Philip O'Brien

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Mr. O'Brien leads direct private equity investing in the technology and consumer sectors in the U.S. as a senior director at global investment group CDPQ, where he is based out of New York. Mr. O'Brien serves as an active member of the Boards of Directors and chairs the Compensation Committees of Wizeline, Inc., an global product design and development services company, and Zevia pbc, a high growth beverage company. Previously Mr. O'Brien led North American Private Equity, Direct Investments at the Abu Dhabi Investment Council, a sovereign wealth fund, where he also served as a Board Observer at Rackspace Hosting, Inc. Prior to joining the Abu Dhabi Investment Council, Mr. O'Brien worked as a private equity investor at The Carlyle Group within their US Buyout team and LLCP. In addition, Mr. O'Brien worked in the Investment Banking Division of Deutsche Bank. Mr. O'Brien holds an A.B., magna cum laude, from Princeton University in Economics and an MBA from Columbia Business School, where

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