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Creating the future is hard work

At 777 Partners, we are transformers, not conformers. And we're always looking for new ideas and the people to move them.

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We knew to disrupt our own industry and the industry verticals we serve we couldn’t rely on the conventional ideas or people. We strive to create a unique environment that provides a holistic view of the world, embracing innovation, and cultivating professional development and personal growth. At 777 Partners, we are committed to build long-term careers by investing in our team.

Our teams consist of entrepreneurs and professionals with varied backgrounds and perspectives that strengthen our team and help our investment decisions. As such, we are focused on building teams by recruiting talent throughout our organization and portfolio companies that will bring different experiences, ideas, skills, and vantage points to our firm. When joining our team, you are provided the tools and opportunities for rapid career progression while attaining a 360-degree, holistic view of the world vs the more siloed experience from other traditional PE or Investment Banking firms.

 

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At 777 Partners, we believe that diverse teams increase performance and produce better results. This approach enables our professionals to learn from different perspectives and better understand our teammates.

777 Partners is an equal opportunity employer. Individuals seeking employment are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by applicable law.

 

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Our People

  • Don Dransfield joined 777 Partners in 2022 as the CEO of the Football Group. Prior to 777 Partners, Don accumulated 20 years experience across sport, media and private equity, first at Boston Consulting Group and more recently with Manchester City Football Club and City Football Group. Don holds a masters degree in economics from Trinity College, Cambridge University in England.

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    Don Dransfield

    CEO – 777 Football Group

  • Andres Blazquez joined 777 Partners in 2020. Prior to joining 777, he was a Senior Advisor with Guggenheim Partners. Before that, he was the Founder and Managing Partner of Caucasus Capital Partners, one of the pioneer private equity investors in the Caucasus. He also was in charge of business development at Erlang Technologies, a US-based fabless semiconductors company and started his career with Accenture.

    Mr. Blazquez has a B.A. in Physics from Kalamazoo College, a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in Saint Louis, and an MBA from INSEAD. Mr. Blazquez is the President and CEO of Genoa C.F.C. S.p.A., and sits on the boards of Fanatiz and Vasco da Gama SAF.

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    Andres Blazquez

    Operating Partner

  • Nicolas Maya joined 777 Partners in 2021. Prior to 777 Partners, Nicolas was an Associate Partner for McKinsey & Company in their Mexico City, New York and Charlotte offices.. During his time in McKinsey, Nicolas was part of the Transformation and Merger Management Practices, working across multiple industries in over 15 countries. Before joining McKinsey, he worked at a public policy consulting firm and at the Ministry of Defense of Colombia. Nicolas holds an MBA from Duke University and a BS in Economics from Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota, Colombia

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    Nicolas Maya Medina

    Operating Partner

  • Samra joined 777 Partners in 2022 as their Senior Associate in Sports, Media and Entertainment. Prior to 777 Partners, Samra has accumulated over 6 year of experience in strategy consulting and project management in the world of sport.  As a consultant and through her roles at Portas and AFD, she has worked on large-scale, transformative sport projects internationally - for governments and businesses. This includes sport infrastructure development projects, creating new business plans for sports organisations, designing new sport programs and events in partnership with FIFA and the NBA.

     

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    Samra Bouasba

    Senior Associate, Operations

  • Harry Brian joined 777 Partners as a Senior Associate in their Sports, Media and Entertainment vertical. Prior to 777 Partners, Harry worked in strategy consulting supporting a wide range of public and private-sector organisations across the sports industry. Harry holds a First Class Honours in Economics with German from the University of Bristol.

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    Harry Brian

    Senior Associate, Operations

  • Dan joined 777 Partners in 2022 as the Head of Research and Development for the football group. Prior to 777 Partners, Dan accumulated over 5 years of experience in data science, data engineering and software development at organisations within the football analytics industry, including Catapult Sports, Analytics FC, and his own start up companies. Dan holds a Phd in Computer Science and a Masters in Mathematics from the University of Oxford.

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    Daniel Nichol

    Head of Research & Development - 777 Football

  • Louis Rivera-Camino joined 777 Partners in 2020. Mr. Rivera-Camino primarily focuses on Investments in the Financial Insurance subsector, and brings over 27 years of relevant experience. Prior to joining 777 Partners, Mr. Rivera-Camino served as the founder of Abaco, the leading London-based hedge fund specialized in Global Financials, for over 17 years. Before that, he was sector head of Financials at ADIA, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, where he managed multi-billion-dollar pan-European sector funds from 1994 to 2003. Mr. Rivera-Camino began his career in corporate finance with Warner Lamber, the US-based Fortune 100 Pharmaceutical. He holds an MBA from LBS London Business School and executive training in Economics, Banking Management and Advance Finance (INSEAD).

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    Louis Rivera-Camino

    Operating Partner

  • Steve Walton added responsibility for 777 Asset Management to his 777 Re Chief Risk Officer role in 2021. Steve has held Business, Risk and Audit roles in Banking, Insurance and Asset Management. Prior to joining Steve held Interim CRO roles at Border to Coast Pensions Partnership and Intermediate Capital Group, having previously been the Group Head of Investment Oversight at Prudential plc and Global Head of Enterprise Risk Management at Deutsche Bank. Steve is a member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals.

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    Steve Walton

    Chief Risk Officer

  • Craig oversees the underwriting and monitoring of 777 Asset Management’s private credit investment portfolio. Prior to joining 777AM in September 2021, Craig was on the investment team at White Oak Global Advisors, focused on sourcing, underwriting, and monitoring opportunistic term loans across various industries. He separately spent significant time in White Oak’s restructuring group, working out existing portfolio investments and underwriting secondary trades. Craig started his career at Silicon Valley Bank. Craig received a Bachelors in Finance and Real Estate at The University of Georgia.

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    Craig Fuller

    Vice President