Senior Advisors
Mark Egan
Mark Egan is a founder and Managing Partner at Marion Equity Partners, a Boston based investment firm. Prior to Marion, Mark focused on growth equity investments in the technology, healthcare, media, and business services industries at Polaris Venture Partners. Before Polaris, Mark began his career at Alta Communications where he executed investments in the media and telecommunications sectors. Mark also has previous experience with Comcast Corporation in business development.
Mark received a degree in Finance from Fairfield University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
"Trust and respect means faster decisions. That leads to better execution, better companies, better returns."
- Peter Kelly on the Search Fund Community
Rob Johnson
Rob Johnson is a successful entrepreneur, venture capital investor and business school professor. Rob recently retired as Visiting Professor in Entrepreneurship at IESE Business School, where he taught since 2000. From 1990 to 2000 he was on the faculty at London Business School. He has been actively involved as an investor in search funds since 1987 and created the International Search Fund Center at IESE. He has served as a director of many private companies during their growth stages through to successful trade sales and IPOs. He also serves on the Advisory Boards of Palamon Capital Partners in London and Vonzeo Capital Partners in Vancouver, and served on the Investment Committee of the Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar Development Fund and the Endowment Investment Committee at IESE.