Ian H. Charles

Ian H. Charles is co-managing partner and founder at Arctos Partners, overseeing investment strategy, firm governance, and investor relations.

Before forming Arctos Partners, he was a partner at Landmark Partners, contributing to private equity strategy and infrastructure investment committees. At Landmark he helped build the firm’s quantitative research group and structured large liquidity transactions.

Previously, Mr. Charles was a co-founder of Cogent Partners, recognized for transforming the private equity secondary market by offering institutional-grade advisory services and creating deal flow for secondary buyers. Cogent was acquired by Greenhill & Co.

Mr. Charles graduated with honors from Texas Christian University, with a BBA in finance and accounting, earned an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and is a CFA® charterholder.