Hosein Khajeh Hosseiny

Dr. Khajeh-Hosseiny is a British private equity investor, venture capitalist and philanthropist. He is a senior advisor to McKinsey & Company on innovation, growth and transformation; a Board Trustee of the Brookings Institution in Washington DC, and founder and CEO of Open X Innovations LLC, an asset management firm. He served as Managing Director, Managing Partner and CEO of Northgate Capital from 2004 to 2018. Prior to Northgate, Dr. Khajeh-Hosseiny served as Head of Global Private Equity Investments at the McKinsey Investment Office ("MIO"), an organization with $10 billion under management and a wholly owned subsidiary of McKinsey & Company. Prior to MIO, Dr. Khajeh-Hosseiny was a senior management consultant with the Private Equity and Asset Management Practices of McKinsey & Company. While at McKinsey, he advised top global and European investment firms and government agencies on their respective investment strategies and capabilities; advised top global and European investment firms on acquisitions, alliances, and restructurings; and co-led McKinsey's Excellence in U.S. and European Private Equity Initiative. He is a frequent speaker at, and has served as chairman for, certain leading industry events on private equity, and risk management. I Dr. Khajeh-Hosseiny holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Econometrics from Cambridge University. From Cambridge University he also received an honorary research position and lectured on research methods, finance, and investments.