Deep Team of Operating Partners

To complement our investment and back office experience, we lean on our commercial and operations-focused advisors, including multiple current and former CEOs.

Consumer Partners

  • Tamer Abuaita

    Head of Global Operations & Supply Chain at Stanley Black & Decker and SC Johnson, Head of Europe Operations at Kraft Heinz

  • Leandro Balbinot

    CTO at Whole Foods, SVP of Digital & Technology at McDonald’s, CIO of North America at Kraft Heinz

  • Alex Bernhardt

    President of North America at FGX Intl., Head of Northeast & West Sales at Pepsi

  • James Black

    VP Shopper Insights at L’Oreal, Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble

  • Beth Campbell

    CEO of Giant Eagle, CEO of Rexall Pharmacy, CEO of Sobeys, CEO of Food Lion, CEO of Hannaford

  • Scott Charlton

    SVP of Manufacturing & Distribution at Publix, Head of Operations at C&S Grocers, Head of Supply Chain at Sysco

  • Jim Core

    President of Novvia Group, President Home Depot Pro/Institutional Division

  • Maurice Coreil

    Global Head of Tax at Dole Foods, Global Head of Tax at Diversey, Global Head of Tax at Sealed Air

  • Bob Crawford

    CEO of Brook Furniture Rental, Director of Marketing at Coca-Cola, Director of Marketing at Quaker Oats

  • Joe Fragnito

    President & CCO at Reynolds American, Head of Beverage & Snack Nuts at Kraft Heinz

  • Steve Matthesen

    CEO of Acosta, CEO of DTN, CEO of Nielsen Retail Division

  • Jason Park

    CFO of Draft Kings

  • Doug Robinson

    President of Lowe’s International, CEO of Arxx Building Products, CEO of Beaver Lumber, CEO of West Marine

  • Ken Romanzi

    CEO of B&G Foods, COO of Ocean Spray, President of Fresh Food at WhiteWave, President of US Toys at Hasbro, CEO of Naked Juice

  • Malik Sadiq

    COO at Livekindly Collective
    President of International at Tyson Foods

  • Bob Shortt

    President of Pelican Products, Head of Sales at Targus, Head of Sales at WaterPik, Head of Sales at Black & Decker

  • Katherine Skinner

    EVP & GM at IRI, GM Non-Carbonated Beverage at Coca-Cola, Director of Innovation at Coca-Cola

  • David Toy

    CEO of Heartisan Foods, President of Sauer Brands, Head of Foodservice at Kraft Heinz

  • Bruce Vahjen

    Head of Procurement Operations at Pepsi, Head of Raw Material Safety at Pepsi, Head of Sustainability at Pepsi

  • Joe Yacura

    CPO at Fannie Mae, CPO at IHG, CPO at Bank of America, CPO at American Express

  • Tory Upham

    CEO at Puffin Drinkwear, President at CushCore/Kreft Moto, GM at Dakine Equipment

  • Erik Rahner

    President of Feminine/Infant Care at Edgewell, Marketing Director at Energizer, Brand Manager at Beiersdorf

  • Helayna Minsk

    VP of Merchandising at Walgreens, VP of Marketing & Women’s Health at Johnson & Johnson, Marketing Director at Unilever

  • Gabriel Arreaga

    Head of Global Supply Chain at Kroger, Mondelez, Stanley Black & Decker and Unilever

  • Kurt Deibel

    Head of Food Quality & Safety at KraftHeinz North America, VP of Food Quality & Safety at Pepsi and Tropicana

  • Peter Cummins

    VP of Global R&D and Scientific/Regulatory Affairs at Johnson & Johnson and McNeil Consumer Healthcare

  • Dan Blue

    President of Sanford Health World Clinic

  • Nathaniel Davis

    Global VP of Research & Development at AB InBev

  • Erich Fritz

    COO B&G Foods, COO Ocean Spray, COO Roll Intl. / POM-Wonderful, COO Naked Juice, COO Balducci

