Philip Hunter O’Brien serves as Managing Director, Head of Private Equity for TMRS and as a member of its investment committee. Previously, he led technology and consumer direct private equity investments for Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”) and was based out of NYC. At CDPQ, Mr. O’Brien led sourcing, diligence, and oversight of multiple portfolio companies, including as Lead Independent Director and Compensation Committee Chair on Boards of Directors, as well as managed a direct private equity investment team.
Prior to CDPQ, he led the North American direct Private Equity investment practice for the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (“ADIC”). Before ADIC, Mr. O’Brien was an investor at LLCP and The Carlyle Group’s U.S. Buyout Fund, after beginning his career as an investment banker at Deutsche Bank.
Mr. O’Brien holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, where he was awarded the Sonkin Prize in Value Investing, and an AB in Economics (magna cum laude) from Princeton University. He is an Associate Member of the Economic Club of New York (“ECNY”) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
Favorite investment quote:
A great business at a fair price is superior to a fair business at a great price
- Charlie Munger
What should GPs know about you?
Proud husband and father who also enjoys golf, a good cup of coffee, traveling the world and providing sound investment stewardship to help hard working people retire.