Brendan Tobin is an independent operating advisor to private equity funds and their portfolio companies; delivering outcomes on transformation, operations and procurement initiatives. Previously, Brendan was Global COO, Macquarie Insurance Facility (MIF), an internally held portfolio company of Macquarie Asset Management. The Macquarie Insurance Facility is an aggregated insurance buying program for Macquarie owned and managed assets as well as third party private equity and infrastructure investor portfolio companies. Prior to joining Macquarie in 2015, he worked as an Operating Partner in the Operational Excellence Practice of Apax Partners, a leading global private equity firm. While at Apax his focus was on driving value creation through operational improvements within the Apax funds’ global portfolio of companies. Brendan also worked as an independent consultant for Fortune 500 consumer products and business services clients. Before consulting, Brendan worked with a turnaround management team holding senior management positions at Cenveo, Inc. and Moore Wallace Inc.. Brendan began his career with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) after receiving a BBA from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame.
"We won't be investing in anything unless it's AI." We hear a lot of Boards decare this going into 2026. Yet across many portfolios, AI adoption at the company level remains uneven, under-scaled, or disconnected from tangible value creation. As hold periods lengthen and traditional levers deliver diminishing returns, the gap between GP ambition and portfolio company execution in AI deployment is becoming harder to ignore. Join this session to hear where and how AI deployments are truly making a difference:
• Where is Ai truly paying off?
• Why so much value remains trapped?
• How long does it take for you to expect realistic ROI from AI deployments?
• What does it take to translate experimentation into measurable EBITDA impact?
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