All Seas Capital announces promotions across Investment and Operational teams
18 January 2024: All Seas Capital, a pan-European private capital fund that provides transformational capital solutions to leading founder- and entrepreneur-owned companies, is pleased to announce promotions across its investment and operational teams.
Gemma Braithwaite
Joe Petrusic
Charlie Budenberg
Luis García
Alain Kaptan
Leeron Haffner
Jérémy Mercier
Martina Ross
Partner, Head of Investor Relations
Partner, Investment Team
Director, Investment Team
Principal, Investment Team
Principal, Investment Team
Associate, Investment Team
Associate, Investment Team
Finance & Operations Manager
These promotions follow the appointments of Tom Lack as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Luis García as an Investment Associate (promoted to Principal), and Leeron Haffner as an Investment Analyst (promoted to Associate). All Seas Capital expanded its team having closed All Seas Capital I SCSp, its maiden fund, with total commitments of US$400m including co-investments.
Marc Ciancimino and Cristobal Cuart, Co-Founders of All Seas Capital, said:
“Congratulations to our colleagues on their well-deserved promotions. Each of these individuals has made a significant contribution to All Seas Capital and our portfolio companies. Having closed our maiden fund last year, we are thrilled to have expanded our entrepreneurial team and recognised our colleagues’ hard work, dedication and talent, which are fundamental to the success of All Seas Capital.”
All Seas Capital provides flexible long-term financing solutions to leading Western European mid-market businesses. Alongside transformational capital solutions, the All Seas team provides board level expertise to entrepreneurs and management teams who do not want to sell majority stakes. All Seas Capital I has invested over US$200 million in portfolio companies, including Attivo Group (UK), G3 (UK), Hakim Group (UK), SoMeD Santé (France) and Zimmer MedizinSysteme (Germany).
All Seas Capital is led by Marc Ciancimino and Cristobal Cuart who co-founded and led KKR’s European mezzanine and preferred equity business and have an extensive career track record, with €3.4bn invested across 45 businesses prior to founding All Seas Capital.
For further information, please contact:
All Seas Capital
Charlotte Balbirnie
+44 7989 528421
About All Seas Capital
All Seas Capital is a pan-European private capital fund that provides flexible long-term financing solutions to leading mid cap companies. The team is led by Marc Ciancimino and Cristobal Cuart who co-founded and led KKR’s European mezzanine and preferred equity business, and have an extensive career track record with €3.4bn invested across 45 businesses prior to founding All Seas Capital.
We partner with and provide transformational capital solutions and board level expertise to Western European entrepreneur- and family-owned mid-market businesses who need strategic capital, but do not want to sell majority stakes. We identify businesses that already have a certain amount of scale but are in need of support and capital as the catalyst for real business growth.
All Seas Capital’s hybrid strategy, investing a combination of debt and equity, integrates ESG considerations throughout its investment process to help position its portfolio for long term, sustained growth.
Marc Ciancimino, Co-Founder
Prior to starting All Seas, Marc was a partner (“Member”) of KKR & Co where he spent a decade and started the European dimension of the firm’s private credit activities with a special emphasis on hybrid transactions. He sat on the Global Private Credit Committee and was a Portfolio Management Committee member. He started his career in 1995 at Citibank and also worked at Bankers Trust before moving to the buyside in 1999. He has invested over $1.9bn since he started his career.
Cristobal Cuart, Co-Founder
Prior to All Seas, Cristobal was a Director at KKR which he joined in 2010 where he was a senior member of the European private credit and preferred equity platform, working closely with Marc Ciancimino to launch and grow the firm’s European private credit and preferred equity activities. He has invested over $2.2bn into privately held businesses throughout his career.