Peter Flaherty is Managing Director of Arcon Partners, LLC, a private investment firm (since 2005), and is currently a Director Emeritus of McKinsey & Company, Inc. At McKinsey, he worked predominantly with financial institutions, as well as media and information companies. Peter is active in private investments and for many years served on, and led, McKinsey’s Investment Advisory Committee, which is responsible for pension and discretionary partner investments, with a particular focus on alternative investments. He serves on the Boards of the NYC Leadership Academy, which focuses on principal leadership training in the public schools, The Rockefeller University, The Foreign Policy Association, The Kenyon Review, and TechnoServe. He is a member of the Advisory Council of Johns Hopkins Univerisity School of Advanced International Studies and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Peter is a graduate of Stanford University, the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and the Harvard Business School.