Vipon is responsible for the team that oversees global private equity, junior credit, secondaries, and private credit investments. ​He joined the firm in 2002 and has more than two decades of experience in private equity, four years in corporate and investment banking, and three years of operational experience. Vipon has served as a board director on several public and private companies in the United States and Canada, and he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst, Certified Management Accountant, and Certified Public Accountant designations. 

• Education: B.B.A., Wilfrid Laurier University 
• Joined the company: 2002
• Began career: 1991

Scott has overall responsibility for the firm’s North American junior credit, private equity funds, and equity co-investment programs. Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner at FinanStar Group, a boutique investment bank. Scott’s background also includes numerous merger-and-acquisition assignments and corporate finance transactions while serving in Wachovia’s capital markets group.

• Education: B.A., Economics, Williams College; M.B.A., Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business
• Joined the company: 2002
• Began career: 1988

Rajiv is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, negotiating, and monitoring junior credit and private equity investments. Prior to joining Manulife Capital—now operating as Manulife Investment Management—in 2002, he was with KPMG, where he provided valuation and transaction advisory services primarily to private equity investors. Additionally, Rajiv has served as a director on the boards of several companies and on advisory boards of investment funds in Canada and the United States. Rajiv holds the Chartered Business Valuator, Chartered Financial Analyst, and Chartered Professional Accountant designations.

• Education: B.Com., University of Toronto
• Joined the company: 2002
• Began career: 1998

Brian is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, negotiating, and monitoring junior credit and private equity investments. Prior to joining Hancock Capital Management—now operating as Manulife Investment Management—in 2011, he was with Bain as a member of the private equity group, where he worked with clients to evaluate investment opportunities and drive strategic and operational changes at portfolio companies. Prior to that, he was a senior analyst in the transaction advisory services practice at Ernst & Young. Brian holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

• Education: B.A., Economics, Bucknell University; M.B.A., The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
• Joined the company: 2011
• Began career: 2003