Wafra Expands Practitioner Expertise Across Capital Constellation Adviser Network

Wafra Inc. ("Wafra"), a leading New York-based alternative investment firm, today announced the appointments of Amanda Heravi as Capital Formation Operating Adviser and Jacky Wu as Operations and Finance Operating Adviser.The operating adviser network brings together veteran industry operators to expand the value creation resources available to GPs within the Capital Constellation platform, Wafra's dedicated next-generation manager strategy.Heravi and Wu are the first two external appointments to the network and will advise on areas that are mission-critical to emerging managers. In her role, Heravi will advise GPs on building and institutionalizing their capital formation capabilities, from developing investor relations teams and processes to shaping fundraising strategy, limited partner engagement, and investor communications. Wu will serve as a strategic resource to GPs as they build the financial and operational infrastructure needed to scale, including reporting, finance capabilities, and operating processes.The arrivals supplement Wafra's existing team of in-house experts. These include James Saliba, who leads Value Creation for strategic partnerships; Avantika Saisekar, Head of Sustainable Investing; and Sean Dobson, Wafra's Chief Technology and Chief Information Security Officer responsible for technology and cybersecurity. Wafra will seek to expand its operating adviser network with experts in other specialisms central to helping Constellation's GP partners to grow and institutionalize."Our relationships with Amanda and Jacky were built through years of working alongside their respective firms, so their decision to join the adviser network is especially meaningful," said Adel Alderbas, Chief Investment Officer at Wafra and President of Capital Constellation. "Constellation is committed to providing more than capital to our GPs. As a strategic partner, our platform provides to the expertise and resources that can help the firms that we back build lasting businesses.""In my prior role, I saw firsthand the caliber of support the Constellation platform provides to its managers. I am thrilled to bring that same partnership mindset, along with two decades of investor relations and capital formation experience, to Constellation's GP partners as they institutionalize their IR and fundraising capabilities," said Amanda Heravi.Heravi was a founding member of Avista Healthcare Partners, a healthcare-focused private equity firm backed by Capital Constellation in 2020. As Head of Investor Relations and Director of ESG, she built and led the firm's investor relations function across six consecutive fundraises, co-investment syndication and continuation vehicle processes."Scaling the financial infrastructure of a firm from reporting, budgeting, forecasting and planning, is one of the hardest and least visible parts of a firm's growth, and I got to do it in real time as DigitalBridge transformed with Wafra's backing. I look forward to collaborating with Constellation's GP partners and mentoring their CFOs and accounting teams as they build the systems and discipline that growth demands," said Jacky Wu.Wu previously served as Chief Financial Officer of DigitalBridge Group, Inc., a digital infrastructure investment manager backed by Wafra. He helped lead DigitalBridge's transformation from a diversified real estate investor into a pure-play digital infrastructure investment manager publicly traded on the NYSE.The expansion of the operating adviser network follows the recent $2.0 billion final close of Constellation Generation V, the largest vehicle raised for Capital Constellation since Wafra began pursuing its emerging manager strategy in 2012.

Wafra Expands Practitioner Expertise Across Capital Constellation Adviser Network

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