Managing Director, Strategy & Finance
Celine Hannett
White Oak Global Advisors · New York
Ms. Hannett is Managing Director, Strategy & Finance at White Oak Global Advisors, with over 30 years of experience in strategy, business analysis, treasury, finance and operations.
Professional background
As Chief Financial Officer at Melody Capital Partners, she oversaw tax structuring, accounting, liquidity management, financial planning and asset servicing. Her remit covered private equity and hybrid-structure funds with direct lending and secondary trading strategies, as well as private equity funds investing in telecommunications infrastructure. She also served on Melody’s Management and Valuation committees.
While at Melody, Ms. Hannett was also Chief Financial Officer of Melodeon Capital Partners, a related adviser managing private equity funds in pre-settlement litigation.
Her earlier roles included Advisor to the Chief Operating Officer of Starwood Capital Group, a real estate investment firm, and Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Plainfield Asset Management, an investment manager of special situations and direct lending funds. She also held finance and operating positions at large public and private corporations.
Education and qualifications
Ms. Hannett holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a B.S. in Management Engineering from the Ateneo de Manila University.