Founder of Highland Capital Partners LLC, Paul A. Maeder occupies the position of Chairman for 2U, Inc., Chief Financial Officer of Highland Transcend Partners I Corp. and Chair & Founding Partner at Highland Capital Partners LLC, Managing Director at Highland Management Partners VII LLC (a subsidiary of Highland Capital Partners LLC).

He is also on the board of 8 other companies.

In his past career Mr. Maeder was Chairman of National Venture Capital Association, Managing Director at Highland Consulting, Inc., Project Manager at Synemed, Inc. and Chairman at The Nature Conservancy of Massachusetts, Inc.

Mr. Maeder received an undergraduate degree from Princeton University, a graduate degree from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.