Brian Mooney

Brian Mooney is a Managing Director and serves as Co-Head of the GP Secondaries team at Future Standard. Mr. Mooney joined the firm in 2021 and has been working in the private markets since 1999.

Prior to joining Future Standard, Mr. Mooney was a Managing Director in Greenhill’s capital advisory group and Global Head of GP-led secondary advisory. He co-founded Cogent Partners in 2002 and was a Managing Director and member of the General Partner until the firm’s sale to Greenhill in 2015. At Cogent, he was responsible for leading the day-to-day management of the firm, sourcing and executing large GP-led and LP secondary transactions and running the firm’s portfolio research business. Before founding Cogent, Mr. Mooney was responsible for sourcing and executing secondary, primary, direct and co-investments at a firm that is now part of the Neuberger Berman alternative investments platform.

Mr. Mooney holds a BBA from the University of Texas, a joint-MBA from Columbia University and London Business School and is a CFA charterholder.