Tom Hynes is a Senior Managing Director on Mesirow’s Global Investment Management Distribution team. He is responsible for marketing and distribution of the firm’s investment capabilities to institutional investors and investment consultants in North America. He is also a member of Mesirow’s Board of Directors.

Prior to his current position, Tom worked as an Investment Associate in Mesirow's Private Equity division, where he was responsible for due diligence and valuation analysis on direct investment opportunities. Prior to joining Mesirow in 1997, he worked in the Real Estate Asset Management division at the First National Bank of Chicago.

Tom is a board member of Link Unlimited Scholars and serves on the Finance Committee for CURE (Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy).

Tom earned a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Chicago Law School, a Bachelor of Arts with honors from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Business Administration from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.