BOSTON, MA – July 1, 2019 – Great Hill Partners, LP, a growth-oriented private equity firm based in Boston, today announced the promotion of Drew Loucks to Partner.
“We are excited to recognize the contributions Drew has made to the success of Great Hill Partners with this well-deserved promotion,” said Managing Partners Christopher Gaffney, Michael Kumin, Mark Taber, and Matthew Vettel. “Drew has distinguished himself with market leading work in the internet infrastructure, software and cloud services segments, a growing set of portfolio companies, as well as his go-to-market effort and strong relationships with CEOs. We look forward to the important role he will play in our firm’s future.”
Loucks joined Great Hill Partners in 2011, and recently led the sale of Symmetry, a U.S.-based provider of SAP managed services, to Secure-24, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Group (TOKYO: 9432). He also played a key role in negotiating the sale of Ascenty, a Brazilian-based cloud and managed hosting business, to Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR) earlier this year. Loucks currently serves on the Board of Directors of EnterpriseDB, Examity, Evolve IP, Mission, Reflexis, and Reward Gateway. He received his B.A. degree from Bowdoin College, and holds an M.B.A. from Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business.
Loucks is the fifth Partner at Great Hill Partners, joining Christopher Busby, Nicholas Cayer, Rafael Cofiño, and Peter Garran in that role.
About Great Hill Partners
Great Hill Partners is a Boston-based private equity firm that has raised over $7.8 billion in commitments since inception to finance the expansion, recapitalization, or acquisition of growth companies in a wide range of sectors in business-to-business and business-to-consumer industries including software, financial and healthcare technology, digital media, eCommerce, and internet infrastructure. Great Hill targets investments of $40 million to $200 million. For more information, visit www.greathillpartners.com.