Erik Ogren

Managing Director

Bio

Erik Ogren joined the Investment Office of Carnegie Mellon University in 2016 and was promoted to Managing Director in 2019.

Prior to joining the university, Ogren worked at Cliffwater LLC, where he was head of European Private Equity Investments for a $12 billion private equity portfolio of advisory assets (discretionary and non-discretionary). Before joining Cliffwater, he worked at the non-discretionary private equity advisory firm LP Capital Advisors, where he led due diligence on fund and direct investment opportunities and advised clients on secondary portfolio sales and strategic allocation. Ogren gained experience in technology sector M&A, structured finance, and securitization strategy consulting at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, ACC Capital Holdings (acquired by Citigroup), and Deloitte, respectively.

Ogren earned his MBA from UC Berkeley and his B.A. in communication and a minor in Japanese studies from UC San Diego. He is a CFA® charterholder and is bilingual in Japanese.