Speakers

Achi Yaffe is Managing Director and Head of Portfolio Operations at GI Partners. Mr. Yaffe currently serves on the boards of Atlas Technical Consultants, Patriot Growth Services, American Residential Services, and Flexential . He previously served on the board of Consilio. Prior to joining GI Partners, he served as Principal for Lee Equity Partners helping portfolio companies develop business plans and execute strategic initiatives. Prior to Lee Equity, he worked for McKinsey & Company advising management teams of Fortune 500 and private equity-backed companies. Earlier in his career, he led the Financial Services Business Unit at eTelecare (now part of Convergys). His prior board positions include Papa Murphy's (NASDAQ:FRSH), PDR, and WealthTrust.

Education
M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, High Distinction (Baker Scholar)
B.S. from University of Southern California

GI Partners:

Founded in 2001, GI Partners is a private investment firm with over 150 employees and offices in San Francisco, New York, Dallas, Chicago, Greenwich, Scottsdale, and London. The firm has raised more than $40 billion in capital and invests on behalf of leading institutional investors around the world through its private equity, real estate, and data infrastructure strategies. The private equity team invests primarily in companies in the healthcare, services, and software sectors. The real estate team focuses primarily on technology and life sciences properties as well as other specialized types of real estate. The data infrastructure team invests primarily in hard asset infrastructure businesses underpinning the digital economy. For more information, please visit www.gipartners.com.