Jeffrey Armbrister
Jeff is the Chief Financial Officer for Hamilton Lane and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Prior to this role, Jeff was the Head of Direct Equity Investments, responsible for direction and oversight of the direct equity investment platform. He continues to serve on the Direct Equity Investment Committee.
Jeff has over 20 years of private equity and public market investing experience and has served on the board of directors of several portfolio companies and non-profit organizations. Prior to joining Hamilton Lane in 2018, Jeff was a Managing Director at Versa Capital Management, where he focused on making control-oriented, special situations, debt and equity investments in middle market companies across a variety of industries.
While at Versa, Jeff participated in all major investment functions and his responsibilities included origination, underwriting, transaction execution and portfolio company development. Prior to joining Versa in 2003, Jeff was an Equity Research analyst at Oppenheimer + Close. He has also held private equity, venture capital, corporate development and investment banking positions at Berwind Financial Group, Redleaf Group, ICG Commerce and Wheat First Butcher Singer, respectively.
Jeff received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia.
Featured Content
Private Equity Fast Pitch Podcast with Jeff Armbrister
Jeff Armbrister discusses current industry trends and opportunities within the co-investment market. He also dives into his career in private equity and his favorite networking tips.
The Stressed-Out LP
“Stressed out” is putting it mildly – and momma isn’t around to lull us to sleep with her soothing melodies. There’s been a lot for co-investors to process over the recent months.
