Cara Nealon

 Ms. Nealon joined Bain Capital Private Equity in 2021. She is a Vice President and a member of the Portfolio Group for North America Private Equity. As a talent specialist, she works on the human capital agenda across our North America portfolio which includes ensuring our companies have effective leadership teams and inclusive, high performance organizations. 

Prior to joining Bain Capital, Ms. Nealon was a Senior Principal at ghSMART where she advised her corporate clients and investors on executive assessment, leadership development, team effectiveness, and organizational change. Before ghSMART, Ms. Nealon was a Project Leader at The Boston Consulting Group, where she focused on organizational effectiveness, leadership capability building, and private equity due diligence.