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Bethany Peterson is a Partner and Chief Financial Officer of IEQ Capital where she oversees the accounting, finance, and FP&A reporting functions within the Firm. She has nearly two decades of experience working in the financial services industry.
Prior to joining IEQ Capital, Ms. Peterson served as the Vice President of Finance at GI Partners, a San Francisco-based private investment firm with over $14 billion in AUM across private equity, data infrastructure and real estate strategies. In her role she oversaw the reporting and operating functions of the private equity funds, the GP entities, and the management company. While at GI Partners, Ms. Peterson partnered with the investment teams providing operational support for acquisitions and realizations of over 20 portfolio companies and assisted in the diligence and execution of the minority transaction to Blackstone Strategic Capital Group.
Ms. Peterson started her career at Deloitte & Touche LLP, where she provided asset management assurance services primarily within the Private Equity industry.
Ms. Peterson holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Economics, emphasis in Accounting, from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is a Certified Public Accountant (non-active) in the state of California.
She is a Bay Area native and resides in Lafayette, California with her husband and two daughters.