John Morris joined the Firm in 1996 and is a managing director specializing in U.S. buyout, venture, and mezzanine partnership investments. John serves on the advisory boards of partnerships including those managed by ABRY Partners, The Blackstone Group, Carmel Ventures, Court Square Capital, EOS Partners, Evergreen Partners, GTCR Golder Rauner, Hellman & Friedman, Irving Place Capital, The Jordan Company, Oak Investment Partners, Pitango Venture Capital, Parthenon Capital, Providence Equity Partners, Sterling Investments, Sun Capital, U.S. Venture Partners, and Windjammer Capital. He has also served on the Board of Directors of NASDAQ-listed Applied Molecular Evolution, Inc. John joined the Firm from Abbott Capital Management and has also served as a vice president in the Corporate Finance Department at CIBC (New York). John received a BA in Economics from Clark University in 1986 and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University in 1994.