  • Andrew Gross

    EVP at Serta Simmons Bedding, VP of Brand Development at Unilever

  • Paul Verdu

    President of SABMiller Canada, President of Molson Coors Tenth & Blake Division, VP of Marketing at Constellation Brands, President of Wisconsin Brewing

  • Andy Keatings

    Global Head of Quality & Food Safety at KraftHeinz

  • David Taylor

    Head of North America Supply Chain & Operations at AB InBev

  • Michael Taylor

    President of Five Drinks, CEO of Green Flash Brewing, VP of Non-Alcohol Brands at AB InBev

  • Scott Vail

    VP of Operations at Ball, President of Metal Container, Sr. Director of Brewery Operations at AB InBev

  • Chaz Calidri

    VP of Operations & Engineering at Pfizer

  • Sam Martin

    CEO of A&P, COO of Office Max, Head of Operations at Wild Oats Market and Shopko

  • Jim Nolan

    President of Bimbo Bakeries US, CEO YoCrunch, CEO Sara Lee Fresh Bakery & Foodservice, EVP of Operations at Pepsi Americas

  • Mike Corbo

    Global Head of Supply Chain & Operations at Colgate-Palmolive

  • Jim Mitchell

    CEO of Rovagnati North America, CEO of UNO Foods, EVP Sysco, Head of Northeast Sales at Pepsi

  • Shehnaz Safiuddin

    VP Marketing at Precious Moments, SVP Marketing at TOMY International, Sr. Director Marketing at Fisher-Price, Director Marketing at Tops Markets

  • Nancy Loewe

    CFO of Pepsi Frito Lay, CFO of Kimberly Clark, CFO of Visa, CFO of Weyerhaeuser, Division CFO at General Electric

  • Ric Alvarez

    CEO of Richelieu Foods, Anita’s Snacks, Raymundos, Overhill Farms, Spartan Foods, Busch's Fresh Food Market, Frozen Specialties, Castro Cheese, Juanitas Foods, Country Pure and Ruiz Foods

  • David Dearie

    Chairman of Lark Distilling, CEO of Treasury Wine Estates, CEO of Saint Michelle Wine Estates, COO of Brown-Forman

  • Geoff Feil

    President of Writing Division at Newell Brands, Head of Wal-Mart Sales at KraftHeinz

  • Paul Green

    President of Fresh Division at UNFI, VP Sales at Performance Food Group, Director of Operations at Fleming Foods

  • Troy Shannan

    CEO of Due North, Global Head of Operations at Kraft Heinz, Head of Operations at Nonni Foods

  • Steve Miranda

    Global Head of Engineering at KraftHeinz

  • Jordan Thompson

    VP of Manufacturing & Operations at Dare Foods, McCain Foods, Weston Foods and Campbells

  • Johanna Tzur

    CMO at TaskRabbit, CMO at R2Net, CMO at HSBC

  • Dave Albert

    President of Home & Personal Care Appliances Division at Spectrum Brands, President of Mechanical Access Solutions Division at Stanley Black & Decker

  • Brian Leahy

    EVP/CCO at Omnimax, President of Southern Patio, Director of Business Development at Home Depot

  • Tom Park

    COO of Versa Products, President of BabyStyle, President of The Disney Store, President of Kenmore/Craftsman/DieHard for Sears, COO of Belkin, COO of MGA Entertainment

  • Mike Dubose

    President of Fisher Healthcare, Head of International Sales at Grainger, VP at Alliant Foodservice, VP of National Accounts at Corporate Express, Director of Sales at Baxter Healthcare

  • Heather Kang

    Global CMO at Stanley Black & Decker, VP of Digital at Mars, Director of Innovation at McCormick

  • Nico Simone

    VP of Global Digital at McDonalds, CIO at Petrobas, CIO at Grupo Boticário, IT Director at ABInbev

  • Amar Bamra

    Director or North America Operations at KraftHeinz, Plant Manager at Coca-Cola

  • Adam Michaels

    EVP & Chief Digital Officer at Crocs, Head of E-Commerce at Reebok

  • Bill Lehman

    Chief Business Officer for Genuine Foods, CFO of DrinkWorks, Head of Global Indirect Procurement at ABInbev and Compass Group

