Leadership
Advisory Board
Joseph D. O’Brien III
President and Chief Executive Officer at A.G. Hill Partners
Mr. O’Brien has served as the Chief Executive Officer of A.G. Hill Partners – a Hunt family office- since its inception in 2016. Previously, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Highside Capital Management, L.P. from 2007 to 2013. Highside was a global equity long/short hedge fund with peak assets in excess of $4 billion. Prior to Highside, he was the Founder and Portfolio Manager of the long/short equity hedge fund Rider Investments, a Portfolio Manager and Partner at the private equity firm Petra Capital Partners, a Vice President in prime brokerage and investment management at Goldman, Sachs & Co., and an investment banking associate with The Robinson-Humphrey Company, Inc. Mr. O’Brien has a B.S. in Commerce from the University of Virginia (’86) and an MBA from Harvard Business School (’92). Mr. O’Brien served on the Board of Directors and Founders’ Council of the Managed Funds Association. He currently serves on the Board and is past Co-Chairman of Capital for Kids.
BEN CHATRAW
Founding Partner & CEO of North Avenue Capital
Ben Chatraw is the CEO and founding partner of North Avenue Capital (NAC). NAC is America’s largest producer of Business & Industry (“B&I”) loans. He responsible for driving the overall vision and strategy of North Avenue Investments. A serial entrepreneur, Ben has founded multiple companies and non-profit organizations. Prior to launching North Avenue Investments, Ben was the COO of Vision Capital, a Dallas based hedge fund focused on small cap investments which he co-founded and ran from 2006 to 2012. Ben specializes in entrepreneurialism, operations, strategy, and deal structuring. He completed his undergraduate degree with highest honors from Georgia Tech and holds a MBA from Harvard Business School where he graduated with distinction.