Team

Tony Downer joined the Oak team as Director-Private Equity in 2003 following a fourteen-year career as a Managing Director at Cornerstone Equity Investors, a middle market private equity firm with over $1.2 billion under management. At Cornerstone, Tony led the management buyout of a number of technology and tech-related companies as well as acted as the lead investor for numerous later-stage expansion financings. Prior to Cornerstone, Tony worked at the private equity groups at T. Rowe Price Associates and the Harvard Management Company. Tony currently serves as a director of Baja Broadband, EquaTerra, Geotrace Technologies, LumaSense, SecureWorks and Zayo Broadband. He is currently a Trustee of Phillips Exeter Academy. He earned his BA, JD and MBA from Harvard University.