Investors and operators, working together.
Atlas is a 37-person partnership. Roughly half of us spend our time underwriting and stewarding deals; the other half spend their time alongside management teams in our portfolio.
Investment partners
Marcus Hale
Founder of Atlas. Previously a partner at a London-based mid-market private equity firm and CFO of a publicly-listed industrial group. Twenty-two years investing in lower-middle-market businesses.
Priya Raman
Leads our healthcare and services investments in the US. Former operator who built and sold a multi-site outpatient platform. Board director at three Atlas portfolio companies.
James Bellamy
Leads our UK industrials and manufacturing practice. Earlier career at a global industrial group; later led principal investments at a sovereign-backed fund.
Sofia Marquez
Leads our vertical-software and tech-enabled services investments. Former product leader at two enterprise software companies; CFA charterholder.
Operating partners & platform
Helen Forsythe
Former CEO of a UK precision-engineering group. Works alongside management at four Atlas industrial businesses.
Daniel Okonkwo
Leads the team that builds the Atlas platform. Previously engineering lead at a UK fintech and a global trading firm.
Robert Chen
Two decades scaling sales and marketing organizations across SaaS and services. Sits on commercial steering committees at six portfolio companies.
Naomi Adeyemi
Former CHRO of a multi-billion-dollar industrial group. Leads talent, leadership and culture work across the portfolio.
Senior advisors
Sir William Pemberton
Former Chairman of a FTSE-100 industrial group; advisor on UK strategy and chairmanship.
Dr. Margaret Liu
Former health-system CEO; advisor on the firm's US healthcare strategy.
Paul Ferreira
Former head of M&A at a global investment bank; advisor on transactions across the portfolio.
We are always looking for exceptional people.
Whether you've spent your career in deal teams, in operating roles, or building software — if you care about the lower middle market and want to do this work for a long time, we'd like to hear from you.