People

Adel A. Alderbas is the Chief Investment Officer of Wafra and serves on Wafra’s Management Committee. Mr. Alderbas oversees the firm’s investment activities and leads investments in private real asset investments across infrastructure and alternative real estate, in addition to strategic investments in financial services firms. 

Mr. Alderbas joined Wafra in 2007 and currently serves on the boards of Vantage Data Centers, Global Containers International, National Express Wash and Capital Constellation.

Mr. Alderbas earned a BS with honors from Purdue University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Allen Waldrop is the Director of Private Equity Investments for APFC. Allen has extensive experience sourcing, screening and executing private markets investments as well as building and managing alternative investment portfolios on behalf of public and corporate pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, endowments and foundations. He has led and managed teams across a range of businesses.

Allen started his career with KPMG before joining LP Capital Advisors in 2005. He has been a partner and senior executive at several industry-leading alternative assets firms. Prior to joining APFC, Allen was Managing Director at Grafine Partners and had also been an advisor to APFC for several years before joining the Corporation in October 2022.

Mr. Waldrop holds a BS in Accounting from San Diego State University, he is a CFA charterholder and a CPA (inactive). He serves as President of the Board of the Sacramento Children’s Home, as well as member of the El Dorado County Search and Rescue team.

Daniel Adamson, who led Wafra’s business and product development efforts for over 7 years and served as President of Capital Constellation and as a member of the Management Committee, currently serves as a Senior Advisor and Chairman of the Constellation Strategic Committee, providing advisory services to the firm in a variety of strategic areas.

Mr. Adamson earned a BA, summa cum laude, from Yale University, an MPhil in Politics from Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar and a JD from Yale Law School.

Sulaiman Alderbas is the Head of Alternative Investments at the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS), focusing on absolute return strategies across the alternatives space, in addition to strategic and opportunistic investments. Mr. Alderbas joined PIFSS in 2016 and currently serves on the board of directors and LPACs of multiple funds, in addition to Wafra Real Estate (WRE), Al-Rawdatain Water Bottling Co, and Garouh Plastics.

Prior to joining PIFSS, Mr. Alderbas was a member of the hedge funds team at Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED).

Mr. Alderbas earned a BS with honors from Purdue University.

Henrik Nordlander is the Private Equity Portfolio Manager for the Third Swedish National Pension Fund (AP3).  One of the five diversification buffer funds in the national pension system, the AP3 invests approximately SEK 386 billion to generate maximum possible long-term risk-adjusted returns and protects the Swedish public pension system for current and future pensioners.

Prior to joining AP3, Mr. Nordlander was Head of Regional Office at Swedfund International, based in Nairobi, Kenya, responsible for origination and management of investments without Swedish interest in Sub-Saharan Africa within sectors such as Infrastructure, Service, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Healthcare, ICT and Hospitality.

Mr. Nordlander earned a BS in Economics from Lund University and a Master’s in Business and Science from Stockholm School of Economics.

Gustavo Cardenas is a Managing Director at Wafra, where he helps lead Wafra’s strategic partnership investment mandates in both mature and growth state asset management businesses. While at Wafra, Mr. Cardenas has completed several direct minority investments, financings and secondary investments as well as investments within closed end funds.

Previously, Mr. Cardenas was a Vice President at Hamilton Lane, focused on co-investments and fund investments. He began his career in investment banking at Bank of America Securities and then at Mesoamerica Partners, a Central American financial group.

Mr. Cardenas earned a BA from Harvard College and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.

Lauren Rich is a Managing Director at Wafra, where she helps lead Wafra’s strategic partnership investment mandates in both mature and growth stage asset management businesses.  While at Wafra, Ms. Rich has completed several direct minority investments, financings, secondary investments as well as investments within closed end funds.

Previously, Ms. Rich was an Associate with Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York, where she advised clients on a broad range of financing transactions.

Ms. Rich earned a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and a JD from New York University School of Law.

