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Peter Brooke

Mr. Brooke was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard College and Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. After a brief time in the U.S. Army, he joined the First National Bank of Boston as a loan officer in 1956. While at the bank, he helped form the High Technology Lending Group and began his deep involvement in venture capital investing.

Mr. Brooke left the First National Bank of Boston and became the head of Venture Capital and Special Situation Investing at Bessemer Securities Corporation in 1961. In 1963, he left Bessemer to form a venture capital management company with the partners of Tucker, Anthony & RL Day, a New York Stock Exchange member firm. Three years later, Mr. Brooke became the partner in charge of Tucker Anthony’s corporate finance and venture capital departments. In 1968, he formed TA Associates, which has since become one of the largest venture capital firms in the United States.

While managing the operations of TA Associates, Mr. Brooke began fostering his interest in the application of venture capital in international markets. In 1973, he co-founded Sofinnova S.A. in Paris, with the French Ministry of Industry and Crédit National. Sofinnova is the European Continent’s oldest venture capital firm. Following this success, Mr. Brooke played an integral role in the formation of many other leading venture capital firms in Europe, Asia and Latin America.

Mr. Brooke’s interest in international venture capital led to the formation of Advent International Corporation in 1984. Advent International is the successor to the international operations of TA Associates, and Mr. Brooke became Advent International’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer upon leaving TA Associates in 1984. Advent International has since become one of the world’s most extensive global private equity investment organizations, with 16 offices in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia, and affiliates in 30 countries worldwide. In 1996, Mr. Brooke retired as Chief Executive Officer of Advent International but remains as its active Chairman.

Mr. Brooke served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a Trustee of both the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary and WGBH Educational Foundation, as a Member of the Board of Directors of Cambridge (England) Technology Management. He is currently a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a former Overseer of Harvard University and former Trustee of Colgate University, the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship and the Middlesex School. Mr. Brooke is a member of the Private Equity Hall of Fame and recipient of the National Venture Capital Association’s Lifetime Achievement in Venture Capital Award and Harvard Business School’s Alumni Achievement Award. The Boston Business Journal named Mr. Brooke one of Greater Boston’s 100 most influential business people of the 20th century.