Kathryn Leaf has been named CEO at Pantheon.
She will succeed Paul Ward, who will become executive chairman after more than a decade tenure leading Pantheon through a period of substantial growth and expansion. The transition will be effective Jan. 1, 2025.
Leaf is a 25-year private markets investor and a 15-year veteran at Pantheon. She is now co-head of investment and global head of real assets, as well as a member of the firm’s executive committee and partnership board. Since becoming partner in 2012, Leaf has led the development of the firm’s infrastructure platform, and has been an integral member of the senior team that has overseen its growth to more than $20 billion in discretionary assets under management, including Pantheon’s recently completed largest fundraise. She was also launched firm’s dedicated re