John Hancock Comvest Private Income Fund Names Fernando Silva CFO as Cecilio Rodriguez Retires
Silva will keep his chief accounting officer and treasurer titles, putting the BDC’s three senior finance posts with an executive drawn from John Hancock’s fund administration group.
November 10, 2026
Cecilio Rodriguez is stepping down as chief financial officer of John Hancock Comvest Private Income Fund, and the board has named Fernando Silva, the fund's chief accounting officer and treasurer, to succeed him. Silva takes over on November 17, the day after Rodriguez's resignation takes effect at the close of business on November 16.
Rodriguez informed the board of trustees of his decision on November 5. His exit from the fund is tied to his retirement from Manulife | Comvest Credit Partners, effective December 31, 2026. The fund said the resignation does not stem from any disagreement over its operations, policies or practices, or over its accounting policies or practices.
The board approved Silva's appointment the same day. He will keep his existing titles, so the fund's chief financial officer, chief accounting officer and treasurer roles will sit with one executive.
Silva's background
Silva, 49, has been the fund's chief accounting officer and treasurer since May 2026. His current positions elsewhere in the John Hancock organization are:
- chief financial officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer) of various trusts in the John Hancock Fund Complex, since 2024;
- vice president of fund administration at John Hancock Investment Management, since 2024;
- vice president of John Hancock Life & Health Insurance Company, John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) and John Hancock Life Insurance Company of New York, since 2021 including prior positions;
- assistant treasurer of John Hancock Investment Management LLC and John Hancock Variable Trust Advisers LLC, since 2020.
Earlier, Silva was assistant vice president of treasury and portfolio services at John Hancock Investment Management from May 2020 to June 2024, and director of financial reporting there from February 2016 to May 2020. He holds a bachelor's degree in Hispanic studies from Boston College and a master's degree in accounting and an MBA from Northeastern University.
The fund reported no arrangement or understanding behind the appointment and no related-party transactions involving Silva that would require disclosure.
The fund's Manulife ties
John Hancock Comvest Private Income Fund is a non-traded business development company that invests primarily in middle-market companies. It was formed in 2023 as Comvest Credit Partners BDC Fund, operated as AMG Comvest Senior Lending Fund and took its current name in November 2025, after Manulife acquired 75% of Comvest's private credit business.
In June, the fund agreed to absorb affiliated Manulife Private Credit Fund in a two-step merger, with John Hancock Comvest as the surviving entity.
