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Ian Sandler

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Insight Partners source, reviewed October 8, 2026: Ian Sandler joined Insight in 2016 where he is a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer. Ian has direct responsibility across Legal, Finance, Compliance, Investor Relations, IT, HR, and Onsite. In addition, Ian has direct management oversight for the Insight Partners Public Equities (IPPE) business. Ian also sits on the Board of Directors for Vanilla, an estate planning software for the wealth management industry, and Altruist, a wealth platform built for independent advisors. Ian was previously the Chief Operating Officer of Global Equities at Citadel. Prior to Citadel, Ian was a Partner at the Carlyle Group where he served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Legal Officer of Global Market Strategies. Before joining the Carlyle Group, Ian had a seven-year career at Morgan Stanley where he served as the Global Chief Operating Officer for the technology and modeling division as well as other roles within the loan and high yield business earlier in his career. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Ian worked as a bankruptcy lawyer at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel. Ian is the co-founder of Riley's Way Foundation with his wife Mackenzie. Riley's Way is a non-profit that empowers young leaders to use kindness and empathy to create meaningful connections and positive change in the world. Riley's Way has a series of local and national programs that give teens the tools and support to envision change and achieve it. Riley's Way is building a network of young change-makers who are leading a movement of kindness around the country. In addition to his roles at Insight and Riley’s Way Foundation, Ian sits on the Board of Trustees for two college preparatory schools in New York City, The Browning School and The Nightingale-Bamford School. Ian has a Bachelor of General Studies from the University of Michigan and a JD from the University of Pennsylvania. In June 2023, Ian was invited to join the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Dean's Advisory Council.