Brian Pope

About Brian Pope

Senior investment and operating executive with deep experience leading alternative investment platforms, portfolio management programs and growth initiatives across private markets. I specialize in building and managing diversified private investment portfolios, partnering with operating teams and sponsors, and aligning capital deployment with long-term risk-adjusted return objectives for institutional investors.In my current role at Martello Re, I serve on the Investments, Growth & Partnerships team focusing on portfolio oversight and platform growth. I bring an experienced investor-operator mindset to managing alternatives, business management and structured investment strategies.Previously, I have held corporate development and investment leadership roles at global investment firms including American Century Investments and Barings to establish multiple new business units. At American Century Investments, I operationalized a new private investments platform formed through acquisition. At Barings, I served as a Managing Director in Alternative Investments and Business Development groups, where I led firmwide corporate initiatives, driving business unit growth across public and private investment teams, including the formation and growth of the private equity alternative investments business unit, a mutual fund platform and a business development distribution group, among other strategic initiatives. I served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Corporate Development at Passport, a private equity-backed payments and software platform. I led overall financial management, functioning in a CFO capacity, overseeing accounting, financial planning, M&A, investor relations and capital management to drive capital-efficient growth, while providing a hands-on perspective that informs my approach to private investing and portfolio management. Earlier in my career, I worked in lower middle-market investment banking, advising founder-owned and private equity–backed companies on M&A and capital raising transactions, further grounding my investment perspective in transaction execution, diligence and structuring. I hold an MBA from MIT Sloan, a BS from NC State University and am a CFA charterholder. I remain actively engaged in the Charlotte private equity and investment community and enjoy partnering with investment teams, management teams and boards to build scalable platforms and long-term investment franchises.

Experience

1. Investments, Growth & Partnerships

   Martello Re

   Aug 2025 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

   Lead investment structuring, alternative investments and business management for strategic investment initiatives and portfolio oversight to enhance portfolio performance and enterprise growth.

Education

• MIT Sloan School of Management

  MBA

  2006 — 2007

• North Carolina State University

  BS, Finance; General Management

  1996 — 2001

Skills

• Investment Management
• Investment Banking
• Business Analysis
• Managerial Finance
• Equities
• Crm
• Product Development
• Business Development
• Analysis
• Fixed Income
• Portfolio Management
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Finance
• Investments
• Due Diligence