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Private Equity: The Inside Story

  • 09/25/2025
  • 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Ivy Room, 12 East Ohio Street, Chicago

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The Chicago Finance Exchange is thrilled to welcome Tom McDonough, Founder and Managing Partner of TJM Capital Partners, and Joan Rockey, CFO of Simplex Trading, for a dinner program conversation. Moderated by CFE President Kerry Jordan, the discussion will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the operations, financing, and decision-making process of private equity funds, including fundraising strategies, investment thesis development, capital deployment, and waterfall mechanics.

Join us for an evening of networking and engaging dialogue, and gain deeper insight into the private equity landscape through perspectives from both General Partners (GPs) and Limited Partner (LPs) throughout the investment life cycle.

Guests are welcome. Reserve your spot today!

About the speakers:

Tom McDonough is the founder and managing partner of TJM Capital Partners, a boutique, operationally-focused private equity firm in Chicago. Tom has both an MBA and law degrees from Northwestern University and currently teaches at Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law. 

Joan Rockey is the CFO of Simplex Training. Joan is a Professional Services PE-grade CFO with deep experience in SEC/FINRA-regulated high-growth companies that are going through a strategic transactional change. Held CFO roles at national wealth management, traditional investment management, RIA, hedge fund, broker-dealer, family office, venture capital, real estate, and proprietary trading firms that also at times incorporated full human resource, information technology, investor relations, treasury & compliance roles. 

Full bios coming soon.





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