NEW YORK -- Aksia announced the addition of three distinguished professionals to our team: Sebastiaan van den Berg, Christopher Schelling, and Benjamin Parks. Their extensive experience and expertise will further strengthen Aksia's capabilities and commitment to delivering exceptional service to our clients.

Sebastiaan van den Berg joins Aksia as a Partner on the Private Equity team. Sebastiaan will work closely with Aksia’s Pan-Alts and Private Equity teams to support the Firm’s EMEA clients’ Private Equity programs. With over 25 years of experience in global private equity, Sebastiaan brings a wealth of knowledge in portfolio management, investment underwriting, deal sourcing, and the private equity ecosystem. Most recently, Sebastiaan served as Partner, Co-Head GP Equity Solutions at Astorg.

Christopher Schelling joins Aksia as a Managing Director on the Pan-Alts team. Chris will be working with Aksia’s data, risk and asset class teams on research projects that benefit Aksia’s clients and bring together insights and data from multiple alternatives asset classes. Chris brings a robust background in alternatives both from a practitioner and researcher perspective with five years’ experience building portfolios for clients and ten years as an institutional allocator to alternatives.

Benjamin Parks joins Aksia as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). As CFO, Ben will be responsible for Aksia’s financial management, reporting and planning. Prior to joining Aksia, Ben was the Corporate Controller at Pretium Partners, where he handled all aspects of accounting and finance functions for the private markets investment manager. He also served as CFO at Fortem Properties and was the Management Company Controller at Alphadyne Asset Management, a hedge fund. Ben began his career at Ernst & Young, followed by roles at KPMG and MKP Capital Management.

As Aksia continues to expand globally with experienced professionals, the expertise of Sebastiaan, Chris, and Ben will be instrumental. We are excited to welcome them to the Aksia team and look forward to their contributions.