Mr. Cashin is Managing Partner of OEP. Prior to founding One Equity Partners in 2001, Mr. Cashin was President of Citicorp Venture Capital, Ltd. Mr. Cashin is a member of the JPMorgan Chase Executive Committee. He also sits on the Board of Titan International Inc. He is a Trustee for the Boys Club of New York, American University in Cairo, Central Park Conservancy, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Museum, the National Rowing Foundation (Chairman), TOUCH Foundation, and is active in several inner-city educational initiatives. Mr. Cashin received his A.B. in East Asian Studies from Harvard College, attended a one-year fellowship at Trinity College, Cambridge, and received his MBA from Harvard University.
Mr. Ahrens is a Managing Director of OEP. Prior to joining OEP in 2001, he worked at Goldman Sachs. He currently serves on the Boards of Carlson Wagonlit, Travel Acquisitions Group and Vertrue. Mr. Ahrens received his A.B. in Modern European History from Princeton University.
Mr. de Balmann is a Managing Director of OEP. Prior to joining OEP he was a Principal at Paine & Partners and Fox Paine & Company. Before this, Mr. de Balmann worked in the private equity groups of Lazard and Blackstone. Mr. de Balmann received his AB in Social Studies from Harvard College and his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Mr. Belinfanti is a Managing Director of OEP. Prior to joining OEP, he served as a Vice President in the Investment Banking division of Lehman Brothers, specializing in Global Healthcare. Mr. Belinfanti serves on the Boards of Apollo Health Street and Prodigy Health Group. Mr. Belinfanti received his B.A. in Politics from New York University and his J.D. from Harvard University.
Mr. Briance is a Vice President at OEP. He serves on the Boards of NCO Group, Travel Acquisitions Group and Vertrue. He received a BA in Classics from the University of Cambridge.
Mr. Brown is a Managing Director of OEP. Prior to joining OEP in 2002 as a Partner, Mr. Brown was President of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Vice President of the General Electric Company, where he held regional CEO positions in Latin America and Southeast Asia. Before GE, he was Vice President at Inspiration Resources Corporation, a major mining and agricultural chemicals company, Senior Manager in the consulting practice of Price Waterhouse, and Senior Engineering Manager at SAIC and the Solar Energy Research Institute. Mr.Brown serves on the Boards of Vacuumschmelze and Luca Technologies. Mr. Brown received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University (with distinction)and an M.A. in Engineering Science and Economics from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
Dr. Burmester is a Managing Director of OEP. Dr. Burmester comes to OEP with over 35 years of operating experience, serving as Chairman and CEO of Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft AG, VAW Aluminium AG, Klöckner & Co. AG and ARAL AG. Dr. Burmester is a member of the Board of Trustees of the University Witten Herdecke and member of the Board of the Initiativkreis Ruhrgebiet. Dr. Burmester currently serves of the Boards of Pfleiderer, TK Marine Systems, and Vacuumschmelze. Dr. Burmester received his undergraduate degree in Political Economics from the University of Freiburg and was awarded a Doctorate in Political Science in 1968.
Mr. Cherry is a Managing Director of OEP. Prior to joining OEP in 2003, Mr. Cherry worked at Bank One Ventures, evaluating strategic equity investments in venture-backed companies. At OEP, JB has focused primarily on the chemical, packaging and healthcare industries. Mr. Cherry serves on the Board of Global Packaging, Patil Rail and Precision Gear Holdings. Mr. Cherry received a B.A. in Public Policy Studies from Duke University and an MBA from Northwestern’s J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Business.
Mr. Coppens is a Managing Director of OEP. Prior to joining OEP in 2006, he worked in the investment banking division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the mergers and acquisitions department. He currently serves on the boards of Prodigy Health Group, Systagenix Wound Management and X-Rite. Mr. Coppens received his B.B.A. in accounting and finance from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
Mr. Dunn is a Vice President at OEP. Prior to joining OEP, he worked at the Boston Consulting Group, where he primarily served clients in the media and telecommunications sectors. He currently serves on the board of Open Range Communications. Mr Dunn received a BA in Modern History from the University of Oxford, and an MPP focused on International Trade & Finance from the Harvard Kennedy School.
