Team members
Tyson Taylor
Managing Partner
Mr. Taylor has six years of experience in law and principal investing, including an extensive background in Delaware corporate law and private equity deal making, having clerked for the Honorable William Chandler III on the Delaware Court of Chancery and as an associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. He was also the founder and President of JTM Investments and has experience in all aspects of the private equity process, from fund raising to exit.
Mr. Taylor earned a BA with Honors in Economics from Brigham Young University, a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, a Graduate Certificate in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Masters in Finance from the London Business School.
Mr. Taylor specializes in private equity deal formation, fund raising, and the intersection of law and finance, having authored several articles centered on this interaction.
Chris Gilbert
Managing Director
Mr. Gilbert has seven years of experience in management consulting, where he attained the level of director at PwC Consulting and manager at Deloitte Consulting. As a consultant, he worked with clients to deliver significant value uplift, in numerous sectors, including manufacturing, consumer goods, construction, mining, and financial services. In addition, Mr. Gilbert worked in industry for five years at companies similar to those that Luminis Capital is targeting for its portfolio.
Mr. Gilbert earned a Bachelor’s of Engineering at the University of Queensland, an MBA at the Australian Graduate School of Management with an exchange at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a Masters in Finance at London Business School.
Mr. Gilbert specializes in operational improvement, margin expansion, corporate governance, commercial due diligence, and corporate strategy.
Carl Tack
Advisory Board
Mr Tack was most recently a Vice Chairman and previously co-head of Global Telecommunications Investment Banking at Deutsche Bank in London. Before Deutsche Bank, he was the Head of European Telecoms at Merrill Lynch. He currently is an Executive in Residence at London Business School and a Lecturer in Finance at Imperial College London. Mr. Tack earned his BA with High Honors at the College of William and Mary, and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
Bo Davis
Advisory Board
Bo Davis is currently the CEO and Founder of Wasabi, a successful restaurant chain on the East Coast of the United States. Previously, he was the Managing Director and Founder of Prometheus, an educational software company acquired by Blackboard Inc in 2002. Mr. Davis has a BA in Philosophy from The George Washington University, and a Masters in Finance from London Business School.
Michael Lehmann
Advisory Board
Michael Lehmann was an investment banker for 29 years: four years with Merrill Lynch in New York and Paris, eleven years with Goldman Sachs in New York and London, and fourteen years with UBS in London. He was Head of the International Equity Team (Corporate Finance origination and execution) and later the International M&A Team. He also set up and was Head of the Corporate Finance Telecom Industry Team and lead many transactions, including the private equity transaction of Sunrise, an alternative telecom carrier in Switzerland.
Lupeng Li
Advisory Board
Lupeng Li recently raised a $900 million Asia-focused clean tech fund. Most of his investors were limited partners located in the U.S. and Europe. Mr. Li also received a Masters in Finance at London Business School. Previously, Mr. Li was an analyst at Morgan Stanley and associate at CMS. Mr. Li is a special financial consultant of Jianyuan Real Estate Fund and he also runs a small FX fund in mainland China.