Donald Phillips

Mr. Phillips has over 30 years of investment management experience managing large pools of pension assets in the capacity of both a limited and a general partner. Prior to founding WP Global Partners in 2005, Mr. Phillips was the Chief Investment Officer and CEO for WestAM (U.S.), a subsidiary of WestLB, a large German bank. At WestAM he directed the investment strategy and oversaw the firm’s approximately $3 billion portfolio in commitments to private equity funds, real estate, and direct investments. In addition, he was a member of WestAM’s Board of Directors. He assumed these roles at WestAM in 2000 when they acquired the private equity business of Forstmann-Leff International, Inc. Mr. Phillips had been President of Forstmann-Leff from 1997 to 2000, and during that period was responsible for the strategic process of building and managing the global investment management firm. Forstmann-Leff International is a multi-asset class institutional investment management firm with offices in Chicago, New York and Liverpool, England. The firm has been managing assets for high net worth individuals, pension funds and other institutions for almost 30 years with assets under management that exceed $8.5 billion. The styles of managing assets include U.S. mid-cap value oriented equities, fixed income that includes core U.S., high yield and global portfolio management in addition to the management of private placement or alternative asset classes for large institutions.