Our Team

Hitesh Anand is a director at Thomas H. Lee Partners in the firm’s Strategic Resource Group.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Anand was the Chief Product Officer at Verifi (a Visa Company), where he led multiple teams with a focus on innovating new products and services. In that role, he oversaw product vision, strategy, roadmap, design, and development.

Previously, Mr Anand served as Chief Product Officer and President of North America for Mobikon Asia Pte. Limited, where he oversaw the creation of an AI-driven predictive analytics and marketing automation SaaS platform. Before Mobikon, Mr. Anand was Vice President of Product at Verifone, where he led the overall digital, mobile and omni-commerce. Prior to Verifone, he was Global Head of Product at Citi Enterprise Payments, as well as Head of Product and Technology for Nokia Mobile Financial Services. Mr. Anand has also held business and engineering positions at Lucent Technologies, Analog Devices and Motorola (now Freescale).

Mr. Anand holds a B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering, with honors, from Guru Nanak Dev University, an MSE in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University and an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

Mike Bell is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners in the Firm’s Strategic Resource Group.  From 2014 to 2018, Mr. Bell was executive chairman of Syneos Health (formerly known as inVentiv Health), bringing to the organization three decades of business management and operational expertise at leading global services companies through every stage of growth.  He also served as President of the Commercial Division of INC Research/inVentiv Health.  Currently Mr. Bell sits on the boards of Agiliti Health, Inc., AmeriLife Group, LLC, Autism Home Care Holdings, Inc., Professional Physical Therapy and Senior Home Care Holdings, Inc.  His former directorships include Healthcare Staffing Services.

Before joining inVentiv Health, Mr. Bell served as Senior Executive Vice President of John Hancock Financial Services, reporting to the Chairman and CEO.  Mr. Bell also cofounded and helped lead the Monitor Group, where he partnered with and provided counsel to companies across the healthcare delivery continuum.  Under his leadership, Monitor Group grew rapidly to 1,000 employees and opened 25 offices worldwide.  Mr. Bell also served as a Managing Partner and Founder of Monitor Clipper Partners, a private equity firm, where he specialized in professional services, procurement outsourcing and pharmaceutical marketing services.

Mr. Bell received his Bachelor’s degree from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania before attending Harvard Business School for a Master of Business Administration.

Mr. Bell shares his business skills and knowledge as Chairman Emeritus of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and holds several other leadership positions with not-for-profit organizations, including as a member of the Brigham and Women’s finance committee and a trustee of the Bellexcel board of trustees.

Mark L. Benaquista is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners in the firm’s Strategic Resource Group. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Benaquista was senior vice president and co-CIO at Warner Music Group, responsible for the Global Transformation Programs. In this role, Mr. Benaquista oversaw financial processes and systems, master data management, worldwide content and rights management and digital distribution as well as the company’s SAP ERP program.

Before Warner Music Group, Mr. Benaquista was senior director at Merck & Co. spearheading its major business process and supporting technology transformations around the world including the standardization of more than 40 countries and entities onto a single global sourcing platform. Prior to Merck & Co., Mr. Benaquista worked at JP Morgan, where he led a variety of the company’s global networking and standardization initiatives, and Chelsea Consulting, where he led various programs across banking and life sciences.

Mr. Benaquista holds a B.S. in Management Science Information Systems from Rutgers University and holds a M.S. from Kean University in Management Systems Analysis.

Mr. Benaquista is a member of Kean University’s College of Business and Public Management Board of Advisors. He also sits on the CoreTrust IT advisory Board as well as the Advocate Insiders Board of Advisors.

Jill Bicks is a Director of Talent at Thomas H. Lee Partners in the firm’s Strategic Resource Group.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Bicks was a senior director of HR at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, where she led their HR team.  In this role, Ms. Bicks oversaw the strategy and execution of day-to-day operations and projects across recruiting, compensation and benefits, operations, partners and insights teams.  Prior to that, she was the Chief Administrative Officer and member of the Executive Committee at Cambridge Associates.  Ms. Bicks was formerly a partner at the Monitor Group.

