Christine Tennyson is a trusted operational and strategic executive for top-tier multi-generational family offices and global wealth management firms, with deep expertise in private capital formation, alternative investments, investor relations, venture acceleration and legacy architecture. Recognized for her ability to convene strategic networks across financial markets, industry, academia and philanthropy, Christine brings a collaborative approach to building strategic partnerships that support frontier technologies and shape emerging ecosystems. Her work centers on connecting breakthrough innovation with catalytic capital and investment strategies — fueling the acceleration of the quantum industry by providing the funding agility and market focus needed to turn foundational research into scalable, competitive technologies.

Ms. Tennyson is an Advisor to the University of Oxford Saïd Business School as well as its research initiative The Ownership Project 2.0: Private Capital Owners & Impact. She holds an MIT Certificate in Quantum Computing: Strategy and Impact.

Previously, Ms. Tennyson led the Chairman’s Office of First Reserve, a leading global private equity firm focused on the energy sector, supporting a platform with more than $23 billion in assets under management. Earlier in her career, she managed firm-wide operations and investor relations at Castle Harlan, Inc., a New York-based private equity firm, and began her career at Goldman Sachs & Co. as an equity research analyst.