New CEO takes the reigns at Partners Capital

Arjun Raghavan has taken over as CEO of Partners Capital, replacing Stan Miranda, who remains a full-time executive serving as chairman of the $30 billion firm. Miranda will retain his current client responsibilities while supporting Raghavan and the other 13 partners on the ongoing development of Partners Capital’s global business and investment strategy. Raghavan joined Partners Capital in London in 2007 from a Goldman Sachs hedge fund spin-out and was promoted to partner within three years of joining. His work includes developing the firm’s Risk Management Endowment Approach and managing the firm’s $4 billion flagship multi-asset class vehicle, The Master Portfolio. The promotion follows the announcement of the firm’s succession plan at the end of 2019 and Raghavan assumed the CEO role on July 1. Currently in Singapore, Raghavan plans to relocate to London by the end of 2020. “It is an absolute honor to be given the opportunity to lead such a high-caliber team into the next critical phase of our firm’s strategic development,” said Raghavan in a company-wide call at the end of June. According to a press statement, he emphasized a continued focus on investment innovation and growing the diverse global talent pool as being of critical importance to delivering long-term outperformance. He has already started to build up the senior leadership team across all key geographies. David Shushan has been appointed to head the Boston office, while Will Fox continues to oversee all three U.S. offices (Boston, New York, San Francisco) as head of North America. Targeted senior hiring is also in progress across the U.S., Europe and Asia to deepen the group’s relationships with institutional family offices and to bolster its investment capabilities in the area of ESG and impact investing. Raghavan will continue to oversee the firm's operations in Asia along with Adam Watson, who will co-head the region from Singapore. Watson has been with the firm for almost 11 years and relocated from London in 2013 with Arjun to build the firm's Asia presence. He is supported by Dominik Burckgard, who is a senior principal overseeing the firm's Hong Kong office. “In the last few months, Arjun has quickly come to grips with what it takes to lead a dynamic global investment firm and I have no doubt that under Arjun’s leadership our investment capabilities will go from strength to strength,” said outgoing CEO Miranda.

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