Bilge Ogut

• Independent Director

Ms. Ogut has over 25 years of industry experience and currently serves as an Advisory Partner to Partners Group. From 2013 to 2024, she held several senior leadership roles at the firm, including Head of Technology Investing and Head of Private Equity Europe. After joining the firm, she led a number of strategic investments and played a key role in developing the firm’s technology investing strategy. During her tenure, she served on the Private Equity Investment Committee, the Global Investment Committee, and chaired the Technology Specialist Investment Committee. Since 2024, she has continued her involvement with the firm as an Advisory Partner.

She currently serves on the boards of Forterro and Unit4, and previously held board roles at Civica, CPA Global, and Vermaat. She also served as an independent board member of PartnerRe, a global reinsurance business.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Ogut was a Managing Director at Warburg Pincus, focusing on the TMT sector. She co-led Standard Bank’s private equity business and began her career in Goldman Sachs’ TMT group, gaining foundational experience in principal investing and capital markets.

She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and College of Arts and Sciences.