Mikhael Rawls

Mikhael Rawls is a Director on the Private Equity team at the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. Mikhael leads the pension’s private equity fund investment activities across Europe and Asia. He is a member of the TRS Private Equity Investment Committee, tasked with evaluating all fund and co-investments, representing approximately $3 billion of committed capital per year. In addition, Mikhael leads the private equity team’s portfolio construction efforts. Prior to this role, Mikhael worked in the External Public Markets team at TRS, supporting a $39 billion portfolio of externally managed public market assets. In this role, Mikhael maintained coverage of both hedge fund and long-only mandates across several geographies and strategy types. Mikhael is a CFA Charterholder and received his B.A. in Economics from Harvard University. Mikhael lives in London with his wife and four children.