As co-head of Private Investments, Shanna leads the growth, expansion, and oversight of the private investment business and its integration with the firm. The firm currently sponsors a series of late-stage growth funds that seek capital appreciation through investments in late-stage companies looking for strategic capital to move to the next phase of development. She is responsible for determining areas for expansion across private asset classes and ensuring that we have appropriate talent and infrastructure to support growth. She is a member of the firm’s Product Innovation Committee, Strategic Relationship Advisory Committee, Global Compensation Committee, and WMIL Board of Directors.
Previously, Shanna was the chief operating officer, where she had leadership and general management oversight responsibility for all core activities of Wellington Alternative Investments (WAI). Oversight included fund governance, product development, risk management, marketing, operations, and servicing of fund investors. Prior to joining Wellington Management in 2004, she worked at TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm.
Shanna received her MSF from Northeastern University (2005) and her BS in finance from Florida State University (2000).