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Haydon Knights

Principal - Portfolio Strategy & Execution at Motive Partners

Haydon Knights serves as Principal - Portfolio Strategy & Execution at Motive Partners since September 2025, following a role as Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company from January 2023 to July 2025, where responsibilities included management within the Private Equity and Principal Investors division. Prior experience includes managerial and associate positions at Strategy& from March 2017 to January 2023, and a summer internship at Bridgepoint in July 2016, focusing on deal origination and investor mapping. Additional internships include roles at Canaccord Genuity Inc. analyzing debt market research, Key Pacific Advisory Partners examining mid-cap M&A targets in the mining sector, and Pacific Strategy Partners assessing investment opportunities in various sectors. Haydon Knights earned a Master's in Management from London Business School and a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance and Law from The Australian National University.

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Motive Partners

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Motive Partners is a private equity firm with offices in New York City and London, focusing on growth equity and buyout investments in software and information services companies based in North America and Europe and serving five primary subsectors: Banking & Payments, Capital Markets, Data & Analytics, Investment Management, and Insurance. Motive Partners brings differentiated expertise, connectivity, and capabilities to create long-term value in financial technology companies.


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