Board of Directors

Board of Directors

  • Hartley R. Rogers

    Mr. Rogers is our Executive Co-Chairman and serves as Chair of our board’s compensation committee. He is also a member of various investment committees of HLA. Prior to serving as our Executive Co-Chairman, Mr. Rogers was Chairman of the board of HLA.

    Prior to joining the firm in 2003, he was a Managing Director and investment committee member of DLJ Merchant Banking Partners III, a $5.3 billion private equity fund, from 2001 to 2002. Before that, he was a Managing Director in the Private Equity Division of Credit Suisse First Boston (“CSFB”) from 1997 to 2001. Prior to joining CSFB in 1997, Mr. Rogers was a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley, where his responsibilities included serving as President of the general partners of the Princes Gate Investors family of private equity funds. He worked at Morgan Stanley from 1981 to 1983, 1986 to 1993 and 1995 to 1997.

    Mr. Rogers serves as Chairman of the advisory board of Harvard Online, the online learning initiative of Harvard University. He is also the Chairman of the investment committee, Vice Chairman of the executive committee and Treasurer of the Institute of International Education. He also serves on the board of Bessemer Securities Corporation and the board of managers of Bessemer Securities LLC. He previously served on the boards of the Metropolitan Opera, the Green Vale School and the Peoples’ Symphony Concerts. Mr. Rogers previously served as Chairman of Hamilton Lane Alliance Holdings I, Inc., HLA’s sponsored special purpose acquisition company, until its deregistration in 2022.

    He received an A.B. magna cum laude from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School with High Distinction, including the designation of Baker Scholar.

    Mr. Rogers’ extensive experience in private markets, including his long tenure as our Chairman, brings valuable industry-specific knowledge and insights to the board of directors and provides the board of directors with an in-depth understanding of our business and operations.

  • Mario L. Giannini

    Mr. Giannini has served as our Executive Co-Chairman since January 2024. He also serves on our board’s compensation committee and on various investment committees of HLA. Previously, Mr. Giannini served as our Chief Executive Officer for 22 years from 2001 to 2023. Prior to becoming Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Giannini was the President of HLA from 1998 to 2001. Prior to joining the firm in 1993, he served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Industrial Valley Title Insurance Company from 1989 to 1992, Deputy General Counsel of Fidelity Bank in Philadelphia from 1984 to 1989 and Senior Attorney at Continental Illinois Bank in Chicago from 1979 to 1983. Mr. Giannini serves on the board of Ownership Works, a nonprofit organization that works with companies and investors to provide all employees with the opportunity to build wealth through equity.

    He received a B.A. from California State University, Northridge, a J.D. from Boston College and a Master of Laws degree from the University of Virginia. He is a former member of the state bars of California and Illinois.

    Mr. Giannini’s extensive experience in private markets, including his long tenure overseeing our strategic direction as Chief Executive Officer, brings valuable industry-specific knowledge and insights to the board of directors and provides the board of directors with an in-depth understanding of our business and operations.

  • Erik R. Hirsch

    Mr. Hirsch has served as our Co-Chief Executive Officer since January 2024. In this role, he is responsible for the firm’s strategic direction and operations. Mr. Hirsch also serves on our board of directors and is a member of various investment committees of Hamilton Lane Advisors, L.L.C., our operating company (“HLA”). Mr. Hirsch previously served as our Vice Chairman and Head of Strategic Initiatives from 2016 to 2023. Prior to becoming our Vice Chairman, he served as Chief Investment Officer of HLA from 2003 to 2016. Prior to becoming Chief Investment Officer, Mr. Hirsch held the positions of Managing Director, Vice President and Associate. Before joining HLA in 1999, Mr. Hirsch was a corporate investment banker in the merger and acquisition department of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. from 1998 to 1999. From 1995 to 1998, he was a municipal financial consultant with Public Financial Management, specializing in asset securitization, strategic consulting and sport stadium financings.

