O’Brien becomes editor at Value Add

Isabel O’Brien has joined Value Add, a publication for the operational side of private equity, as the first editor.

O’Brien will provide all editorial direction, including writing and editing weekly buyout briefings, trending articles on portfolio operations and profiles of PE-backed executives.

Based in New York, she most recently worked as a reporter at the PEI Group and reported for the Americas room of Infrastructure Investor, a leading trade publication for the private infrastructure market.

Her work has won numerous awards, most notably the Aviva Investors Sustainability Media Real Assets Publication of the Year award for 2022 and 2023 and the award for Best Script by a Female Screenwriter at the 2022 New York Script Awards.

She completed the dual BA program at Columbia University and Sciences Po Paris in 2021. She studied economics, politics and creative writing (fiction).