Mr. Wilmes is a Managing Director and the President, Americas, at GIC. He is also the Head of Private Equity, Americas, and of GIC’s San Francisco office. Before joining the firm, Mr. Wilmes was a Director at Friedman Fleischer & Lowe and at Centre Partners. Mr. Wilmes began his career in the Merchant Banking Division of Morgan Stanley & Co.

Mr. Wilmes has served as a Director of several businesses, including UKG, Ultimate Software, Ancestry, Multiplan, Kronos, HUB International, PetSmart / Chewy, and American Seafoods.

Mr. Wilmes holds a B.A., magna cum laude, in Economics from Williams College.