  • Jash Pabbi

    SVP of Technical Services & Food Quality at Baxters North America and Director of Food Quality at Hero, Lufthansa, Nestle and Coca Cola

  • Cole Orobetz

    CEO and Co-Founder of Alpha Foods

Industrial Partners

  • Tom Brosnan

    CEO of Norko Refrigeration, CEO of Novum Refrigeration

  • Bert Davis

    GM of Transmission, Distribution and Grid Modernization at Georgia Power

  • Dean Douglas

    CEO of Dover Pump Solutions, CEO of Peerless Pump, GM US & Canada at Sulzer

  • Doug Esamann

    EVP of Transmission, Distribution, Product & Service at Duke Energy

  • Bill Estes

    GM of Anderson Power Products, VP of Electrical & Industrial Division at AZZ

  • Josh Gordon

    President of Diesel Exhaust Division at Old World Industries, Division Sales Head at Graham Packaging

  • Roy Haley

    CEO of Wesco International

  • Ilham Kadri

    CEO of Solvay, CEO of Diversey, GM Europe & Middle East at Dow Chemical

  • Sep Kousha

    Head of Direct Procurement at LafargeHolcim, Head of Procurement at Pratt & Whitney

  • Greg McQueen

    Head of North America at Spirax Sarco, President of nVent Industrial Heat Tracing

  • Pratap Mukharji

    Head of Supply Chain & Service Practice at Bain & Company

  • Ben Skoog

    Head of Growth & Innovation at Louisiana-Pacific, VP Sales & Marketing at Arcitell

  • Bill Strenglis

    President of Dover Foodservice Equipment Division

  • Jeff Trattner

    Head of Marketing at Roppe Holdings, Head of Marketing at State Industrial, Director Marketing at GOJO Industries

  • Jim Underhill

    COO & CFO at MRC Global

  • Gary Uren

    President of Legend Corporation, President of Atkore, President of Tyco Electrical Products Asia

  • Mike Costello

    CEO of Otto Environmental, GM/Head of Sales at Waste Connections, Allied Waste, Republic, Waste Management and BFI

  • Jim Prescott

    CEO of DiversiTech, CEO of Danzer Veneer Americas, CEO of Fenner Dunlop Americas, CEO of Ahlstrom Engine Filtration

  • Ken Golder

    CEO and Division Head of North America at Clariant Corporation

  • Todd Williams

    President of Cardo/ENTRIX, Head of Marketing at TRC, Head of Environmental Practice at Dillon Kane

  • Raj Gupta

    Head of Engineering at Canadian National Railway, Head of Engineering/R&D at Trinity Industries, President of Aerospace Division at Parker Hannifin

  • Greg Soutendijk

    President of Asia Fragrances and Global Head of Corporate Development at IFF

  • Alan Roth

    CEO of the Material Technology/Life Sciences Division at Element

  • Mark Traylor

    President of The AMES Companies

  • Mark Panico

    President of Legrand Data Communications, GM of Nalco Industrial Division, GM of Honeywell Control Systems Division

  • Rob Jablonski

    VP of Operations at Kohler, COO Baker Furniture, VP Engineering Pella, VP R&D at Associated Materials, GM Delphi

  • Ray Torres

    CEO Fenix Group, CEO Checkers Safety, CEO Amcor White Cap

  • Marc Boreham

    President of Technical Safety Services, President of Lab Division at Agilent Technologies

  • Steve Chamberlin

    President of Husqvarna, Chief Revenue Officer at Arrowhead, President of Makinex Americas, President Consumer Products at Sterno Group

  • Steve Bouck

    CEO of Waste Connections

  • Tim Cook

    CEO of Linxis , CEO of Shick Esteve, VP of Sales at AMF Bakery Systems

  • Brian Mason

    President of SPX Transformer, President of Bel Fuse, President of Emerson’s Network Power/Connectivity Solutions Division

  • Paul Cox

    President of John Crane Division at Smiths, President of Antenna Products Division at Andrews Corp.