    On HLA’s behalf, Mr. Hirsch serves on the board of directors of Novata, a technology platform that provides the private markets with environmental, social and governance data collection and benchmarking and of which Hamilton Lane is a founding member, and as an observer on the board of directors of TIFIN, a tech-enabled wealth management platform and strategic partner of HLA. He also serves as the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Snug Harbor Foundation and serves on the boards of the Sixers Youth Foundation, Kalamata’s Kitchen and the College of Arts & Sciences Foundation at the University of Virginia.

    He received a B.A. from the University of Virginia.

    Mr. Hirsch’s extensive experience in private markets, including his long tenure at Hamilton Lane as a Vice Chairman and our Chief Investment Officer, brings valuable industry-specific knowledge and insights to the board of directors and provides the board of directors with an in-depth understanding of our business and operations.

  • O. Griffith Sexton

    Mr. Sexton is a member of our board of directors and serves on its audit and compensation committees. He served on the board of HLA from 2003 until our initial public offering (“IPO”) in 2017. From 2000 to 2020, he was a visiting lecturer at Princeton University, where he taught courses in corporate finance, and he was an adjunct professor of finance at Columbia Business School from 1995 to 2010. Prior to working in academia, Mr. Sexton was an investment banking professional at Morgan Stanley from 1973 to 1995, where he served as a Managing Director from 1985 to 1995. His responsibilities included the development and execution of advisory assignments involving major corporate transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense, recapitalizations, financial restructurings, joint ventures, spin-offs and squeeze outs. He has served as an advisory director of Morgan Stanley from 1995 to 2005 and from 2014 to the present. Mr. Sexton was a member of the board of directors of Morgan Stanley from 2005 to 2014 and of Investor AB, a publicly traded Swedish investment company, from 2003 to 2015.

    He received a B.S.E. cum laude from Princeton and an M.B.A. from Stanford and is a former U.S. naval aviator and Vietnam veteran.

    Mr. Sexton’s broad experience in finance and academia brings valuable insight, an in-depth understanding of the industry and a unique perspective to the board of directors.

  • Leslie F. Varon

    Ms. Varon is a member of our board of directors, Chair of its audit committee, and serves on its compensation committee. She served as Chief Financial Officer of Xerox Corporation from November 2015 through December 2016 during which time she led the restructuring of the $18 billion business process services, printing equipment, software and solutions company, including the successful spin-off of its $7 billion services business. After that transaction, she became Special Advisor to the new Xerox Chief Executive Officer until March 2017 when she retired from the company. Prior to becoming Chief Financial Officer at Xerox, she was briefly Vice President of Investor Relations from March 2015 through October 2015. Before that, she served Xerox as Vice President of Finance & Corporate Controller from July 2006 to February 2015, where she oversaw global financial operating executives and had responsibility for corporate financial planning and analysis, accounting, internal audit, risk management, global real estate and worldwide shared services centers. Earlier in her career, Ms. Varon was Vice President Finance & Operations support for Xerox’s North American business, Vice President Xerox Investor Relations and Corporate Secretary and Director of Corporate Audit. From 2006 to 2017, she served on the board of Xerox International Partners, a joint venture between Xerox Corporation and Fuji Xerox Corporation, representing Xerox Corporation’s ownership stake.  Ms. Varon serves on the boards of Dentsply Sirona Inc. (Nasdaq: XRAY) and is Chair of its audit committee, and Lam Research Corporation (Nasdaq:  LRCX) and is Chair of its audit committee.

    She received a B.A. from Binghamton University and an M.B.A. with concentrations in finance and marketing from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

    Ms. Varon’s extensive financial background, combined with her investor engagement and corporate governance expertise and demonstrated success in business transformation, crisis management and balance sheet optimization, brings valuable knowledge and insights to the board of directors.

