Ian H. Charles

Ian H. Charles is Co-Managing Partner and Founder at Arctos Partners. In addition to his investment responsibilities, Mr. Charles directs investment strategy, firm governance, and investor relations for Arctos Partners.

Prior to the formation of Arctos Partners, Mr. Charles served as a member of the private equity and infrastructure investment committees and Partner at Landmark Partners, a leader in the global private equity, real estate, and infrastructure secondary markets. At Landmark, Mr. Charles helped design and execute the firm’s private equity strategy, helped build the firm’s quantitative research group, and sourced and structured large, innovative liquidity transactions across the firm’s investment verticals.

Prior to joining Landmark Partners, Mr. Charles was a co-founder of Cogent Partners, the first secondary market sell-side advisor. Cogent, which was acquired by Greenhill & Co., is widely recognized for transforming the private equity secondary market by providing institutional-grade advisory services to sellers and providing a consistent source of deal flow for existing, new, and non-traditional secondary buyers.

Mr. Charles graduated with honors from Texas Christian University, where he received a BBA in Finance and a BBA in Accounting. He received his MBA from the Wharton School of Business and is a CFA® charterholder.