Isabel O’Brien has joined Value Add, a publication for the operating side of private equity, as its first editor.
O’Brien will oversee all editorial operations, including writing and editing weekly buyout briefings, trend pieces exploring portfolio operations, and profiles of PE-backed executives.
Based in New York, she recently served as a reporter at PEI Group, covering the Americas beat for Infrastructure Investor, a leading trade publication for the private infrastructure market.
Her work has won numerous awards, notably the Aviva Investors Sustainability Media “Real Assets Publication of the Year” for 2022 and 2023, as well as “Best Script by a Female Screenwriter” for the 2022 New York Script Awards.
She is a 2021 graduate from the Dual BA Program between Columbia University and Sciences Po Paris. She studied economics, politics and creative writing (fiction).