  • Marty Travers

    President of Black & Veatch

  • Chris Boehm

    COO of Myers Power Products, Head of Power System Solutions at S&C Electric, EVP at IEC Systems, Director Global Operations at Powell

  • Sunil Malhotra

    Head of Operations at Klein Tool, Head of Operations at Pelican, Head of Manufacturing at Johnson Controls, VP of Operations at Schneider Electric

  • John Attayek

    CEO of DazPak, CEO of Inovar, CEO of Tapp Label

  • Isis Tumos

    Change Management at State of Maryland, ADP, Amgen and Toyota

  • Richard Falk

    VP of Operations at US Foods, VP of Operation at UTi Worldwide, VP of Supply Chain at GENCO, COO at DB Schenker

  • Mark Burel

    CEO of SWAT Environmental, CEO of Hoffman Southwest, CEO of USIC, CEO of American Residential Services

  • Rob Wilhite

    Head of the Distributed Energy Business at Black & Veatch

  • Brian Truesdale

    President of Fluid & Metering at IDEX, President Marmon Foodservice Equipment, GM of Switch & Sensor Division at ITW

  • Mike Ludwig

    VP of Marketing/E-Commerce at JPW, Head of Marketing at Wesco Distribution

  • Kevin Foti

    President of Praxair and NuCO2

  • David Coolidge

    CEO of Nivel, CEO of Gearbox, Chairman of Bosch Canada, EVP of the Auto Aftermarket Division at Bosch

  • John Patterson

    President of Thermoseal, Head of Food Retail Division at Dover, Head of Global Operations at Anthony International, COO of Senneca Holdings

  • Ugo Ferrante

    CIO at Diversey, CIO at Cummins, VP of Enterprise Architecture at LafargeHolcim

  • Travis Wagner

    VP of SUEZ’s Smart & Environmental Solutions Business, VP at Pure Technologies

  • Lukas Loeffler

    President of the Schneider Electric Water/Wastewater Business, CEO of Evoqua, CEO of Siemens Water

  • Terry Dixon

    President of Konica Minolta, EVP of Imaging Systems

  • Rich Voorberg

    President of Siemens Energy North America, EVP of Siemens Generation Services

  • Ray Aschenbach

    COO of KBS, President & COO of Advanced Technology Services (ATS), President of North America Operations & Global Digital Solutions at Iron Mountain

  • Michael Lagg

    SVP & Head of Global Sales at Iron Mountain

  • Noel Heiks

    Founder & CEO of Nuvotronics, Board Member at EMCORE, Interim CEO of Duos Technologies

  • Joe Vesey

    CMO and President of Xylem Americas

  • Greg Rogowski

    President of Mueller Water, CEO of Performance Fibers, President of the Honeywell Performance Fibers Business

  • Stephen Haley

    VP of Global Sales at G&W Electric, VP of Global Sales at Wyman Gordon

  • Charlie Daniels

    President of the Global Communications Business (GCS) at L3Harris, President of DRS Technologies, Head of Satellite & Communications at NAVWAR

  • Dave Flinton

    SVP & Chief Technology & Products Officer at Xylem, President of Water Infrastructure & Europe at Xylem

  • Med Hasib

    Head of Engineering at Ametek, CTO/Head of Engineering at Amphenol, Director of Global Engineering at Honeywell, Head of Global R&D for Controls/Motors at Siemens

  • Jon Leombrone

    EVP & President of Navigation Systems at Safran Federal Systems, Head of Strategy for the Communications Business at L3Harris, Director of International Programs & Airborne Systems at L3Harris

  • Sherezad Shafiq

    Head of Sales & Marketing for the Commercial Buildings Business at Grundfos

  • Heiner Markhoff

    CEO of Suez Water Technologies & Solutions, CEO of GE Water & Distributed Power, President of GE Plastics Europe

  • Jim Parejko

    VP of Engineering at G&W Electric, VP of Engineering at Bison Gear, Chief Engineer at Emerson Industrial Automation

