Overview
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Joseph L. Rice, III,
Chairman
Mr. Rice is a founder of the Firm and currently serves as Chairman. He has spent the major portion of his business career in private equity and is one of the founders of the industry. Mr. Rice is trustee emeritus of Williams College and is a member of INSEAD’s International Advisory Council. He is also a member of The Council on Foreign Relations and The Brookings Institution. Mr. Rice is currently a member of the supervisory board of Rexel and a director of Uniroyal Holding. He is a graduate of Williams College and holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School. -
Donald J. Gogel,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Over his 21 years at CD&R, Mr. Gogel has led many of the Firm’s most successful investments. Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Gogel served as a Partner at McKinsey & Company, Inc. and a Managing Director at Kidder, Peabody & Company, Inc. He is co-chairman of the Cancer Research Institute, Senior Vice Chairman and Trustee of The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Chairman of the Global Steering Committee of the Rhodes Trust and a member of the Dean’s Council of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. Mr. Gogel holds a B.A. from Harvard College, an M. Phil. in Politics from Balliol College, Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. -
Kevin J. Conway,
Managing Partner
Mr. Conway is the Managing Partner of CD&R and the Chairman of the Firm’s Investment Screening Committee, which evaluates all potential new investments. Throughout his fifteen years at CD&R, Mr. Conway has been active in a number of the Firm’s investments and organizational initiatives and works closely with Mr. Gogel on all aspects of the Firm’s operations. Previously, Mr. Conway was a senior member of the Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mergers and Acquisitions Department and later, the Chief of Staff of the Investment Banking division. Mr. Conway is a graduate of Amherst College and holds both a J.D. and an M.B.A. from Columbia University. -
Michael G. Babiarz
Mr. Babiarz has been with the Firm for twenty years and specializes in structuring complex financings and managing the Firm’s relationships with debt providers. He has played a major role in all of the Firm’s investments during his tenure, including HD Supply, U.S. Foodservice, ServiceMaster, Sally Beauty, Hertz, Rexel, Alliant, Allison Engine and Lexmark. Previously, he worked in mergers and acquisitions at Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. He holds a B.S. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. -
Manvinder Singh Banga
Mr. Banga joined CD&R’s London office in 2010 after a 33-year career at Unilever. He is the former President, Foods, Home and Personal Care and member of the Unilever plc Executive Board. He led the creation of a One Unilever Global Foods, Home & Personal Care Global Category Organization, responsible for innovation and marketing mix development across 170 countries for all 270 Unilever brands, and he was responsible for Unilever’s sustainability agenda. Previously, Mr. Banga served as President, Home and Personal Care Asia and as Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Unilever’s operating company in India. He has been on the Prime Minister of India’s Council of Trade & Industry since 2004 and is a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Thomson Reuters. Mr. Banga holds a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and a M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management. -
Charles A. Banks
Mr. Banks joined CD&R in 2006 after serving in numerous senior executive roles over nearly four decades at Wolseley plc, the world’s largest specialist trade distributor of plumbing and heating products to professional contractors. He served as chief executive officer from 2001 to 2006 and on the board of directors from 1992 to 2006. Mr. Banks also served for twelve years as president of Wolseley subsidiary Ferguson Enterprises. He is a board member of Bunzl plc. He sits on the College of William and Mary Board of Visitors and is a member of the Board of Regents of Harris Manchester College at Oxford University. Mr. Banks is a graduate of Brown University. -
James G. Berges
Mr. Berges joined the Firm in 2006. Previously, he served as vice chairman and president at Emerson Electric Co., where he led corporate growth and development activities and was responsible for the company’s motors and appliance components, industrial automation, and network power businesses. Previously, he worked at General Electric Company. Mr. Berges is the chairman at Sally Beauty and HD Supply and serves on the boards of NCI Building Systems, Diversey and PPG Industries, Inc. He is a past chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers and also received a presidential appointment to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations in March 2005. He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame. -
Thomas C. Franco
