Key Takeaways
- • Riccardo Villa has left Rede, where he was co-head of capital solutions, to join investment bank PJT Partners as a managing director, according to people familiar with the situation.
- • Villa joined Rede in 2024 in a newly created role, and his departure is the latest in a string of exits from the fundraising advisory group's secondaries team.
- • PJT has hired Villa as a financial sponsors veteran, adding senior talent to its advisory platform for alternative asset managers.
Summary
Riccardo Villa has departed Rede to join PJT Partners as a managing director, according to people familiar with the situation, as reported by Private Equity News on October 16, 2026. Villa had served as co-head of capital solutions at Rede, the fundraising advisory firm, and his exit makes him the latest departure from the firm's secondaries team, which has seen several departures in recent months.
Villa joined Rede in 2024 in a newly created role. His move to PJT Partners brings a financial sponsors veteran to the investment bank, which operates an advisory franchise focused on alternative asset managers through PJT Park Hill. The PJT Park Hill business describes itself as a premier advisor to alternative asset managers, delivering investor access and capital intelligence across asset classes.
The move reflects continued competition for senior capital solutions and secondaries talent among advisory firms serving private equity sponsors and fund managers. Rede's loss of a co-head-level executive adds to the pressure on its secondaries franchise, while PJT strengthens its capital solutions coverage with an experienced sponsor-side professional.
Villa joined Rede in 2024 in a newly created role. His move to PJT Partners brings a financial sponsors veteran to the investment bank, which operates an advisory franchise focused on alternative asset managers through PJT Park Hill. The PJT Park Hill business describes itself as a premier advisor to alternative asset managers, delivering investor access and capital intelligence across asset classes.
The move reflects continued competition for senior capital solutions and secondaries talent among advisory firms serving private equity sponsors and fund managers. Rede's loss of a co-head-level executive adds to the pressure on its secondaries franchise, while PJT strengthens its capital solutions coverage with an experienced sponsor-side professional.
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