Tom Tinsley

Managing Director, General Atlantic

Tom TinsleyBased in Washington, DC, Tinsley is a managing director at General Atlantic, a global private equity firm where he has worked since 1999. He provides specific expertise in strategy and global expansion, and is a director at three GA portfolio companies: Net 1, Xchanging, and Critical Path.

Previously, Tinsley served as chairman and CEO of Baan Company, NV, and as a director at McKinsey & Company, where he worked for 18 years.

Currently, he serves on the boards of BMC Software, and Guidestar USA, Inc.

Tinsley received a BA from the University of Notre Dame in 1975 and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1978.