Stephen Peel

Stephen Peel (born 29 December 1965) is a British businessman, private equity investor and philanthropist who until 2014 was one of the senior partners at the global private equity firm TPG Capital.[1]

Career

Peel worked at Goldman Sachs from 1989, founded TPG's European operations in 1997, ran their Russian and Eastern European operations from 2006 and co-headed the Asia operations from 2009-2013.[2] He also co-founded the philanthropic Private Equity Foundation (now Impetus PEF).[1] He is on the board of Global Witness,[3] the Advisory Board of the Open Contracting Partnership, the Advisory board of the Institute for State Effectiveness,[3] and the Partners Council for the economic think tank The Institute for New Economic Thinking,[4] the Advisory Council at the Jackson Institute of Global Affairs at Yale University, on the Board of Right to Play Asia,[5] and on the Tate International Council. He is also on the board of Lenta Limited.[6]

Personal life

Peel studied at Downing College, Cambridge University. In 2015 he did an MAS at the Jackson Institute of Global Affairs at Yale University.[5] He represented Great Britain in rowing at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.[1] His wife, Yana Peel, is the CEO of Intelligence Squared Group.

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