Alastair C. Seaman

Alastair C. Seaman is a managing director at Arctos Sports Partners. Seaman is responsible for the firm’s sourcing, evaluation, and management of investments.

Prior to joining Arctos Sports Partners, Seaman was a vice president at Goldman Sachs in New York, where he served as a member of the Vintage Funds investment team within Goldman Sachs Asset Management.  While at Goldman, Seaman executed transactions ranging from complex direct secondaries and special situation opportunities to more traditional secondary investments. Seaman closed on transactions representing more than $3 billion in value and led the group’s strategic partnerships with several market-leading firms across a broad range of alternative asset strategies, including buyout, growth equity, and special situations funds.

Prior to joining Goldman, Seaman was a senior associate in the London office of HarbourVest Partners, one of the largest private markets investment firms globally, where he served as a member of the Secondary Investment Group. While at HarbourVest, Seaman focused on sourcing and evaluating secondary opportunities including traditional and complex transactions, primarily in Europe.

Seaman joined HarbourVest from EPIC Private Equity, an independent private equity firm focused on growth, buyout, and special situations investments in UK-based small and medium-sized companies. He started his career at SVG Capital, an international private equity investor and fund management business that was listed on the London Stock Exchange prior to the sale of its investment portfolio to HarbourVest.

Seaman received an M.A. from the University of Cambridge; an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, where he graduated with Dean’s Honors and Distinction; and a CFA charterholder.