Mr. Farmer is a Managing Director of OEP. Prior to OEP, he spent eight years at Harvest Partners, a middle market private equity firm. Prior to that, he worked at Robertson Stephens & Company. Mr. Farmer serves on the Boards of NCO Group, Inc., Open Range Communications, X-Rite and ANX eBusiness. Mr. Farmer is a Trustee of the Princeton University Rowing Association. Mr. Farmer received his A.B. in English Literature from Princeton University.
Dr. Felcht is a Managing Director of OEP. Dr. Felcht comes to OEP with over 30 years of operating experience, serving as CEO and Chairman of Degussa AG and as Chairman of RÜTGERS AG, Goldschmidt AG and SKW Metallurgie AG. For 21 years Dr. Felcht worked for Hoechst AG, 7 years as a Boardmember. Dr. Felcht currently serves on the Board of Sued-Chemie AG. Dr. Felcht was awarded a Doctorate in Chemistry from the University of Kaiserslautern in 1976.
Mr. Gardner is a Managing Director of OEP. Prior to joining OEP in 2001, Lee Gardner was President and COO of MascoTech, a diversified manufacturing company. Earlier in his tenure at MascoTech, Mr. Gardner held the position of President of automotive operations and, prior to 1987, he spent 14 years with Borg-Warner Corporation in various senior management positions. Mr. Gardner formerly sat on the Boards of Mauser, Polaroid, Progress Rail, Emcon Technologies, MSX International and Metaldyne. Mr. Gardner is currently a director at Faurecia SA and Precision Gear Holdings. Mr. Gardner holds an MBA from the University of Utah and B.A. in business administration from Missouri State University.
Mr. Gessow is a Managing Director of OEP. Prior to joining OEP, Mr. Gessow was a partner at Oak Hill Partners with a focus on operating companies with real estate concentrations. He co-founded K.K. daVinci Japan (TYO:4314) and Signature Resorts (formerly on NASDAQ & NYSE), where he served as CEO. Prior to this, he was a partner at Trammell Crow Residential, a real estate firm. Mr. Gessow is on the Board of Trustees of University of Maryland and UCLA's Foundation Board of Governors. Mr. Gessow received his BBA from Emory University and an MBA from Harvard University.
Mr. Giulini is a Managing Director of OEP. Prior to joining OEP in 2001, Mr. Giulini was a Partner at Palladion Partners, an independent private equity firm, and Senior Manager at Arthur Andersen Business Consulting. At Palladion he had direct responsibility for identification, completion and supervision of investments. In his role as consultant he was responsible for re-engineering and strategic advisory projects for industrial and service companies throughout Europe. Mr. Giulini serves on the Boards of Sud-Chemie and Schoeller Arca Systems. Mr. Giulini studied business economics/industrial engineering at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany and completed his Finance Program at AIF/INSEAD. He is a German and French citizen, with fluency in German, English and French and an understanding of Spanish.
Tim Gollin is a Managing Director at OEP. Prior to joining OEP, Mr. Gollin held advisory and senior management roles with affiliates of the OP Jindal organization, India's second largest steel producer and fourth largest industrial group. In 2004, Mr. Gollin led Jindal Saw's 1.0 million ton capacity American steel and pipe mill affiliates as president/CEO. Previously Mr. Gollin led ICO, Inc. (NASD: ICOC), a producer and distributor of specialty compounded plastics, following his leadership of a successful proxy contest in 2000 to change ICO's board of directors. Mr. Gollin is a magna cum laude graduate of Yale University, where he he received his BA in English (with distinction). He speaks English, Italian, Portuguese, and French.
Mr. Han is a Managing Director of OEP. Prior to OEP, Mr. Han spent 18 years as a Mergers & Acquisitions banker on Wall Street. He began his investment banking career as an associate at Lehman Brothers and was a Vice President at Morgan Stanley, Managing Director at Smith Barney, Managing Director at Greenhill, and Managing Director at CSFB. Mr. Han serves on the Board of Columbian Chemicals Company. Mr. Han received his MBA from Harvard Business School and his B.A. in Economics from Cornell University.