Ms. Bicks holds a B.A., cum laude, in Economics from Harvard College, a diploma in History from University of Sheffield and an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.

Sandeep Bidari is a vice president at Thomas H. Lee Partners in the firm’s Strategic Resource Group.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Bidari was a principal at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he worked with a number of health insurers, health systems and physician organizations across a range of functional topics.  He also led the population health topic for BCG globally.  Mr. Bidari formerly served as staff vice president in the Corporate Strategy Group at Anthem.

Mr. Bidari holds a B.B.A., with high distinction, from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A., with distinction, from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Bidari previously served on Chicago chapter Board of Sponsors for Education Opportunity (SEO).

Henry J. Boye is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners in the firm’s Strategic Resource Group. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, he was a managing director in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Practice at Blue Ridge Partners, where he advised companies on revenue growth strategies including market segmentation and opportunity sizing, sales modeling and organizational structures. Prior to Blue Ridge Partners, Mr. Boye worked in a variety of general management and consulting roles in media and information services including as the Publisher of the Harvard Business Review and most recently as the COO and SVP of Corporate Development at Mass Insight.

Mr. Boye holds a B.A., cum laude, in International Studies from Dickinson College and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Boye has been in active in youth sports in Cohasset for many years, serving on the Little League Baseball board and coaching as well as serving as the President of the Wrestling Boosters for Cohasset High School.

Bryan Gelnett is a director at Thomas H. Lee Partners in the firm’s Strategic Resource Group. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Gelnett was a supply chain director at Wayfair Inc. where he oversaw inventory planning and management as part of Wayfair’s fast delivery program. Prior to that, he worked as an engagement manager at McKinsey and Company, focused on operations and supply chain. Mr. Gelnett began his career as a nuclear submarine officer, completing four deployments with the USS Kentucky submarine (SSBN 737).

Mr. Gelnett holds a B.S. in Mathematics from the United States Naval Academy, and an MBA, with high distinction, from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

Jane Jhun is a Vice President of Talent at Thomas H. Lee Partners in the firm’s Strategic Resource Group.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Jhun was a Senior Executive Talent Acquisition Manager at Walmart, where she partnered closely with executive leaders across the merchandising, supply chain, and marketing organizations, both in the US and internationally. Ms. Jhun formerly served as senior associate in the boards practice at Spencer Stuart, specializing in the financial services and fintech sector.

Ms. Jhun holds a B.A. in Political Science from Columbia College and a J.D. from the Rutgers School of Law.

Daniel G. Jones is a managing director and Head of Strategic Resource Group at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, he was a management consultant at the Monitor Group, advising Fortune 500 companies on growth strategies and providing business diligence and portfolio company strategy support for Monitor Clipper Partners. Prior to Monitor, Mr. Jones worked in a variety of corporate finance roles, lastly as Financial Project Manager and Deputy to the CFO at LAN airlines, the leading Latin American passenger and cargo airline.

While at Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Jones has served in the firm’s Strategic Resource Group providing advisory support to management teams and filling interim senior executive roles across the portfolio. Mr. Jones has served on the Boards of Alfresco, Nextech and Clear Channel Outdoor.

Mr. Jones holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Mr. Jones has also served on the Board of Trustees for Spaulding Rehabilitation Network and Partners Continuing Care since 2016.

Gordon M. McLaughlin is a vice president at Thomas H. Lee Partners in the firm’s Strategic Resource Group.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. McLaughlin worked as a vice president at PNC Financial Services in New York, where he led the development of digital products and pursued strategic partnerships and acquisition opportunities with financial technology companies. Mr. McLaughlin formerly co-founded Development Capital Partners and prior to that was a senior analyst at JPMorgan.

Mr. McLaughlin holds a B.S. in Finance and Operations, with high distinction, from Indiana University and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.

