Co-Founder, Senior Managing Director of Pennington Partners & Co.

Rodd Macklin is a Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director of Pennington Partners & Co. and serves on the firm’s Investment Committee. He brings more than three decades of experience in private equity, finance, and family office management to his work with the firm and its clients.

Rodd previously held CFO roles at NGP Energy Technology Partners, FJ Labs, NaviMed Capital, and Perseus LLC. At Perseus, which managed more than $1.5 billion in aggregate commitments at its peak, he served on the firm’s Executive Committee and oversaw the managing partner’s family office.

Earlier in his career, Rodd served as CFO of his family’s business, which was sold to a public company in 2007. He also held positions at American Capital, Legg Mason, and Arthur Andersen.

Rodd holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from William & Mary. He is a CFA charterholder and an inactive CPA.

Rodd is active in the Washington, DC, community, where he supports causes that are important to him and his family.