Ms. Hill is the Chief Financial Officer of OEP. Prior to joining OEP, Ms. Hill was a director at Credit Suisse First Boston; a corporate attorney at Wachtell, Lipton Rosen & Katz; the Director of Finance at Tishman Speyer Properties; and a Manager at Arthur Andersen LLP. Ms. Hill holds a B.S. in Accounting from Fordham University magna cum laude, an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School with honors and a J.D. from Columbia Law School with honors. Ms. Hill is also a Certified Public Accountant.
Mr. Huffsmith is a Managing Director at OEP. Prior to joining OEP in 2006, Mr. Huffsmith worked at JPMorgan in a variety of roles including Asia Capital Markets, the Private Bank, Corporate Credit and Interest Rate Derivatives. Mr. Huffsmith currently serves on the Board of Precision Gear Holdings. Mr. Huffsmith received a B.S. in Mathematics and Economics from Duke University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Mr. Hughes is an Associate at OEP. Prior to joining OEP in 2008, he worked at Karr Barth Private Client Group in Private Wealth Management. He received a B.B.A in Finance and Computers from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
Mr. von Hugo is a Managing Director of OEP and the Chairman of OEP Europe. Prior to joining OEP in 2001, Mr. von Hugo was Partner and co-owner of Palladion Partners, an independent private equity firm. Palladion's operations were integrated into OEP to establish the German operations in Frankfurt. Prior to Palladion, he worked in the Transaction/Corporate Finance Division of Arthur Andersen in Frankfurt and at Haarmann, Hemmelrath & Partners in Munich. He serves on the Boards of Pfleiderer AG, Sued-Chemie AG, and TK Marine Systems AG. Mr. von Hugo studied at the University of Mannheim, Germany and later graduated from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, where he received a Diploma in Business Finance. Chris received the qualification as a certified German tax consultant in 1994. He is fluent in German and English.
Mr. Kichler is a Managing Director of OEP. Prior to joining OEP in 2002, Mr. Kichler was a Managing Director at Salomon Smith Barney (Citigroup). He also worked at Wasserstein Perella and at Ernst & Young. In 20 years of investment banking, Mr. Kichler advised on over 100 completed M&A transactions with a transaction value exceeding $50 billion. He previously served on the Boards of LBC Holdings, Progress Rail Services Corporation and SMG Holdings. He is a Director at Columbian Chemical Company, Patil Rail Infrastructure, Ltd, NCO Group and Western Hospitals. Mr. Kichler graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and is a CPA.
Mr. Koven is a Managing Director of OEP. Prior to joining OEP as a Vice President in 2001, he worked at Wm Sword & Company and Crowley Maritime Corporation. He is currently a director of Carlson Wagonlit, Vertrue, Global Packaging, ANXeBusiness and TAG and was formerly a director at Polaroid. Mr. Koven received his A.B. in Mechanical Engineering from Brown University in 1995.
Mr. Lunau is a Private Equity Analyst at OEP. Prior to joining OEP in 2010, Mr. Lunau worked in J.P. Morgan’s Restructuring Group, a team located within the Investment Bank focused on providing J.P. Morgan’s core competencies to distressed clients. Mr. Lunau received a BA in Economics with a concentration in German from Williams College.
Mr. von Meibom is a Managing Director of OEP. Prior to joining OEP in 2001, Mr. von Meibom was a founding Partner of Palladion Partners. Before that, from 1973 to 1987 he managed and developed the M&A operations of Westdeutsche Landesbank, Düsseldorf and those of Bankhaus Metzler, Frankfurt. He is Chancellor of the Order of St. John in Germany. Mr. von Meibom studied law at the Universities of Heidelberg and Munich and later at the University of Wuerzburg where he graduated with a law degree. He is fluent in German and English, and speaks some Italian.
Mr. von Peter is a Managing Director of OEP. Prior to joining OEP in 2001, Mr. von Peter was a Partner at Palladion Partners, an independent private equity firm. Before that, Mr. von Peter held various positions at Robert Bosch, Stuttgart, including Group Manager Strategic Controlling and Planning of Bosch’s Motor Management division. He serves on the Boards of Schoeller Arca Systems and Vacuumschmelze and previously served on the Boards of HDW, Mauser and LBC. Mr. von Peter received a degree as Diplom-Volkswirt from the University of Bonn, and completed a Diploma Program in Finance at AIF/INSEAD. He is fluent in German and English.
