Yusef Kassim joined Advent in 2019 and is a Managing Director in New York. He joined the Limited Partner Services Group in 2023, where he focuses on business development and investor relations activities, primarily in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Yusef is a member of Advent’s Global Culture and Inclusion Committee. Previously, he was the Global Head of Business Development for Advent Global Opportunities.

Yusef has more than 20 years of business development experience, cultivating and managing relationships with leading global institutional investors. Prior to joining Advent, he was a Partner at Blue Harbour Group. Previously, Yusef held senior executive positions at Eton Park Capital Management and Gerson Lehrman Group. He began his career at Goldman Sachs as an analyst in the Equities Division.

Yusef received his BAS in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.