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Rahul Goyal joined AEA in 2002 and focuses on investments in the value-added industrial products sector. He has played a significant role in executing and managing the firm's investments in Behavioral Interventions, Houghton International, Unifrax, Pregis, Kranson Industries, XM Satellite Radio, and Telephia.
Prior to joining AEA, Mr. Goyal was a strategy consultant with Bain & Co. in Chicago.
Mr. Goyal received a B.S. in chemical engineering with a double major in economics from Northwestern University.
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James Ho joined AEA in 2001 and has focused on investments in the consumer products sector. He has played a significant role in executing and managing the firm's investments in Acosta, Burt's Bees, and IAG Research. Mr. Ho is also involved in managing the firm's investment in Tampico Beverages.
Prior to joining AEA, Mr. Ho was a strategy consultant with Bain & Co. in Chicago.
Mr. Ho received a B.A. in economics and mathematical methods in the social sciences from Northwestern University.
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David Manzano joined AEA in 2007 as a member of the middle market debt team. Prior to joining AEA, Mr. Manzano spent almost five years at Callidus Capital Management, LLC (“Callidus”), a manager of Collateralized Loan Obligations (“CLOs”) as a Principal and Portfolio Manager. At the time, Callidus was majority-owned by Allied Capital. Prior to joining Callidus in 2002, Mr. Manzano served as a consultant to The Carlyle Group evaluating several stressed loan portfolios. Prior to this consulting engagement, Mr. Manzano was a Vice President at Merrill Lynch & Co. and spent four years in leveraged finance focused on originating, structuring and marketing high yield bank loan and bond transactions for event-related financings such as corporate acquisitions, leverage buyouts and recapitalizations. Prior to Merrill Lynch & Co., Mr. Manzano spent four years as a Credit Analyst at The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. in both New York and Hong Kong and is a graduate of the Bank's credit training program.
Mr. Manzano holds a B.A. in Government and International Relations from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.
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Nan McNally joined AEA in 2007 as a member of the Middle Market Debt team. Ms. McNally’s experience includes nine years of investment banking with Credit Suisse First Boston in the leveraged finance and corporate restructuring groups. In addition, she spent several years providing independent consulting and strategic planning services to Align Communications Inc., an international IT consulting firm.
Ms. McNally graduated with honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.S. in business administration.
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Robin Chiang joined the Hong Kong office of AEA in 2008. Prior to joining AEA, he was an associate with Morgan Stanley Hong Kong, working across a number industry groups and global capital markets group. Before Morgan Stanley, Mr. Chiang worked at Boston Consulting Group in Melbourne as an associate.
Mr. Chiang received a B.S. in Engineering and B.S. of Law from the University of Melbourne. He is a qualified barrister and solicitor of New South Wales, Australia.
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Justin de La Chapelle joined AEA in 2006 focusing on investments in the value-added industrial and specialty chemical sectors. He was involved in AEA’s investments in Behavioral Interventions and Suncoast Roofers Supply.
Prior to joining AEA, Mr. de La Chapelle worked at Brera Capital Partners, a global private equity firm based in New York. Prior to Brera, he worked at Banc of America Securities in both the Mergers & Acquisitions Group and the Leveraged Acquisition Finance Group. Prior to Banc of America Securities, he worked at Goldman Sachs.
Mr. de La Chapelle graduated with honors from Georgetown University.
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Leo Fang joined the Shanghai office of AEA in 2007. Prior to joining AEA, he was an associate consultant with L.E.K. Consulting and worked at the Shanghai, Los Angeles and Beijing offices.
Mr. Fang received a M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology; M.S.in Supply Chain Management from National University of Singapore and a B.S. in Management Information System from Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Molly Gregg joined AEA in 2005 as member of the Mezzanine Fund team. Prior to joining AEA, she was at American Capital Strategies, a business development corporation. Prior to American Capital, Ms. Gregg was at GSC Partners where she worked as a generalist, evaluating and making investments in their private equity, collateralized debt obligations, and distress debt funds.
Ms. Gregg received her M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and a B.A. in history from Dartmouth College. Top |
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Alex Hoffman joined the London office of AEA in 2004 prior to relocating to Hong Kong
in 2006. He is focused on investments in the value-added industrial,
specialty chemical and consumer product sectors, and was involved in
AEA's investments in Pregis and Convenience Food Systems.
Prior to
joining AEA, Mr. Hoffman was a manager in transaction services at
PricewaterhouseCoopers in London, focusing on financial due diligence
for the private equity market in the UK and Continental Europe. He is
a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Mr. Hoffman received a B.A. in French and German from Bristol University.
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Christian Johnson joined AEA in 2006
as a member of the Mezzanine Fund team. Prior to joining AEA,
he was with Allied Capital in New York, originating, executing
and monitoring middle-market mezzanine and control buyout transactions.
