Conor Murdoch Bio

Conor joined MGCU at its creation in 2023. Prior to MGCU, Conor was an Investment Director at OpCapita, a London-based consumer & retail buyout firm, where he opened the US office and led the firm’s North American effort from 2019-2023. He was responsible for all aspects of the firm’s investment in Maurices, a carve out of a $1.1B 900-store women’s apparel brand, and led the firm’s most recent investment in a 400-unit, family-owned QSR franchisee operating KFC, Taco Bell, Starbucks and Burger King restaurants across Canada and the UK. Prior to OpCapita, Conor was an early member of the team at Care/of, then a seed-stage wellness brand, where he led a variety of functions. Conor began his career as an analyst at Deutsche Bank and subsequently as an associate at Rhône Group, a transatlantic middle market private equity firm. Conor has a BS in Economics from Duke University and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.