia University and a B.S. in Accounting from Binghamton University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Certified Public Accountant (inactive), and serves on the board of The Partnership, Inc. and on the Leadership Board of Beth Israel Lahey Health, a world-class teaching hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School.

Juan Delgado-Moreira

Mr. Delgado-Moreira is a Managing Director of HLA and serves as the head of our Asia business. He is a member of HLA’s Investment Committee and leads our Asian investment activities and client relationships. Prior to joining Hamilton Lane in 2005, Mr. Delgado-Moreira was an Investment Manager at Baring Private Equity Partners Ltd. in London, where he focused on mid-market private equity in Europe. Previously, Mr. Delgado-Moreira held senior research positions at institutions in the United Kingdom, including the University of Essex, and was a lecturer and Fulbright Scholar at Stanford University. Mr. Delgado-Moreira began his career as an analyst in Madrid, Spain at the Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (formerly known as the Instituto Nacional de Industria). Mr. Delgado-Moreira received a B.A. in Political Science and Sociology and a Ph.D. in Research Methods/Statistics from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He is a chartered financial analyst and a member of the CFA Institute and the Securities Institute.

Michael Donohue

Mr. Donohue is our Controller and a Managing Director in HLA’s Finance Department, where he is responsible for internal and external reporting, accounting research and the development of accounting policies and procedures for us. Prior to joining Hamilton Lane in 2008, Mr. Donohue was Assistant Controller at an international chemical manufacturer. Previously, he was an audit manager with KPMG in Philadelphia. He began his career at Crown Holdings, where he held several accounting positions. Mr. Donohue received a B.S. in Accounting from The Pennsylvania State University and an M.B.A. from Villanova University and is a certified public accountant. He is a member of the American and Pennsylvania Institutes of Certified Public Accountants.

Lydia Gavalis

Ms. Gavalis is Hamilton Lane’s General Counsel. She is responsible for Hamilton Lane’s global legal affairs, directly and through her legal and compliance team. Prior to joining Hamilton Lane in 2016, Ms. Gavalis worked for SEI Investments Company (“SEI”) for more than 18 years. She served as Division General Counsel of SEI’s Institutional Investors business segment; General Counsel for both SEI Private Trust Company (a U.S. federal savings association) and SEI Trust Company (a U.S. state-charted trust company); Head of SEI’s Corporate Legal Services team; and, Director & General Counsel of the company’s London-based asset management firm, SEI Investments (Europe) Limited.

Ms. Gavalis received a J.D. from Temple University School of Law in 1989 and a B.A. from Rosemont College in 1986 wherein she received the E.R.S. Law School award. She is a member of the state bar of Pennsylvania.

Board of Directors

Hartley R. Rogers

Mr. Rogers is the Chairman of our Board of Directors, a Managing Director, and a member of various investment committees. Prior to joining Hamilton Lane in 2003, Mr. Rogers was a Managing Director in the private equity fund management areas at Morgan Stanley and at Credit Suisse. He is the Chairman of the Advisory Board of HarvardX, the on-line learning initiative of Harvard University.  He also serves on the Boards of the Institute of International Education and Bessemer Securities.

He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School. Mr. Rogers’ extensive experience in private markets, including his long tenure as our Chairman, brings valuable industry-specific knowledge and insights to the board of directors and provides the board of directors with an in-depth understanding of our business and operations.

Mario L. Giannini

Mr. Giannini is our Chief Executive Officer, a member of our board of directors and a Co-Chairman of various investment committees. Mr. Giannini has been a director since 1998 and has been Chief Executive Officer since 2001. Prior to becoming Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Giannini was the President of HLA from 1998 to 2001. Prior to joining Hamilton Lane in 1993, he served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Industrial Valley Title Insurance Company from 1989 to 1992, Deputy General Counsel of Fidelity Bank in Philadelphia from 1984 to 1989, and Senior Attorney at Continental Illinois Bank in Chicago from 1979 to 1983. Mr. Giannini received a B.A. from California State University, Northridge, a Master of Laws degree from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from Boston College. He is a former member of the state bar associations of California and Illinois.

Mr. Giannini’s extensive experience in private markets, including his long tenure overseeing our strategic direction as Chief Executive Officer, brings valuable industry-specific knowledge and insights to the board of directors and provides the board of directors with an in-depth understanding of our business and operations.

Erik R. Hirsch

Mr. Hirsch is our Vice Chairman, a member of our board of directors and a Co-Chairman of various investment committees. Mr. Hirsch also serves as Chairman of HLA’s Investment Committee. Mr. Hirsch has served as our Vice Chairman since October 2016, and previously served as Chief Investment Officer from April 2003 to October 2016. Prior to serving as Chief Investment Officer, Mr. Hirsch held the positions of Managing Director, Vice President and Associate. Prior to joining Hamilton Lane in 1999, Mr. Hirsch was a corporate investment banker in the merger and acquisition department of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. from 1998 to 1999. From 1995 to 1998, he was a municipal financial consultant with Public Financial Management, specializing in asset securitization, strategic consulting and sport stadium financings. Mr. Hirsch received a B.A. from the University of Virginia.

Mr. Hirsch’s extensive experience in private markets, including his long tenure managing our investments as Chief Investment Officer, brings valuable industry-specific knowledge and insights to the board of directors and provides the board of directors with an in-depth understanding of our business and operations.

