Caroline Burton

Caroline Burton is a finance operator and business partner with nearly 20 years of experience operating in healthcare organizations of various sizes and scales.  Caroline recently joined TPG as a Field Operations Advisor, specializing in Finance. 

Prior to joining TPG, Caroline served as Chief Financial Officer of Iris Telehealth for over four years, where she helped scale one of the nation's leading virtual behavioral healthcare providers. During her tenure, she led finance, FP&A, accounting, treasury, payroll, and strategic initiatives, including the company's first acquisition, debt financing, and operational improvements that strengthened forecasting, reporting, liquidity, and overall financial and operational performance. She also partnered closely with the Board and executive leadership team to support rapid growth and value creation.

Before Iris, Caroline held finance leadership roles at Hillrom, where she led Corporate FP&A and enterprise planning initiatives, and spent over a decade at Abbott Laboratories in positions spanning commercial finance, manufacturing finance, and corporate FP&A.  While Caroline's foundation is in finance, her career has centered on partnering with management teams to improve how businesses operate—from strategy and capital allocation to organizational effectiveness, execution, and value creation.

Caroline earned a B.B.A. in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin and is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA).

Firm bio:

TPG is a leading global alternative asset management firm, founded in San Francisco in 1992, with $327 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2026. The firm invests across a diversified set of strategies, including private equity, impact, credit, real estate and market solutions. TPG combines deep product and sector expertise with global investment and operational capabilities to develop differentiated insights and support value creation for fund investors, portfolio companies, management teams and communities. Its approach is grounded in collaboration, innovation and inclusion, with a strategic focus on dynamic sectors of the global economy. Founded by Jim Coulter and David Bonderman, TPG is led by Chief Executive Officer Jon Winkelried and has investment and operational teams around the world.