• Appointment strengthens Pandion’s outreach to institutional allocators, with Sparkes focused on introducing differentiated strategies aligned to long-term value creation and ESG principles across public pension plans, Taft-Hartley plans, endowments, foundations, family offices, and consultants.
• Sparkes adds more than 30 years of pension and financial services leadership, including senior roles at CapSource Productions, APEX, Geronimo Investment Management, and The Yucaipa Companies, plus oversight of New York City’s then fifth-largest U.S. public pension portfolio (over $120B).
• Governance and stakeholder credibility are central: Sparkes is a current trustee of the New York State Secure Choice Savings Program Board and board chair of the Cambria Center for the Gifted Child and the Cambria School of Excellence, while Pandion emphasizes disciplined, intentional investment aligned with institutional needs.

Pandion Asset Management, a U.S. SEC-registered investment adviser committed to building responsible investment solutions tailored for institutional allocators, announced that Horatio H. Sparkes has joined the firm as Senior Director of Business Development and Investor Relations. In this role, Sparkes will work closely with public pension plans, Taft-Hartley plans, endowments, foundations, family offices, and consultants, introducing differentiated strategies aligned with long-term value creation and ESG principles.

“This is a moment when institutional investors are rethinking how they approach real assets–and what long-term alignment really looks like,” said Sparkes, Senior Director of Business Development and Investor Relations at Pandion Asset Management. “Pandion’s approach is disciplined and intentional, and I’m looking forward to supporting that work.”

Sparkes brings over 30 years of experience across the pension and financial services industries. He previously served as Partner and Managing Director at CapSource Productions and held senior business development roles at APEX, Geronimo Investment Management, and The Yucaipa Companies.

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Earlier in his career, Sparkes also served as Deputy Comptroller for Pensions for the City of New York, overseeing what was then the fifth-largest public pension portfolio in the United States, with more than $120B in assets. He chaired both the Investment and Actuarial Audit Committees and served as a trustee on multiple city pension boards. Prior to that, he was Executive Director of the New York City Board of Education Retirement System, where he doubled the fund’s assets and became the first Black person to lead a New York City retirement system.

“Horatio brings a rare depth of experience across both public and private investment platforms, and that perspective will be invaluable as we continue to scale,” said Brent de Jong, CEO of Pandion Asset Management. “His credibility with allocators and commitment to disciplined strategy align closely with how we operate and where we’re headed.”

In addition to his role at Pandion, Sparkes currently serves as a trustee on the New York State Secure Choice Savings Program Board, which oversees a Roth IRA retirement plan for private-sector workers. He also chairs the boards of the Cambria Center for the Gifted Child and the Cambria School of Excellence.

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