Geoff Laporte

Head of Business Development, MSCP

Geoff Laporte

Head of Business Development, MSCP

Geoff Laporte

Head of Business Development, MSCP

Biography
Strategies
Team

Biography

Background

Geoff Laporte is Head of Business Development for Morgan Stanley Capital Partners and is based in New York. He is responsible for deal origination, business development, and relationship management efforts. Mr. Laporte joined Morgan Stanley in 2018 from Wellspring Capital Management, a middle market buyout fund, where he spent four years as part of the investment team before leading the business development function. He began his career at Citigroup in both the Industrials Investment Banking and Leveraged Finance divisions. Mr. Laporte holds a B.A. in Economics from Vanderbilt University.

Geoff can be reached at Geoff.Laporte@morganstanley.com

9 yrs

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

2018

STARTED WITH FIRM

9 yrs

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

2018

STARTED WITH FIRM

Strategies

Strategy Name	Description
Americas Middle-Market Private Equity Strategy	Makes privately negotiated equity and equity-related investments in middle-market companies primarily located in North America.

Americas Middle-Market Private Equity Strategy

Makes privately negotiated equity and equity-related investments in middle-market companies primarily located in North America.

Team

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Aaron Sack

Head of Capital Partners | Consumer

23 years industry experience

Mark Bye

Managing Director | Operating Partner

35 years industry experience

Jim Howland

Managing Director | Operating Partner

31 years industry experience

Eric Kanter

Managing Director | Industrials

17 years industry experience

Gary Matthews

Managing Director | Operating Partner

31 years industry experience

Steve Rodgers

Managing Director | Healthcare

22 years industry experience

Adam Shaw

Managing Director | Business Services

16 years industry experience

Richard Schultz

Executive Director

26 years industry experience

David M. Thompson

Executive Director

9 years industry experience

David Cook

Vice President

12 years industry experience

Geoff Laporte

Head of Business Development, MSCP

9 years industry experience

Patrick LaValley

Vice President

9 years industry experience

Alexander Roso

Vice President

8 years industry experience

James R. Stewart

Vice President

12 years industry experience

Patrick Whitehead

Vice President

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