Bio

Roanne joined Roark in 2021 and is a member of Roark's Investment Committee. She was formerly a Partner at Hellman & Friedman in San Francisco, where she focused on improving the value creation plans and operational efficiency of that firm's portfolio companies. Before joining Hellman & Friedman in 2017, Roanne spent over 12 years in Boston, London and Johannesburg with Bain Capital, where she was an Operating Partner. She has served on the boards of the Edcon Group, formerly South Africa's largest non-grocery retailer, and the French home furnishings and decor company Maisons du Monde. Prior to Bain Capital, Roanne was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, a correspondent and editor for Thomson Reuters and an investment banker at Morgan Stanley. She received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from the University of Virginia.