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Thomas R. Caleel, C’94, WG’03

Director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Thomas R. Caleel joined the office as Director in April 2005. He has a wide range of experience as an entrepreneur, venture financier, and chief executive, especially in international markets. His background includes managing international development for a retail start-up; building private equity transactions in the former Soviet Republics; and raising public and private funds across the energy, recycling, and life sciences sectors. Thomas received an MBA from Wharton in 2003, with a major in finance, and a B.A. in International Relations from Penn in 1994. At Wharton, he won the 2003 Wharton Way Leadership Award and was a Leadership Fellow, co-chair of the Ethics Committee, and a member of the Dean's Graduate Student Advisory Committee. He is also an accomplished horseman who has played polo in professional tournaments around the world.