Laura Shen-Lefranc

Founder at

Headway Capital Partners LLP

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Consumer Services

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Ms. Laura Shen-Lefranc is Partner at Headway Capital Partners LLP.
She is also co-founder of Headway Capital Partners.
Prior to co-founding Headway Capital Partners in 2004, Ms. Shen was part of the investment team of Coller Capital where she sourced, evaluated and closed private equity secondary investments.
Before Coller Capital, she was a direct investor in leveraged buyouts for Bain Capital in Boston.
She started her career in the leveraged finance group of Goldman Sachs in New York.
Ms. Chen received a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, where she was a Siebel Scholar and a Bachelor of Arts with high honours in Economics and Political Science from Amherst College.

Laura Shen-Lefranc active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Headway Capital Partners LLP Headway Capital Partners LLP Investment ManagersFinance Headway is an active manager which purchases limited partnership positions in private equity funds and portfolios of direct private equity investments. They specialize in small- to mid-size secondary transactions (less than EUR 30 million) and invest globally with a focus on Western Europe and North America. Their broad investment mandate has no investment stage or sector constraints. The firm seeks to purchase LP positions or portfolios of LP positions in venture capital, growth equity, buy-out, mezzanine and other funds. They co-invest in secondaries, purchasing minority shareholdings in single companies, provide non-conventional, structured liquidity solutions and purchase portfolios of direct private equity investments, including tail-end funds, corporate venture portfolios and spin-outs. Headway leverages their experience in structuring secondary transactions, partnering with sellers to create mutually beneficial solutions.	Founder	31/12/2003

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Companies	Position	End
Coller Capital Ltd. Coller Capital Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Coller Capital invests in companies located in Europe and North America. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It participates in buyout transactions with an investment size of USD 1 - 1000 million and also makes secondary investments.	Corporate Officer/Principal	30/12/2003
Bain Capital LP Bain Capital LP Financial ConglomeratesFinance Provides investment services	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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Private companies	6
Bain Capital LP Bain Capital LP Financial ConglomeratesFinance Provides investment services	Finance
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services	Finance
Coller Capital Ltd. Coller Capital Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Coller Capital invests in companies located in Europe and North America. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It participates in buyout transactions with an investment size of USD 1 - 1000 million and also makes secondary investments.	Finance
Amherst College Amherst College Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Headway Capital Partners LLP Headway Capital Partners LLP Investment ManagersFinance Headway is an active manager which purchases limited partnership positions in private equity funds and portfolios of direct private equity investments. They specialize in small- to mid-size secondary transactions (less than EUR 30 million) and invest globally with a focus on Western Europe and North America. Their broad investment mandate has no investment stage or sector constraints. The firm seeks to purchase LP positions or portfolios of LP positions in venture capital, growth equity, buy-out, mezzanine and other funds. They co-invest in secondaries, purchasing minority shareholdings in single companies, provide non-conventional, structured liquidity solutions and purchase portfolios of direct private equity investments, including tail-end funds, corporate venture portfolios and spin-outs. Headway leverages their experience in structuring secondary transactions, partnering with sellers to create mutually beneficial solutions.	Finance
Harvard Business School Harvard Business School Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services