O. Griffith Sexton

Mr. Sexton is a member of our board of directors. Mr. Sexton has served on the board of HLA since 2003. Mr. Sexton was an adjunct professor of finance at Columbia Business School from 1995 to 2010 and is a visiting lecturer at Princeton University, where he teaches courses in corporate finance. Mr. Sexton was an investment banking professional at Morgan Stanley from 1973 to 1995 where he served as a managing director from 1985 to 1995. His responsibilities included the development and execution of advisory assignments involving major corporate transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense, recapitalizations, financial restructurings, joint ventures, and spin-offs and squeeze outs. He has served as an advisory director of Morgan Stanley from 1995 to 2005 and from 2014 to the present. Mr. Sexton was a member of the board of directors of Morgan Stanley from 2005 to 2014 and of Investor AB, a publicly traded Swedish investment company, from 2003 to 2015. A former U.S. naval aviator and Vietnam veteran, Mr. Sexton holds a BSE from Princeton and an MBA from Stanford.

Mr. Sexton’s broad experience in finance and academia brings valuable insight, an in-depth understanding of the industry and a unique perspective to the board of directors.

Leslie F. Varon

Ms. Varon has been a member of our board of directors since May 2017. Ms. Varon served as Chief Financial Officer of Xerox Corporation from November 2015 through December 2016 during which time she led the restructuring of the $18 billion business process services, printing equipment, software and solutions company, including the successful spin-off of its $7 billion services business. After that transaction, she became Special Advisor to the new Xerox Chief Executive Officer until March 2017 when she retired from the company. Prior to becoming Chief Financial Officer at Xerox, she was briefly VP Investor Relations from March 2015 through October 2015. Previously she served Xerox as VP Finance & Corporate Controller from July 2006 to February 2015 where she oversaw global financial operating executives and had responsibility for corporate financial planning and analysis, accounting, internal audit, risk management, global real estate and worldwide shared services centers. Earlier in her career, Ms. Varon was Vice President Finance & Operations support for Xerox’s North American business, Vice President Xerox Investor Relations and Corporate Secretary and Director of Corporate Audit. From 2006 to 2017 she served on the board of Xerox International Partners, a joint venture between Xerox Corporation and Fuji Xerox Corporation, representing Xerox Corporation’s ownership stake. Ms. Varon received a B.A. from Binghamton University and an MBA with concentrations in finance and marketing from Virginia Tech.

Ms. Varon’s extensive financial background combined with her investor engagement and corporate governance expertise and demonstrated success in business transformation, crisis management and balance sheet optimization brings valuable knowledge and insights to the board of directors.

David J. Berkman

Mr. Berkman has been a member of our board of directors since May 2017. Since January 2000, Mr. Berkman has served as the Managing Partner of Associated Partners, LP, a private equity firm primarily engaged in telecommunications infrastructure operations and investments. Mr. Berkman serves on the boards (or equivalent bodies) of Entercom Communications Corp. (NYSE: ETM), Actua Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTA), and Franklin Square Holdings, LP. He previously served on the board of Diamond Resorts International, Inc. until the sale of that company to a private investor in September 2016. He also serves on the advisory committee of First Round Capital, a venture firm. Civically, Mr. Berkman serves on the Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science. Mr. Berkman received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Berkman’s extensive experience in private markets, in the start-up and operations of various platforms, as well as his long-standing service on other public company boards enables him to bring valuable investment, operations, and governance knowledge to the board of directors. Additionally, his insight in the areas of corporate finance, financial reporting, and accounting and controls is expected to be valuable to the Company.

Vann Graves

Mr. Graves has been a member of our board of directors since March 2021. Since August 2018, Mr. Graves has served as Executive Director of the Brandcenter at Virginia Commonwealth University (“VCU”), a master's program for advertising, branding and creative problem-solving that is part of the VCU School of Business. Prior to joining the Brandcenter, he served as Chief Creative Officer at the advertising agency of J. Walter Thompson, Atlanta, from 2015 to 2018; EVP, Global Executive Creative Director and Group Creative Director at the advertising agency of McCann New York from 2009 to 2015; Chief Creative Officer at the multicultural marketing and advertising agency of Uniworld Group, New York from 2007 to 2009; in multiple roles including VP, Creative Director at the advertising agency of BBDO New York from 1993 to 2007; and, in 2015, he was a CoFounder at FL+G, a full-service branding agency in Denver, Colorado. His work has been recognized with numerous industry awards including Cannes Lions, Grand London International Awards, a Grand Clio and the D&AD Graphite Pencil. In addition to time spent on the Ad Council’s Creative Review Committee and One Club for Creativity’s AdVersity Board, he currently sits on the boards for 600 & Rising, 4A’s Foundation and The 3% Movement.

A Fulbright scholar, Mr. Graves received a B.A. from Howard University, a Master of Science in Communications Design from the Pratt Institute, a Master of Liberal Arts from Harvard University and a doctoral candidate in Higher Education Management from the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a veteran of the United States Army, Reserve Component.

Mr. Graves’ extensive work in marketing, branding and design brings valuable knowledge and insights to the board of directors.

Committee Composition