Vicente Piedrahita is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners in the firm’s Strategic Resource Group. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Piedrahita worked at Clear Channel Outdoor as director of strategic projects. Mr. Piedrahita also worked at Monitor Group as a consultant, where he led a team that provided strategic due diligence on acquisition opportunities for Monitor Clipper Partners. He also led market analyses/recommendations to clients in a number of industries for Market2Customer, a division of Monitor Group specializing in marketing strategy.

Mr. Piedrahita holds a B.A., cum laude, in Sociology from Princeton University and an M.B.A. with high distinction from Harvard Business School.

Gazal Sikand is a director at Thomas H. Lee Partners in the firm’s Strategic Resource Group. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Sikand was a Consultant at Genpact LLC focused on operations transformation, program management and analytics. Ms. Sikand also worked at Capital IQ as a Research Associate.  She has the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification, is a Project Management professional and also holds the FRM certification.

Ms. Sikand holds a B.S. in Mathematics from St. Stephen’s College and an M.B.A. from Institute of Management Technology, India.

Jagjit P Singh is a director at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, he was a chief architect (Consulting) in the commercial division at inVentiv Health, managing multiple strategic initiatives.

Prior to inVentiv, Mr. Singh worked in a variety of corporate technology roles, most recently as vice president and head of Big Data for Warner Music Group, where he was previously senior director and head of the SAP Customer Center of Excellence. Prior to Warner Music Group, Jagjit held highly technical positions at Merck & Co where he leveraged technology to streamline and transform operations resulting in material business improvements. He has pioneered innovation with expertise in bridging the gap between technical capability and business functionality.

Mr. Singh holds a B.E. in Computer Science from MGM’s College of Engineering in Nanded, Maharastra, India, with a major in artificial intelligence and parallel processing.

Rob Spies is a director at Thomas H. Lee Partners in the firm’s Strategic Resource Group.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Mr. Spies was a senior product marketing manager at Vistaprint leading product development and go-to-market activities for a top category.  Prior to that, he was a consultant and case team leader at The Monitor Group focused on marketing and sales strategy.

Mr. Spies holds a B.A., magna cum laude, in Economics and Architectural Studies from Tufts University, and an MBA, with high distinction, from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

Mr. Spies is an active supporter of AccesSport America, a Boston-based nonprofit that offers adaptive sports and physical training for people with disabilities.

Ashley Waddell is a procurement manager at Thomas H. Lee Partners in the firm’s Strategic Resource Group. Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners., Ms. Waddell was a manager of Availability Analytics at Wayfair, where she worked to reduce supplier replenishment costs and streamline the inventory planning process.

Ms. Waddell earned a B.S. in Operations Research and Information Engineering with a minor in Business from the College of Engineering at Cornell University.

Nicole Wong is a managing director at Thomas H. Lee Partners in the firm’s Strategic Resource Group.

Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Wong worked at ghSMART, advising PE investors, boards and C-suite executives on performance and leadership.  Ms. Wong was also a member of ghSMART’s CEO Genome Project, supporting CEOs, executives on the path to CEO, and boards managing all stages of CEO succession.  Previously, Ms. Wong worked at Goldman Sachs with a specific focus on talent management for the Global Securities Division.  She began her career in Securitized Products, holding various roles in research, sales, and trading at JPMorgan and UBS Securities.

Ms. Wong holds a B.A. in Economics from Brown University.

Lily Wray is a vice president at Thomas H. Lee Partners in the firm’s Strategic Resource Group.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Ms. Wray held various leadership roles at Liberty Mutual spanning operations capacity management, innovation, and marketing/media planning; most recently, she was Vice President of Emerging Technology Operationalization where she incubated and scaled automation technologies.  Prior to her time at Liberty Mutual, she was a director of strategy and analytics at G-Form, where she drove marketing strategy and execution as well as financial analysis.  Prior to that, she was a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company.

Ms. Wray holds a B.A. in Economics from Brown University.