JIM PANAGIOTOU is a Managing Director and the head of Operational Due Diligence at Silver Creek. Mr. Panagiotou manages the firm’s operational due diligence function, which evaluates the operational risks of existing and prospective investments. His expertise spans fund manager allocations and co-investments, across the firm’s full suite of products. Mr. Panagiotou has worked in the investment management business, with a specific focus on operational due diligence of alternative investments, since 2001. Prior to joining Silver Creek in 2004, Mr. Panagiotou was an Investment Operations Manager at Quellos Group (now known as BlackRock Alternative Advisors). Prior to Quellos, he worked at KPMG providing audit and consulting services to private investment and venture capital firms. Mr. Panagiotou holds a B.A. in Accounting from Western Washington University.