Jordan Siskin is a Director at Wafra, where he helps lead Wafra’s strategic partnership investment mandates in both mature and growth stage asset management businesses. While at Wafra, Mr. Siskin has completed several direct minority investments, financings and secondary investments as well as investments within closed end funds.

Mr. Siskin began his career in investing banking at Silver Lane Advisors, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions in the financial services sector.

Mr. Siskin earned a BS from Johns Hopkins University and is a CFA charterholder.

James Pyo is a Director at Wafra, focusing on special opportunities and strategic capital investments in financial services firms. Previously, Mr. Pyo was an Associate General Counsel at Millennium Management, where he was responsible for various fund formation and management company matters. He began his career as an Associate in the investment management group of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. Mr. Pyo earned an AB in Physics and Philosophy from Dartmouth College and a JD from Cornell Law School.

Sean Villa is a Vice President at Wafra, focusing on investment opportunities within Wafra’s strategic partnership investment mandates in both mature and growth state asset management businesses as well as investing in closed end private equity and venture capital funds. While at Wafra, Mr. Villa has completed several direct minority investments, secondary investments as well as investments within closed end funds.

Mr. Villa began his career in investment banking at England Securities focused on mergers and acquisitions across various industries.

Mr. Villa earned a BS from Johns Hopkins University.

David Reading is a Senior Associate at Wafra, focusing on alternative investments.

Previously, Mr. Reading was an Analyst at Drillcore Energy Partners, a middle market oil & gas E&P private equity firm. Prior to that, he worked at Matrix Capital Management, a technology-focused long/short equity hedge fund.

Mr. Reading earned an AB in Statistics from Harvard College.

Fawaz Al-Mubaraki is the Chief Executive Officer of Wafra and serves on Wafra’s Management Advisory Committee and Board of Directors, developing the strategic vision, assessing firm-wide investment activities, and managing key aspects of the firm.

Previously, Mr. Al-Mubaraki served as a Portfolio Manager, specializing in European markets at Wafra. Mr. Al-Mubaraki joined Wafra in 1991. He began his career as an Analyst in the Managed Portfolio Department of the Public Institution for Social Security of Kuwait.

Mr. Al-Mubaraki earned a BS in Economics from Kuwait University.

Adel A. Alderbas is the Chief Investment Officer of Wafra and serves on Wafra’s Management Committee. Mr. Alderbas oversees the firm’s investment activities and leads investments in private real asset investments across infrastructure and alternative real estate, in addition to strategic investments in financial services firms.

Mr. Alderbas joined Wafra in 2007 and currently serves on the boards of Vantage Data Centers, Global Container International, National Express Wash and Capital Constellation.

Mr. Alderbas earned a BS with honors from Purdue University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Fergus Healy is the Chief Operating Officer and serves on Wafra’s Management Advisory Committee and Board of Directors. Mr. Healy is charged with managing legal and tax affairs, day-to-day operations, fund accounting, risk management and the administration, establishment and structuring of investment funds. He joined Wafra in 2014.

Mr. Healy has more than 20 years’ experience in alternative funds. Previously, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Meridian Fund Services Group. Prior to that, he was employed in legal, client facing and business management roles in the alternative fund space at JP Morgan, Citi and Bank of Bermuda. Mr. Healy also ran his own consulting business providing structuring, operational due diligence and corporate services to fund managers, investors and other participants in the fund industry.

Mr. Healy earned a BCL from the University College Dublin and qualified as Solicitor in Ireland.

Richard Safranek is a Senior Managing Director and serves on Wafra’s Management Advisory Committee. Mr. Safranek oversees all consulting services and research, and manages a broad range of special purpose investment vehicles.

Previously, Mr. Safranek also served as a Portfolio Manager at Wafra, covering equity markets in the Asia-Pacific and Emerging Markets regions. He joined Wafra in 1995. Prior to that, Mr. Safranek served as an Investment Analyst at World-Wide Investment Co., a Hong Kong-based family office, where he conducted economic, political and market research on Hong Kong and China. He has over 20 years of investing experience with publicly-traded securities.

