Profile

David and his team are responsible for financial and investor reporting, fund management, tax, treasury, cash management, and corporate accounting.

Prior to joining Ascendant Capital Partners, David served as Chief Financial Officer at Hackman Capital Partners, a privately held real estate investment and operating company specializing in the acquisition, renovation, and re‑imagining of vintage commercial, industrial, and studio properties. In this role, he was a member of the Executive Management Committee and oversaw accounting, financial reporting, and tax across all company‑managed properties and funds, while also supervising the firm’s non‑investment functions.

Previously, David was Managing Director of Accounting and Operations at Oaktree Capital Management, where he oversaw accounting and financial reporting for the Private Equity, Real Assets (Infrastructure Investing), and Private and Alternative Credit investment strategies. He also led Oaktree’s firm‑wide accounts payable function as well as the governance of the fund expense allocation process.

David began his career in public accounting, spending more than thirteen years delivering assurance services to financial services clients at Arthur Andersen LLP and later at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he was a Senior Manager.

He received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting (summa cum laude) from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and is a Certified Public Accountant.