Mr.von Meurers is an Associate at OEP. Prior to joining OEP in 2008, Mr. von Meurers worked in the Financial Sponsors and Leveraged Finance Team at JPMorgan in London. While at JPMorgan, he worked on a number of transactions in the consumer, telecommunications and industrial sectors across Europe. Mr. von Meurers graduated from Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL) with a degree in business administration.
Dr. Michels is a Managing Director of OEP. Prior to joining OEP in 2007, he was the Director for Research Initiatives and a lecturer at Princeton University. Formerly he was a Congressional science fellow with Senator Joseph Lieberman and served as science advisor for Senator Richard Lugar. He is President of the Society for Energy and Environmental Research, a nonprofit organization that promotes renewable energy, is on the scientific advisory board of Applied Semiconductor, Inc., is a director of the National Rowing Foundation and a Steward of the Henley Royal Regatta. Dr. Michels currently serves on the Board of Clipper. Dr. Michels received a B.A. in Physics and English with honors from LaSalle University and a Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics from Oxford University.
Mr. Nasser is a Managing Director of One Equity Partners (OEP). Mr. Nasser joined OEP in 2002 as a Partner and Chairman of Polaroid. Following a 33-year, global career with Ford Motor Company, Mr. Nasser served as a member of the Board of Directors, and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Ford from 1998- 2001. In addition, he has also served on the Board of Brambles Industries and Quintiles Transnational Corporation. He presently serves on the Board of Directors of BHP Billiton and News Corporation's British Sky Broadcasting, and is on the International Advisory Council of Allianz. Mr. Nasser has received a Doctorate of Technology honoris causa and graduated in Business from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. In recognition of his work for industry, as an adviser to government, and for education in the area of technology, he was awarded an Order of Australia and a Centenary Medal. Mr. Nasser was also awarded the Order of the Cedar from Lebanon and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
Mr. O'Hara is a Managing Director of OEP and has over 20 years of operating experience. Prior to joining OEP, Mr. O'Hara served as Executive Vice President of Worldspan and was a member of its Board of Directors. Prior to this, he was a management partner advising Citicorp Venture Capital and Ontario Teachers Pension Plan; served as Senior Vice President of Sabre; and worked in various capacities for Perot Systems. Mr. O'Hara currently serves on the Boards of Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Travel Acquisitions Group, and Travelport. Mr. O'Hara holds an MBA from Vanderbilt University.
Mr. Oliver is a Managing Director at OEP based in the Hong Kong office. Previously, he spent nine years at Rhône Group LLC, a New York and London based €3 billion global private equity firm. Mr. Oliver has broad experience in evaluating businesses in a range of industries, including aerospace & defense, chemicals, food & consumer products and paper & forest products. He holds a BA in Economics, cum laude, from Claremont McKenna College and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
Mr. Reich is a Managing Director of OEP in the Frankfurt office. He started his career in the investment banking division at Credit Suisse First Boston Europe in London mainly focusing on mid-size and large cap M&A transactions in the banking and insurance sector. Mr. Reich graduated from Technical University Berlin with a degree in industrial engineering and management and was a participant of the City University Business School MBA-Program with a Sokrates scholarship. Mr. Reich is fluent in German, English, and speaks some French.
Mr.Robakidze is a Managing Director of OEP. Prior to joining OEP he was Head of Merchant Banking at Ener1Group Inc, a NY-based investment and advisory firm with investments in alternative energy, media, technology and natural resources. Earlier Mr.Robakidze founded and served as President of RH Capital LLC, an emerging markets investment firm. Mr. Robakidze holds a Masters Degree in International Finance and Policy from Columbia University, an MBA from Emory University and received his bachelor’s degree in international politics at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in 1994.
Mr.Seidel is a Vice President at OEP. Prior to joining OEP in 2008, Mr. Seidel worked as a Vice President in the Investment Banking division of JPMorgan where he spent almost 7 years in the Mergers & Acquisitions group. He was based in London and in Frankfurt and focused mainly on the European telecom sector. Mr. Seidel holds a Master in Business Administration from Handelshochschule Leipzig (“HHL”) in Germany.
