Altius Associates has appointed William (Billy) Charlton as a partner and head of US investments.
He will be based in the Richmond, Virginia office, reporting to Brad Young, head of investment.
Young says: “We are delighted to have secured Billy, an experienced and knowledgeable investment professional, to lead our US Investment business. His background and experience in the American private equity sector, and his knowledge of buyout, venture and growth capital, along with his intellectual grasp of the broader investment dynamics in private equity portfolios, make him an ideal candidate for this important role. We looked long and hard for a leader to fit our needs, and I am very gratified that we have been able to attract someone of Billy’s calibre.”
Charlton joins Altius from his current position as Senior Lecturer in Finance at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is also associate director of The Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Center for Private Equity Finance. He teaches courses in investments, quantitative investments, entrepreneurial finance, and the capstone case course in the MBA programme: Financial Strategies in Private Equity.
Prior to this appointment Charlton was managing partner at specialist consultants BH Equity Research in San Jose, California. Subsequently he was managing director and founder of Context Private Equity Alpha, a fund of funds manager.
