Chris Anderson joined TIFF in 2015 as a senior member of the private markets team. He helps manage all aspects of the private equity and venture capital portfolio, focusing globally on origination of primary fund investments and PE direct investments with specialist fund managers and independent sponsors, as well as secondary investments. Chris also collaborates with TIFF’s Member Strategy team helping investors with their efforts to construct a high quality, long-term private markets portfolio. As a longtime supporter of education and entrepreneurship, Chris serves on the Investment Committee for the Babson College endowment and is Chair of the college’s Private Equity Committee.

Chris began his career as an engineer after graduating from the United States Merchant Marine Academy, where he also raced on the intercollegiate sailing team and was commissioned as an officer in the US Naval Reserve. Chris pursued an MBA at Babson College, after which he started his private equity career with SVG Advisers, a global private equity fund of funds. Chris later joined Alcatel-Lucent Investment Management Corporation, which oversees $30 billion in pension assets, where he spent six years managing the private equity portfolio prior to joining TIFF.

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