Ms. Serra is the founding partner of Pacific Investments with 14 years of experience making private equity investments in a variety of sectors. Pacific has been the Brazilian investment advisor for One Equity Partners since 2006. Before founding Pacific, she headed the Latin America investments group of International Real Returns LLC. Prior to International Real Returns, Ms. Serra worked for Leucadia National Corporation, Goldman Sachs & Co. and Banco BBA Creditanstalt. She is a member of the Advisory Board of Endeavor Brazil, a Director of Fundação Estudar heading the Endowment effort and a Board Member of Mercado Libre (NASDAQ: MELI) and member of its Compensation Committee. Ms. Serra received her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a law degree from the University of São Paulo. Ms. Serra is fluent in English, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.
Mr. Shih is based in OEP's Hong Kong office. Prior to joining OEP, Mr. Shih was an industry banker at both Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank covering the semiconductor, alternative energy, media, and hardware sectors throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to that, Mr. Shih was an attorney at Skadden Arps. Prior to his legal/financial career, Mr. Shih was a captain in the United States Army. He holds a B.S. in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York and a JD from Stanford Law School. He currently serves on the board of China Medicine Corporation.
Mr. Smith is a Managing Director at One Equity Partners (the private equity arm of JP Morgan Chase), which he joined in 2002. Mr. Smith has been Managing Partner/General Partner of six other private equity/venture funds since 1981 including most recently, Allegra Partners. From 1979 to 1981, Mr. Smith was Senior Investment Manager at Citicorp Venture Capital, Ltd and prior to that he worked in the International Money Management Group of J.P. Morgan. Mr. Smith earned a B.A. in History from Harvard College. Mr. Smith is co-author of the book Treasury Management; A Practitioner's Handbook, John Wiley & Sons, 1980.
Mr. Smith is an Associate at OEP. Prior to joining OEP in 2008, he worked at Goldman Sachs in the Private Wealth Management group and also at Endeavor South Africa. He received a BA in History from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Mr. Steiner is a Managing Director of OEP. Prior to OEP, Peter served as a member of the Executive Board and CFO of mg technologies ag, now renamed to Gea Group AG, from 2004 to 2005. Between 1998 and 2004, Mr. Steiner served as the CFO, the COO and finally as the CEO at Dyckerhoff AG, one of the largest Cement groups in the world. Before that he was a Member of the Executive Board and CFO of SÜBA Bau AG. Mr. Steiner graduated from the University of Cologne with a degree in business administration and has received his certification as a German tax advisor and a CPA.
Mr. Walsh is a Managing Director of OEP. Prior to joining OEP in 2001, Mr. Walsh formerly served as President and COO of Global Crossing Ltd. In 1993, he founded IXnet and served as IXnet’s CEO and President and also as CEO and President of IXnet’s parent company, IPC Communications. Mr. Walsh is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Telwares and Nextpoint Networks, Inc. He is also a member of the board of Last Mile Connections and Open Range Communications. Mr. Walsh received his B.B.A. from Valdosta State College and an M.P.S. in telecommunications from New York University.
Mr. Wangerin is a Managing Director of OEP. Prior to joining OEP in 2001, Mr. Wangerin worked for Goldman, Sachs & Co. in mergers and acquisitions, Sam Zell’s Eagle Industries manufacturing holding company in corporate development and Hidden Creek Industries' leveraged buyout fund. Directly prior to joining OEP, he managed and successfully sold his family’s dairy business in Wisconsin. He served on the boards of LBC Holdings, Progress Rail Services and Emcon Technologies and is currently the Chairman of Precision Gear Holdings. Mr. Wangerin received his B.S. in Business Administration – Finance magna cum laude with University Honors from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and received his MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Dr. Zirener is a Managing Director at OEP. Prior to joining OEP, Dr. Zirener was a Senior Project Manager in the Restructuring / Corporate Finance division of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, where he was responsible for Corporate Restructuring projects across different industries in Europe. Dr. Zirener also started his own business focussing on the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Dr. Zirener studied Business Administration at the European Business School in Oestrich Winkel, the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa in Buenos Aires and the Ecole Supérieur de Commerce de La Rochelle. He wrote his doctoral thesis on Bankruptcy (Chapter 11) restructurings and received his PhD from the Europa Universität Viadrina. Dr. Zirener is fluent in German and English and has an understanding of French and Spanish.
