4th September 2024

Clipway Announces Addition of Benoît Verbrugghe as New Managing Partner

4 September 2024 – Clipway, a global secondaries firm that leverages proprietary technology to optimise its investment strategy, is pleased to announce the addition of Benoît Verbrugghe as Managing Partner. Benoît Verbrugghe will join Clipway’s existing Managing Partners, Vincent Gombault and Ingmar Vallano, and Partners, David Enriquez, Inigo Weston, Jonathan Hillgarth-Williams, Joshua Manasseh and Harry Vander Elst, as well as Senior Advisor Franck Nguyen, in overseeing the investment strategy and leading the firm’s growth.

Mr. Verbrugghe joins Clipway after more than 25 years at Ardian, where he held various leadership positions, including Head of Ardian USA and member of Ardian’s Executive Committee. In these roles, he led the expansion and development of Ardian’s North American business and worked alongside Mr. Gombault and Mr. Vallano to scale the secondaries strategy globally.

Headquartered in London with an office in New York, Clipway applies next-generation technology to the secondaries industry. The firm focuses on diversified LP portfolios of quality buyout and growth managers across Western Europe and North America. Clipway’s proprietary and purpose-built Tech-Enabled Secondaries System (TESS) uses continuously improving machine learning, AI and data analytics, enabling the team to efficiently extract and intelligently analyse millions of data points across the data-intensive asset class.

Vincent, Ingmar and the entire Clipway team have built a truly impressive proposition that is transforming LP-secondaries investing through the use of cutting-edge technology. I am delighted to be joining the leadership to support the continued growth of the business.

Benoît Verbrugghe, a Managing Partner of Clipway

Like the majority of the Clipway senior team, I have worked closely with Benoît over 25 years; together, we have scaled secondaries strategies across North America and Europe. We’re excited to be reunited as we continue to leverage our proprietary technology to bring an unprecedented level of precision and speed to investing in LP portfolios and ultimately identify compelling opportunities.

Vincent Gombault, a Managing Partner of Clipway

About Clipway

Clipway is a global secondaries firm that leverages proprietary technology to optimise its investment strategy. Clipway was founded by a team of experienced secondaries investors, institutional asset allocators and data scientists who identified an opportunity to apply technology to improve traditional secondaries investing. The firm invests in diversified LP portfolios of quality buyout and growth managers principally in North America and Western Europe. Clipway’s investment process is supported by its Tech-Enabled Secondaries System (TESS) – a next-generation, fully integrated investment tool, with a focus on precision, speed and continuous learning. Clipway is headquartered in London with an office in New York. To learn more about Clipway, visit www.clipway.com.

 

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Notes

  • Clipway Limited is registered in England and Wales with registered no. 13459432 and its registered office is 5th and 6th Floors, 152-156 Great Portland Street, London, England, W1W 6AJ. Clipway is an appointed representative of Langham Hall UK LLP which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

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