Mr. Safranek earned a BA in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from Columbia University. He completed a Chinese language program at Beijing Foreign Language Institute.

David W. Hamm is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Real Estate at Wafra. Mr. Hamm chairs the Real Estate Investment Committee and is responsible for overall investment performance and the implementation of investment strategies for traditional real estate. Prior to his current role, Mr. Hamm served as Head of Real Estate Acquisitions at Wafra.

Mr. Hamm was previously a Managing Director at DWS RREEF America LLC, responsible for leading the East Coast transactions team focusing on office, retail, industrial and multifamily products for direct equity and structured debt investments. During his 19 years at DWS he completed more than $7.0 billion in transactions.

Mr. Hamm earned a BS from Lehigh University and an MBA from Columbia University. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), ICSC and National Multi Housing Council (NMHC).

Richard Tateossian is a Managing Director at Wafra, focusing on investments in closed end private equity and private debt funds, and secondary opportunities. Mr. Tateossian joined Wafra in 1993.

Mr. Tateossian earned a BA in Finance from Boston University and an MBA in Finance from Fordham University Graduate Business School.

Steve Moseley is a Managing Director at Wafra and focuses on private equity strategy, research, origination, execution, and portfolio management.

Previously, Mr. Moseley was the Deputy CIO and Head of Alternative Investments for the Alaska Permanent Fund. Before that he was president of StepStone Group, a global manager of private market assets and, prior to that, co-president of the direct investment division of StepStone’s predecessor company, Pacific Corporate Group. Earlier in his career, Mr. Moseley worked in investment banking at Credit Suisse First Boston (“CSFB”) and as a principal in CSFB’s private equity investment affiliate, Windward Capital Partners.

Mr. Moseley earned a BA from Wesleyan University and an MBA from Yale University.

Avantika Saisekar is a Managing Director at Wafra, where she leads the Firm’s initiatives focusing on ESG integration, working with the investment teams to provide ESG guidance to the wide range of Wafra’s investments. Previously, Ms. Saisekar served as the Head of Institutional ESG Product at Northern Trust Asset Management where she oversaw product development and innovation of over $70 billion in ESG assets. Ms. Saisekar currently serves on two of the United Nations Principals of Responsible Investing (“PRI”) working groups including the Venture Capital LP group and the Assurance group, where she advises the PRI on relevant research and market guidance.  Ms. Saisekar earned a BA in Economics from Claremont McKenna College and is also a Fundamentals of Sustainability (FSA) credential holder.

James Saliba is a Director at Wafra, focusing on market analysis, research, and providing strategic consulting services across industries.

Previously, Mr. Saliba was a Manager with Strategy& (formerly Booz & Company) in New York and the Middle East, where he advised clients on large-scale transformations, supported capabilities-driven growth and performed strategic due diligence for joint ventures and public-private partnership across industries.

Mr. Saliba earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering, cum laude, from Villanova University and both an MBA and an MFin from MIT Sloan School of Management.

Robert Gaffney is a Senior Managing Director at Wafra. Mr. Gaffney leads the Operations team which provides services to the company’s investors and investment teams including Fund Accounting and Financial Reporting, Investment Valuation, Investor Services, Project Management and Middle and Back-Office Trade Support.

Previously, Mr. Gaffney was an Executive Director in JP Morgan’s Custody & Fund Services business working with Private Equity, Infrastructure and Hedge Fund clients. Prior to that, he worked for 12 years at Cerberus Capital Management, where he managed the Fund Accounting and Financial Reporting teams. He began his career at Berdon LLP.

Mr. Gaffney earned a BS from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He holds a CPA license.

Emilio Mena Jr. is a Managing Director at Wafra, focusing on the structuring, organization and operation of Wafra’s investment funds, as well as the day-to-day legal matters of the firm.

Previously, Mr. Mena was a Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at JP Morgan Asset & Wealth Management where he was responsible for all legal matters relating to the alternative asset management platform at the JP Morgan Private Bank.

Mr. Mena earned a BA from Dartmouth College and a JD from Duke University School of Law. He speaks Spanish fluently.