Hugh MacArthur is a senior consultant, executive and investment professional. He helped found Bain's private equity practice 25 years ago, and helped build the business into the undisputed industry leader. Hugh also is a leading thought partner for alternative asset managers, including private equity firms of all kinds, hedge funds, infrastructure and real estate funds, credit funds, secondary funds, sovereign wealth funds and other limited partners. Hugh is also the past Chief Investment Officer of Bain & Company and sits on several investment committees that control funds that invest in private equity deals and firms, among other things.Hugh has authored frequently on private equity value creation, state of the industry, and other related topics in publications around the globe, including The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Economic Times of India, China Daily, Forbes, and London Business School’s Business Strategy Review. He is also the author of the book Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use, published by Harvard Business Press in January of 2008.Hugh is also the host of Bain & Company’s Dry Powder: The Private Equity Podcast, in which he interviews leading experts on the trends and opportunities that will redefine the private equity industry.Hugh sits on the Investment Committee of Greater Share, an innovative philanthropic investment model harnessing the expertise of the world’s top performing private equity funds and impact NGOs to solve complex global challenges.