Jack Edmondson

Jack Edmondson is Deputy Chief Investment Officer at Oxford University Endowment Management (OUEM Ltd). He is also a member of Saïd Business School’s Private Equity Institute Advisory Board.

OU Endowment Management manages over £4.0 billion of long-term capital for the collegiate University. Jack works across geographies and asset classes, making investments for the long-term growth of the University’s capital.

In addition to his Board and fellowship roles for Saïd Business School, he teaches various classes.

Jack started his investment career at Merrill Lynch, where he was equities analyst and assistant portfolio manager on the global and US teams. He then moved to McKinsey & Co as associate in its Corporate Finance and Strategy Practice, working on specialist consulting projects. From McKinsey, he joined Exponent, a mid-market UK private equity firm, where he completed a number of leveraged buyout transactions and was involved in portfolio company management.

Jack is a CFA (chartered financial analyst) charterholder and he has an MBA with distinction from Saïd Business School, where he won the J.P. Morgan Prize for Finance. He also has a First-Class degree in history from Durham University, where he was University Scholar. In 2016, he was named in the global CIO (Chief Investment Officer) 40 under 40 list.