Jack Sparkes is a Principal, Capital Formation at Sagard and joined the firm in 2026. Jack is responsible for Sagard’s MENA capital formation efforts, maintaining and growing LP relationships in the region and raising assets across all Sagard investment strategies. Jack is a member of the Capital Formation team and is based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Prior to joining Sagard, Jack was Vice President, Institutional Sales at Rockefeller Capital Management, where he was responsible for capital raising across the firm’s investment strategies with investors in the GCC, Southeast Asia and Japan. Before that, Jack led origination at a private credit provider to Series A and B technology companies. Earlier in his career, he worked at Russell Investments, covering intermediary clients in the United Kingdom and Switzerland.
Jack holds an M.S. in Investment Management from the Cranfield School of Management and a B.A. with Honours in Business and Finance from the University of the Highlands and Islands.