  • David J. Berkman

    Mr. Berkman is a member of our board of directors and serves on its audit and compensation committees. Since January 2000, Mr. Berkman has served as the Managing Partner of Associated Partners, LP, a private equity firm engaged primarily in telecommunications infrastructure operations and investments. Mr. Berkman has also served as Managing Partner of Decibel Group, LLC, his family office, since January 2020. He serves on the boards (or equivalent bodies) of Audacy, Inc. (OTC: AUDAQ) (formerly, Entercom Communications Corp. (NYSE: ETM)) and on its audit and compensation (Chair) committees; Chemimage, Inc. and on its compensation committee; and WatchBanQ Group Limited. He also serves on the advisory committee of First Round Capital, a venture firm. Mr. Berkman also served on the board of overseers of the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science until 2022. He served on the board of Rotor Acquisition Corp. until 2021.

    He received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

    Mr. Berkman’s extensive experience in private markets, in the start-up and operation of various platforms, as well as his long-standing service (including holding leadership positions) on other public company boards, enables him to bring valuable investment, operations and governance knowledge to the board of directors. Additionally, his insight in the areas of corporate finance, financial reporting, and accounting and controls is valuable to the Company.

  • Vann Graves

    Since 2018, Dr. Graves has served as Executive Director of the Brandcenter at Virginia Commonwealth University (“VCU”), a master’s program for advertising, branding and creative problem-solving that is part of the VCU School of Business. Prior to joining the Brandcenter, Dr. Graves served as Chief Creative Officer at the advertising agency of J. Walter Thompson, Atlanta, from 2015 to 2018; EVP, Global Executive Creative Director and Group Creative Director at the advertising agency of McCann New York from 2009 to 2015; Chief Creative Officer at the multicultural marketing and advertising agency of Uniworld Group, New York from 2007 to 2009; VP, Creative Director at the advertising agency of BBDO New York from 1993 to 2007; and he was a CoFounder at FL+G, a full-service branding agency in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Graves is also a veteran of the United States Army, where he served as Public Affairs Officer.

    Dr. Graves brings creative and business expertise, having worked on some of the world’s leading global brands (including Coca-Cola, MasterCard, the U.S. Army, GE, M&M’s, Snickers and Visa). Throughout his career, he has put a high value on collaboration and commitment to support innovation and high-quality creative work. In addition to time spent on the Ad Council’s Creative Review Committee and One Club for Creativity’s AdVersity Board, he currently sits on the boards for 600 & Rising, 4A’s Foundation, Virginia Public Media and The 3% Movement.

    A Fulbright scholar, he received a B.B.A. from Howard University, a M.S. in Communications Design from the Pratt Institute, an A.L.M. from Harvard University and an Ed.D in Higher Education Management from the University of Pennsylvania.

    Dr. Graves’ work in marketing, branding and design brings valuable knowledge and insights to the board of directors.

  • Juan Delgado-Moreira, PhD,
    CFA

    Mr. Delgado-Moreira has served as our Co-Chief Executive Officer since January 2024. In this role, he oversees the firm’s global sales efforts and client service organization. In January 2024, Mr. Delgado-Moreira joined our board of directors. He is also a member of various HLA investment committees. Mr. Delgado-Moreira served as our Vice Chairman from 2018 to 2023, in which role he oversaw our Asian investment activities and client relationships. Prior to joining the firm in 2005, Mr. Delgado-Moreira was an Investment Manager at Baring Private Equity Partners Ltd. in London, where he focused on mid-market private equity in Europe. Previously, Mr. Delgado-Moreira held senior research positions at institutions in the United Kingdom, including the University of Essex, and was a lecturer and Fulbright Scholar at Stanford University. Mr. Delgado-Moreira began his career as an analyst in Madrid, Spain at the Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (formerly known as the Instituto Nacional de Industria).

    He received a B.A. in Political Science and Sociology and a Ph.D. in Research Methods/Statistics from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He is a CFA® charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute.

    Mr. Delgado-Moreira’s extensive experience in private markets, including his long tenure overseeing our Asia business, brings valuable industry-specific knowledge and insights to the board of directors and provides the board of directors with an in-depth understanding of our business and operations as well as an important perspective on non-U.S. markets.

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