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The three new Partner promotions strengthen and enhance our Operations and Investor Relations teams to ensure that we are best equipped to provide our clients with the highest levels of service. They are:

Stephen Branagan, Global Head of Operations and Head of Ireland, joined Pantheon in 2018 and has since overseen a range of improvements across our operational teams that support our ability to enhance and expand our offerings, while continuing to provide high-quality client service.

Dianne Remanous, Chief Human Resources Officer, joined Pantheon in 2018 and has made leadership and talent development a core focus of our culture, while spearheading Pantheon's extensive range of corporate social responsibility initiatives and building out our HR function to include dedicated recruitment, development and HR business partnering teams to support our ongoing growth.

Akitoshi Yamada, Head of Japan in our Asian Investor Relations team, joined Pantheon in 2018 and has been instrumental in establishing our presence in this dynamic region, building strong relationships and a fast-growing investor base that now includes a number of the firm's largest clients.

The fourth new Partner is Dean Maines, who has joined Pantheon as Chief Financial Officer. Dean oversees our finance group, with a focus on leading Pantheon's accounting, financial reporting and internal controls to support the execution of our growth strategy. Dean formerly was a Managing Director at Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG), where he served as Chief Accounting Officer and, most recently, as Internal Auditor and Head of Risk Management. Prior to working at AMG, Dean was a partner in the audit practice of Deloitte.

"Pantheon's success has been built on a culture of investment conviction and operational excellence, and we will continue to lean into these core strengths to deliver for our growing base of institutional and private wealth clients across our expanding range of investment strategies and geographies. We are exceptionally pleased to recognize the talents and contributions of key colleagues who have been critical to developing our reputation as a trusted partner to our clients," said Paul Ward, Managing Partner.

"Aki's relationship development capabilities have meaningfully enhanced our presence in Japan, while Stephen and Dianne's leadership of our Operations and Human Resources functions, respectively, have strengthened our business as a whole. We are also pleased to welcome Dean to the partnership of the firm and look forward to leveraging his experience to enhance our financial reporting, analysis and risk management capabilities."

A total of 98 professionals were recognized in Pantheon's annual promotion round, including nine colleagues who were promoted to Managing Director, enhancing our bench of leadership talent and experience across the business.

Promotions to Managing Director:

Scott Hong, Investor Relations, Seoul

Iain Jones, Head of US Institutional, Investor Relations, San Francisco

Johnny Lee, Head of US Legal, Legal & Compliance, New York

Jennifer Lisbey, Head of Fund Finance, Operations, London

Victor Mayer, Primaries, London

Kunal Sood, Primaries, Hong Kong

Carlos Vilares, Head of Insurance Solutions, Investor Relations, London

Jeffrey Wright, Investor Relations, New York

Ana Maria Zarruk, Investor Relations, Bogota