Prior to Allied Capital, Mr. Johnson was with GE Equity, the principal investment
arm of GE Capital and Chase Securities Inc. where he was a member of the
acquisition finance group.
Mr. Johnson holds an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of
Business at Dartmouth College and a B.A. in economics from Trinity College
in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Vinay Kumar joined the New York office of AEA in 2004. In 2006, Mr. Kumar relocated to Hong Kong to help AEA establish its Asian presence and evaluate investment opportunities in the region. He returned to New York in 2009 and is focused on investments in the value-added industrial, specialty chemical and business services sectors. Mr. Kumar was involved in AEA’s investments in CPG International and Pregis.
Prior to joining AEA, Mr. Kumar was a strategy consultant with Bain & Company in San Francisco and London.
Mr. Kumar graduated with honors from Harvard University with an A.B. in History and Science.
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Mike Maechling joined AEA in 2006
as a member of the Mezzanine Fund team.
Prior to joining AEA, he was with Investcorp International
in New York, working as a generalist on a variety of leveraged
buyout transactions.
Prior to Investcorp, Mr. Maechling was with
Credit Suisse First Boston in the leveraged finance group.
Mr. Maechling holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in history from the
University of California at Berkeley.
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Alex Mehfar joined AEA in 2004 as an Associate in the consumer products sector. After three years with AEA, Mr. Mehfar pursued other entrepreneurial focused initiatives before returning to the firm in 2009. Mr. Mehfar was involved in AEA’s investments in Burt’s Bees, Acosta, and Tampico Beverages.
Prior to joining AEA, Mr. Mehfar was a strategy consultant with Bain & Co. in San Francisco. Prior to Bain, he spent a year as a consultant to DataCom, Mongolia’s first internet service provider, as a Henry Luce Scholar.
Mr. Mehfar graduated with highest distinction with a B.A. in economics and a minor in information systems from the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill where he was a Morehead-Cain Scholar.
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Philipp Meyer joined the Munich office of AEA in 2009 and is focused on investments in the value-added industrial, specialty chemicals and business services sectors. Prior to joining AEA, Mr. Meyer was with Stone Tower Equity Partners, a middle market private equity firm based in New York. Before Stone Tower, Mr. Meyer was a project leader at Bain & Company in Zurich and Munich, where he was a member of the Private Equity Group and Industrial Practice.
Mr. Meyer received an M.B.A. from Columbia University Graduate School of Business and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich.
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John Smith joined AEA in 2005 as member of the Mezzanine Fund team. Prior to joining AEA, he spent 3 years at AlpInvest (formerly NIB Capital Private Equity), a global private equity manager. Prior to AlpInvest, Mr. Smith was at 212 Ventures, the technology arm of Investcorp. Prior to this position, he was at Credit Suisse First Boston in the leveraged finance and financial sponsors group.
Mr. Smith graduated with honors from Georgetown University with a B.S. in business administration with a double major in finance and marketing and a minor in psychology.
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Ben Tuttman joined AEA in 2006 as a member of the Small Business Fund team. He has contributed to the execution and management of AEA’s investments in Troxell Communications, National Rehab, Colony Hardware, and In The Swim.
Prior to joining AEA, Mr. Tuttman was a strategy consultant with L.E.K. Consulting in Boston.
Mr. Tuttman graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in economics and political science.
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Todd Welsch joined AEA in 2003 and became a member of the Small Business Fund team in 2005. He is focused on investments in the value-added industrial products and business services sectors and has been involved in AEA’s investments in Kranson Industries, Henry, PPC Industries and Industrial Controls Distributors.
Prior to joining AEA, Mr. Welsch was an analyst in the investment banking division of Merrill Lynch & Co. in New York.
Mr. Welsch graduated with honors from Northwestern University with a B.S.E. in industrial engineering.
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Nicolas Westphal joined AEA in 2009 and focuses on investments in the value-added industrial products and services sector.
Prior to joining AEA, Mr. Westphal worked for the private equity funds of Bain Capital from 2002 to 2009, and played a significant role in executing the firm’s investments in Ideal Standard (Belgium), American Standard (New Jersey), Drillcorp (Australia), Boart Longyear (Utah), Sigma Kalon (Netherlands) and NovaCap (France).
Prior to Bain Capital, Mr. Westphal was a strategy consultant the Boston Consulting Group in New York.
Mr. Westphal received an MS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in technology & policy, is a Corps des Ponts scholar (French State) and a graduate from Ecole Polytechnique in France.
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Tim Whelan joined AEA in 2005 as a member of the Small Business Fund team. He has contributed to the execution and management of AEA’s investments in PLZ Holdings (Plaze and Claire-Sprayway), National Rehab and Sextant Education.
Prior to joining AEA, Mr. Whelan was a strategy consultant with The Parthenon Group in Boston.
Mr. Whelan received an M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and an A.B. in psychology from Dartmouth College.
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