Maria is an Associate at 65 Equity Partners, based in New York.
She joined 65 Equity Partners from L Catterton, where she focused on evaluating and executing private equity investments across the consumer sector. Prior to L Catterton, Maria was an Investment Banking Analyst in the Healthcare Group at Perella Weinberg Partners.
Maria holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from The Pennsylvania State University’s Smeal College of Business.
David Araoz is a Legal Counsel at 65 Equity Partners, based in New York.
He joined 65 Equity Partners from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, where his practice included advising private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies and other private and public companies on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, carve-out transactions, corporate restructurings and other general corporate matters across a variety of industries.
David holds a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, summa cum laude, from Fordham University. David is admitted to practice in the State of New York.
Joanne is a Senior Finance Associate at 65 Equity Partners, based in Singapore.
She joined 65 Equity Partners from IQ-EQ Singapore, where she was responsible for the accounts and operations across real estate and private equity funds. Prior to that, she was an Assistant Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers Singapore.
Joanne holds a Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours in Accounting & Finance from the University of London.
Cooper Sande is an Associate at 65 Equity Partners, based in New York.
He joined 65 Equity Partners from Gainline Capital Partners where he focused on family- and founder-owned transactions across the manufacturing, business services, and consumer sectors. Cooper started his career as an Analyst in the Healthcare Group at Piper Sandler working with outsourced medical manufacturing companies.
Cooper holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.