Raising the Brand with Susan Long McAndrews

Welcome to Private Equity Marketeer’s Raising the Brand, where we delve into the stories and strategies behind the leading brand builders & capital raisers in private markets.

This week we’re joined by Susan Long McAndrews, Executive Advisor at Charlesbank Capital Partners and former Partner at Pantheon.

Susan is an experienced private markets allocator and capital formation leader bringing decades of experience in global private markets across the institutional, wealth and insurance channels. She served as a longstanding member of Pantheon’s Board of Directors, Executive Committee and International Investment Committee.

Susan was the lead portfolio manager of the AMG Pantheon Fund (P-PEXX), a $5bn private equity fund designed for accredited investors and distributed through RIAs and wirehouse platforms. Susan is passionate about delivering high-quality private markets product to individual investors and has been active in pressing for the adoption of private markets into 401k and other defined contribution plans.

Prior to joining Pantheon, Susan spent five years based in Hong Kong investing in Asian private equity just as the asset class was emerging from the Asian financial crisis, investing in China, Korea, SE Asia and Australia.

Susan worked in the Office of the Secretary of Defense coordinating interagency policy regarding the military relationship with China including the first SECDEF trip to Beijing after the Tiananmen-sanctions era.

Watch the full episode below, now also available on Spotify.