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Meet some of our recent hires

/Published May 30, 2022 7:25PM UTC
Mary Kathleen Flynn
Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker
Adam Cross
Chris Tamms
Simon Borland
Darren Thorpe
Mary Kathleen Flynn
Mary Kathleen Flynn

Editor-in-Chief, PE Hub
New York City

Mary Kathleen Flynn has covered private equity for more than 15 years. She joined PEI in 2021 and serves as Editor-in-Chief of PE Hub, leading an editorial team that spans the US and the UK. Previously, MK served as Editor-in-Chief of Mergers & Acquisitions and held positions at The Deal, CNN, MSNBC, U.S. News & World Report and PC Magazine. She graduated from Vassar College with a major in English. MK lives in New York City with a daughter, a dog and a cat.

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker
Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker

Editor, Responsible Investor
London

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker joined PEI in April to head up the editorial team at Responsible Investor in London. She moved from Euromoney, where she was ESG Editor and before that editor for Central and Eastern Europe. She has covered most aspects of banking and capital markets since switching to journalism from investment banking in 2003. She lives in Brighton, and loves hiking and sailing fast race boats.

Adam Cross
Adam Cross

Finance Manager
London

Adam has recently joined PEI to manage the day-to-day activities of the finance department. He has a decade of experience working within finance departments across a variety of industries, and has a focus on streamlining processes, producing meaningful management information and business partnering across all levels of an organisation. Adam is a keen traveller and has recently returned to the UK after spending the last two years driving, hiking and kayaking his way across New Zealand.

Chris Tamms
Chris Tamms

Head of Membership
New York City

Chris joined PEI to lead the CFO All Access Membership. She previously worked for Cambridge University Press as a researcher/community manager. Chris received a Master of Science in Communication from Purdue University and a French & International Trade degree from Clemson University. She studied abroad in the Loire Valley of France.

Chris crushes it at Pure Barre workouts and loves attending ballet performances at Lincoln Center. She is a longtime member of The New York Junior League, having volunteered for many years throughout the NYC community.

Simon Borland
Simon Borland

Head of Business Intelligence
London

Simon loves the challenge of running a team of skilled analysts deriving timely, insightful and useful information from complex data sets. Previously, he has worked as a Data Analyst in several Publishing and Media Companies including EMAP, Immediate Media and 7Digital.

Simon is a Graduate of Sydney University with a B.Sc. in Pure Mathematics and an MBA.

If you meet Simon out of hours, he will probably be talking about his two favourite sports: sailing yachts in the Med or playing doubles at Lawn Tennis.

Darren Thorpe
Darren Thorpe

Chief Product Officer

Darren joined PEI in May 2022 as Chief Product Officer, with direct responsibility for Product, Engineering and Data. Darren started his career as a software engineer, predominantly working for data-rich SAAS based businesses, and has previously held CTO and CPO roles within the tech and alternatives sectors.