Key Takeaways
- • Metric Point Capital appointed Jamaine Cook as Principal to expand its GP solutions and secondaries advisory practice, following his five-year tenure as investment professional at Chicago-based RCP Advisors.
- • Cook will focus on identifying and structuring liquidity solutions for general partners and limited partners across private market strategies including buyouts, growth equity, venture capital, private credit, and infrastructure, with particular emphasis on underserved lower-market segments.
- • For GPs, Cook will advise on continuation vehicles and liquidity solutions as funds near end-of-life; for LPs, he will assist with liquidity from existing fund interests and co-investments.
- • The hire follows Metric Point's recent addition of Paul Mazurek, bringing approximately a decade of direct investment experience from firms including Insight Equity and Stellex Capital.
- • Cook holds an MBA with concentrations in finance and private equity from University of Chicago Booth School of Business and previously worked in transaction advisory at KPMG; he also played running back in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns.
Summary
Metric Point Capital, the New York-based independent private capital placement and advisory firm founded in 2017, has bolstered its secondaries and GP solutions capabilities with the appointment of Jamaine Cook as Principal. Cook transitions from RCP Advisors, a Chicago-focused private equity firm specializing in North American lower middle market investments, where he spent five years as an investment professional.
At Metric Point, Cook will assume a dual advisory mandate spanning both general partners and limited partners across the private markets spectrum. His responsibilities will include identifying and structuring liquidity solutions for GPs managing continuation vehicles and addressing fund-level liquidity requirements as they approach termination. On the LP side, Cook will advise institutional investors seeking liquidity from existing fund interests and co-investment positions. The firm has strategically positioned Cook's focus on the lower end of private markets—an area Metric Point identifies as underserved by current advisory providers—across buyouts, growth equity, venture capital, private credit, and infrastructure strategies.
Cook's background combines direct transaction experience with structured finance expertise. During his tenure at RCP Advisors, he underwrote secondaries, continuation vehicles, and co-investments. Prior to private equity, he worked in transaction advisory services at KPMG alongside institutional PE investors. He holds an MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business with dual concentrations in finance and private equity.
The Cook appointment represents the second recent senior hire for Metric Point's advisory practice. The firm concurrently announced the addition of Paul Mazurek, who brings approximately one decade of direct investment experience from platforms including Insight Equity and Stellex Capital, further reinforcing Metric Point's expansion in the advisories and secondaries markets.
At Metric Point, Cook will assume a dual advisory mandate spanning both general partners and limited partners across the private markets spectrum. His responsibilities will include identifying and structuring liquidity solutions for GPs managing continuation vehicles and addressing fund-level liquidity requirements as they approach termination. On the LP side, Cook will advise institutional investors seeking liquidity from existing fund interests and co-investment positions. The firm has strategically positioned Cook's focus on the lower end of private markets—an area Metric Point identifies as underserved by current advisory providers—across buyouts, growth equity, venture capital, private credit, and infrastructure strategies.
Cook's background combines direct transaction experience with structured finance expertise. During his tenure at RCP Advisors, he underwrote secondaries, continuation vehicles, and co-investments. Prior to private equity, he worked in transaction advisory services at KPMG alongside institutional PE investors. He holds an MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business with dual concentrations in finance and private equity.
The Cook appointment represents the second recent senior hire for Metric Point's advisory practice. The firm concurrently announced the addition of Paul Mazurek, who brings approximately one decade of direct investment experience from platforms including Insight Equity and Stellex Capital, further reinforcing Metric Point's expansion in the advisories and secondaries markets.
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