Nancy Vailakis is the principal of Ancram IRBD, a boutique placement agency and investor relations and marketing firm for the private funds industry. Focused on private funds and deals in the private credit, private equity (growth equity and buyout), and real asset sectors, Nancy has over 18 years of alternative asset management industry experience as a business development, marketing, and investor relations professional, and over 20 years of experience in financial services overall.
Previously, she was a business development director at IQ-EQ, a vice president of investor relations at Cerberus Capital, and a sales and client relations specialist at BlueMountain Capital. She earned her Master of Business Administration from the New York University Stern School of Business and her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Binghamton University.
Nancy continues to serve the Stern community as an alumni advisory board member of the Stern Private Equity Club. Nancy is engaged with many non-profit and professional organizations in New York, including Women in Funds, 100 Women in Finance, and Binghamton Women in Business. Additionally, she is a regular speaker through conference venues like SuperReturn and LPGP Connect, and a contributing writer to industry publications including Worth and Emerging Manager Monthly. Nancy Vailakis was the winner of Worth magazine’s Worthy 100 award in 2022.
Family offices
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Asset Management
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Coronavirus
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