New York-based private equity firm JLL Partners announced Jeff Hunter as the firm’s Chief AI Officer. Hunter will oversee the AI function at JLL and lead the firm’s efforts to effectively utilize and leverage AI and new technology solutions to help drive continued growth.

Hunter was most recently Senior Managing Director at Ankura, a litigation consulting firm, where he focused on improving the firm’s use of AI while prototyping and launching client-facing, revenue-generating products. Prior to Ankura, he held senior leadership positions at Capgemini and PwC, as Chief Data Scientist and Founder of the Data Science Center of Excellence, respectively. Earlier in his career, he served under Ross Perot at Perot Systems before joining Booz Allen, where he became a recognized cybersecurity and intelligence expert.

“Jeff’s deep knowledge and proven track record in developing cutting-edge AI solutions will be instrumental in driving competitive advantage and risk mitigation in our portfolio,” said Dan Agroskin, Managing Partner at JLL. “We are excited to welcome Jeff to our team and look forward to the strategic value he will bring to JLL as we continue to thoughtfully scale our platform.”

Hunter holds a bachelor’s degree in Computational Cognitive Psychology from George Mason University and an MBA with a Finance and Risk Modeling concentration from Duke Fuqua School of Business.