HarbourVest Partners Appoints Adam Freedman as a Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets investment specialist, today announced the appointment of Adam Freedman as a managing director and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO).

“We are pleased to welcome Adam to HarbourVest and our growing legal and compliance team,” said John Toomey, Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners. “Adam’s deep experience and understanding of the global regulatory environment will help us navigate increasingly complex regulations as we continue to grow our organization and enter new markets.”

Freedman has more than 15 years of in-house legal and compliance experience, and most recently he was CCO and Associate General Counsel at Angelo, Gordon & Co. Prior to that role, he was an Executive Director in the Legal and Compliance division at Morgan Stanley.

Freedman received his BA from Yale, his law degree from Oxford, and his Master’s in Law from the University of Chicago.

About HarbourVest

HarbourVest is an independent, global private markets firm with 40 years of experience and more than $98 billion of assets under management as of March 31, 2022. Our interwoven platform provides clients access to global primary funds, secondary transactions, direct co-investments, real assets and infrastructure, and private credit. Our strengths extend across strategies, enabled by our team of more than 850 employees, including more than 180 investment professionals across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Across our private markets platform, our team has committed more than $51 billion to newly-formed funds, completed over $41 billion in secondary purchases, and invested over $28 billion in directly operating companies. We partner strategically and plan our offerings innovatively to provide our clients with access, insight, and global opportunities.