Philip U. Hammarskjold
Mr. Hammarskjold is the Chief Executive Officer of Hellman & Friedman. He serves as Chairman of the Firm’s Investment and Compensation Committees, as well as overseeing the Firm’s day-to-day activities. He is a Director of AlixPartners LLP, Catalina Marketing Corporation, and Emdeon Business Services. He was formerly a Director of numerous portfolio companies, including Digitas, Inc., DoubleClick Inc., GeoVera Insurance Group Holdings, Ltd., Goodman Global, Inc., Texas Genco LLC, Upromise, Inc. and Young & Rubicam Inc.
Prior to joining the Firm in 1992, Mr. Hammarskjold was employed by the Corporate Advisory Department of Dominguez Barry Samuel Montagu in Sydney, Australia and by the Merchant Banking Department of Morgan Stanley & Co. in New York.
Mr. Hammarskjold graduated summa cum laude with a BSE in Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar.