Anne Philpott
Anne is a Managing Director at Churchill and the Head of Private Equity Fund Investments for the Junior Capital & Private Equity Solutions (PEJC) investment team. She is responsible for sourcing and executing transactions across the PEJC platform, while leading the firm’s primary private equity fund investment strategy.
Anne also serves as a member of Churchill’s Investment Council and the PEJC Investment Committee. Additionally, she is Co-Head of the firm’s Culture & Empowerment Council, where she collaborates on initiatives that prioritize inclusion and authenticity at the firm.
Prior to Churchill, Anne was a Senior Director on the PEJC team at the firm’s parent company, Nuveen, and previously joined TIAA in 2005 as an Associate in the Private Placements group. As part of the Private Placements team, she acted as a lead originator and portfolio manager for a variety of domestic and international high grade corporate debt investments.
Anne graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Economics and is a CFA charterholder and member of the CFA Institute. In 2024, Anne was named to The Wall Street Journal Pro Private Equity’s Women to Watch List.
Churchill Asset Management
Churchill, an investment-specialist affiliate of Nuveen (the asset manager of TIAA), provides customized financing solutions to U.S. middle market private equity firms and their portfolio companies across the capital structure. With $66 billion of committed capital, we provide first lien, unitranche, second lien and mezzanine debt, in addition to equity co-investments, secondary solutions and private equity fund commitments. Churchill has a long history of disciplined investing across multiple economic cycles and our unique origination strategy and investment approach are driven by over 225 professionals in New York, Charlotte, Chicago, Los Angeles and Palm Beach. Together with our sister company Arcmont Asset Management, we comprise Nuveen Private Capital, a $99 billion private capital platform and one of the largest private debt managers globally.