TDM Partners

We believe there are creative solutions to the Skills Gap and are investing in companies that:

• provide skills training and workforce education that employers value highly
• work closely with universities to provide practical career training and skills development for their students and local communities TDM Partners invests our own capital alongside a network of co-investors who share our mission, values and strategic vision

Carl started his career as a corporate finance analyst at Morgan Stanley in New York and consultant at Boston Consulting Group in Boston He was Managing Director of First Eastern Investment Group, a Hong Kong based private equity firm, and then served as Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, of Laureate Education, Inc , the largest private university network in the world He managed the acquisition and integration of private universities in China and Southeast Asia into the Laureate International Universities network He is on the board of Entangled Group in San Francisco, and its affiliated ventures Pathstream, Inc and ReUp Education He founded TDM Partners in 2017

Carl received his BS degree from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, MA degree from Oxford University and MBA from Harvard Business School

Alan lives in Hong Kong, London and Miami and speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Italian He started his career in 1979 at Ernst and Young in London and rose to become EY’s partner in Barcelona in charge of international tax planning and business transaction services In 1998, he joined Laureate Education, Inc as Senior Vice President, Business Development As Head of Global M&A, he led the acquisition and integration of private universities in Spain, Mexico, Chile, China and India He also oversaw Laureate’s hospitality education group in Switzerland He has extensive knowledge of public and private higher education systems in Africa, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Central and Latin America, the Middle East and the UK/Europe He retired from Laureate in 2018

Alan received his BA (Hons) and MA degrees from Cambridge University