Mike Hennessy
Mike Hennessy is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Investments at Morgan Creek Capital Management, an investment management firm. He provides oversight to the Private Investments Group, and acts as a portfolio strategist on portfolios beyond private investments, including work with Morgan Creek’s advisory clients and proprietary funds. Prior to Morgan Creek, Hennessy was Vice President and a Founding Member of UNC Management Company, where he was responsible for domestic equity, international and emerging markets equity, opportunistic equity, absolute return, fixed income, enhanced fixed income and private investments. Before that, he was an Investment Director at Duke Management Company, responsible for assisting in the management of multi-billion portfolios across all asset classes of various University-related investment pools.
Mike Hennessy Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Co-Founder and Managing Director
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Vice President and Investment Manager
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Investment Director
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Associate
Academic History
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M.B.A., Finance
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B.S., Philosophy, Psychology and Mathematics
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Director, Morgan Creek Foundation
Treasurer, Duke University Federal Credit Union
Trustee, Murray 1963 Scholars Foundation
UNC MANAGEMENT COMPANY
As Vice President at UNC, he served as an Investment Manager for the UNC-Chapel Hill Endowment and Foundation Funds.
He also assisted in developing overall investment objectives as well as strategic and tactical asset allocation for the funds.
He also monitored both public and private individual managers and overall portfolio performance and risk management.
EARLY CAREER
At Duke Management, he assisted in the management of multi-billion portfolios across all asset classes of various university-related investment pools.
He was also an Investment Director at Duke Management Company and served as an investment manager for the Duke University Endowment and Retirement Funds.
Before that, he was an Associate at Amundi, a quantitative investment management firm with offices in Durham, NC.
During his tenure at Amundi, he focused on fixed income and credit strategies, including hedge funds.
He has been featured or quoted in Bloomberg, Financial Times, Fortune, and Institutional Investor.