  • Bill Vasquez

    President of TES Americas, VP of ITAD at Sims Recycling, COO of TASQ Technology, VP of Operations at ExpressPoint Technology

  • Sam Halawi

    CEO of AALTO HAPS, EVP & CCO at Intelsat, CCO of OneWeb, CEO of Thuraya

  • Mike Moran

    VP of Security & Fire Sales at Johnson Controls (JCI), VP of Commercial Sales at Tyco Security & Fire, Director of Commercial Sales at ADT Security & Fire

  • Michael Epperson

    CEO of Protegis Fire & Safety, CEO of ISA Fire & Security, CEO of Flow Service Partners, VP of Marketing at Stanley Security Solutions

  • JP Berres

    VP of Sales at Osprey Fire & Life Safety, Head of National Accounts at Consolidated Fire Protection, Head of Pacific Northwest at COSCO Fire Protection

  • Matt Anderson

    Chief Growth Officer at Space Force, COO at Space Force, Air Force Colonel/Wing Commander

  • Jim Madson

    VP of Sales for North America Fire Protection at Johnson Controls (JCI), VP of Sales at SimplexGrinnell, President of the Eastern US Security Business at Siemens

  • Gene Postma

    COO of API, Area Director for the National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA), CEO of Western States Fire Protection

  • George Toth

    CMO at Jensen Hughes, President of Rolf Jensen, President of Sako

  • Rob Salek

    Board Member at Summit Fire Protection, CEO of Consolidated Fire Protection, President of Asia/Europe/Australia for Tyco Fire & Security

  • Kamran Malek

    President of International Fire at API

  • Marc Mansell

    President of Bose Automotive

  • Brendan Walsh

    President of EBI Space & Defense, President of Ensign-Bickford Aerospace

  • James Schwindeman

    President of Premium Plant Services

  • Ron Rothman

    President of AFA Protective Systems, President of Honeywell Americas Security & Fire Business

  • Phil Aronson

    CEO of Aronson Security Group, VP at ADT Commercial

  • Jim Simpson

    Chief Strategy Officer at Virgin Orbit, CEO of Saturn Satellite, CEO of ABS, SVP at Aerojet Rocketdyne

  • Ray Dezarate

    VP of Sales & National Accounts at Protection One, SVP of Sales at Sonitrol Security Systems, President of Checkpoint Systems Americas

  • Eric Butte

    VP of Engineering at Space Micro, CTO at Xenesis, CTO at Helios Wire IoT, Chief Architect at Lockheed Martin, Advanced Program Director at SSL (Space Systems Loral)

  • Kwame Williams

    Regional VP of the Central Region for ADT Commercial, Sr. Director of Operations at Red Hawk Fire & Security

  • Jim Hooper

    SVP of Space & Defense at SES, Chief Commercial Officer of SES, VP of Global Government Sales at SES

  • Elias Zaccack

    EVP & Global Head of Sales at SES Networks, SVP & Head of the Americas Commercial Business at SES Networks

  • Don Rodrigues

    President of the Communications & Microwave Products Business, Power & Propulsion Systems Business and Aerospace Products Business at L3Harris

  • Sandeep Arora

    Head of Global Sourcing & Supply Chain at GE Prolec, VP of Transformers at Schneider Electric, President of India at Schneider Electric, Head of Transformer Operations at CG Power/Crompton Greaves

  • Jerome Soltani

    SVP of the US Services Business at Schneider Electric

  • Stuart Thompson

    President of the Electrification Services Business at ABB, President of Engineered Solutions & Power Equipment at GE Power

  • Dave Henrichs

    SVP of Sales for the Western Region of ABB, Head of Turnkey System Sales at Emerson Americas, VP of Sales & Marketing at Quick Cable, President of Pro-face Americas

  • Randy Bays

    President of Sensus, SVP at Xylem, CEO of Kinetek

  • Sergio Corbo

    Chief Commercial Officer of Veolia, Chief Commercial & Marketing Officer at GE Energy, VP of Sales/Marketing at Schneider Electric, President of Magnetek