Dawson Partners, a global alternative asset manager focused on providing innovative structured solutions to the private markets, announced four senior hires on its Asset Management team.

Kate Malcolm, Chuck Sandilya and Paul Shopiro join as Senior Principals and Rishi Minocha joins as a Principal. Kate and Paul are based in Toronto. Chuck and Rishi are based in London.

Yann RobardManaging Partner
Since our inception, Dawson has been relentlessly focused on building scale. We see scale as an enabler and we believe that as we have gotten bigger, we have gotten better.
Giorgio RivaPartner
As we have continued to scale, we have been thoughtful in the buildout of our team. Kate, Chuck, Paul and Rishi each bring a unique perspective and a strong track record to Dawson.
Rob GavinPartner
In all we do at Dawson, we focus on our culture. It’s not just what we do but how we do it that gives us great pride.

Kate Malcolm has over 15 years of private equity and industry experience. Most recently, Kate spent nearly eight years within AIMCo’s private equity group where she played a leading role in their primary buyout fund program.

Chuck Sandilya has over 15 years of experience in private equity, M&A and accounting. Most recently, he was a Managing Director with Astorg, focusing on GP equity solutions. Prior to Astorg, he spent seven years at StepStone in their EMEA private equity team focused on secondaries.

Paul Shopiro has over 18 years of private credit and private equity experience. He joins Dawson from CPP Investment Board, where he was a Managing Director in Credit Investments and focused on the origination and underwriting of direct private credit investments, co-investments, and external fund manager commitments.

Rishi Minocha has nearly a decade of experience in investment banking and private equity. Most recently, he was at GIC where he was responsible for executing and monitoring primary fund investments, co-investments and direct private equity deals globally.

With these additions, Dawson now has 230 employees globally across offices in Toronto, London, UK and New York City.