Mr. Franco joined CD&R in 2006 after serving for fifteen years as a senior advisor to the Firm. He is responsible for managing critical external relationships, including limited partners. He also manages fund raising and is involved in related capital access activities. Previously, he served as chairman and chief executive officer of Broadgate Consultants, Inc., a consulting firm focused on advising private equity managers, which he founded in 1987 in conjunction with U.K.-based securities firm Hoare Govett. Mr. Franco successfully launched a global publishing business, PEI Media, serving the alternative asset industry and, earlier, practiced corporate law. Mr. Franco holds a J.D. from Fordham University and a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame. -
Kenneth A. Giuriceo
Mr. Giuriceo joined CD&R in 2003. He was actively involved in the Firm’s investments in Sally Beauty and ServiceMaster, and is currently a director of both companies. Prior to joining CD&R, Mr. Giuriceo worked in the principal investment area and investment banking division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Giuriceo holds a B.S. from Boston College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. -
George K. Jaquette
Mr. Jaquette has been with the Firm for 11 years and is principally engaged in sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities. He has been involved in a broad range of transactions and most recently led the Firm’s investment in Diversey, where he serves as a director. Mr. Jaquette was instrumental in the acquisition and subsequent sale of VWR. Previously, he worked in the principal investment area and investment banking division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. He also worked at K Capital Management, a multi-strategy investment firm. Mr. Jaquette earned a B.S. from Bucknell University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. -
Fred Kindle
Mr Kindle joined CD&R in 2008 and is based in London. He is the former president and chief executive officer of ABB Ltd, the world’s leading supplier of electrical and automation equipment, systems and services. Prior to joining ABB, Mr. Kindle served as president and chief executive officer or Sulzer Ltd, a global industrial engineering and manufacturing company, from 1999 to 2004. Previously, Mr. Kindle served at McKinsey & Company in New York and Zurich. He serves as chairman of Exova and BCA and is also a member of the boards of Zurich Financial Services, VZ Holding Ltd and Stadler Rail Ltd. Mr. Kindle graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich with a masters degree in engineering. He earned an M.B.A. at Northwestern University. -
Alan G. Lafley,
Special Partner
Mr. Lafley joined the Firm as a Special Partner in 2010. He is the former Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Procter & Gamble Company. Under Mr. Lafley’s leadership, P&G grew its billion-dollar brands in number from 10 to 24, more than doubled sales and increased market capitalization by over $100 billion, making the company one of the most valuable in the world. Mr. Lafley is co-author of The Game Changer, an operating manager’s guide to turning innovation into strategic advantage. He holds a B.A. from Hamilton College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. -
Edward M. Liddy
Mr. Liddy joined CD&R in January 2008. At the request of the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Liddy served as interim chairman and chief executive officer of American International Group, Inc. from September 2008 to August 2009. Mr. Liddy served The Allstate Corporation for many years as chairman and chief executive officer and other senior executive positions, leading the initial public offering and 1995 spin-off of the company from Sears, Roebuck and Co. and guiding Allstate through this transformation. Previously, Mr. Liddy served as senior vice president & chief financial officer and senior vice president-operating of Sears, Roebuck and Co., and as chief financial officer of G. D. Searle & Co. He is a director of 3M Company and Boeing. He currently serves as chairman of ServiceMaster and U.S. Foodservice. He is chairman emeritus of Northwestern Memorial Hospital and serves on the boards of Northwestern University and the Museum of Science and Industry. He is a life trustee and former national chairman of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Mr. Liddy holds a B.A. from Catholic University of America and an M.B.A. from George Washington University. -
David A. Novak
Mr. Novak has been with CD&R for 13 years. Based in London, he is the lead financial partner responsible for BCA, HD Supply and Rexel, as he was for Jafra until its sale to Vorwerk & Co. in 2004. He also co-led negotiations in the Firm’s public-to-private acquisition of Brakes. Mr. Novak is currently a member of the supervisory board of Rexel and a director of BCA and HD Supply. Previously, Mr. Novak worked in the private equity and investment banking divisions of Morgan Stanley and for the Central European Development Corporation, a private equity investment firm. He is a graduate of Amherst College and holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. -
Huw Phillips
Mr. Phillips joined the Firm in 2004 and is based in London. He played a key role in CD&R’s acquisitions of Rexel and Exova. Prior to CD&R, he was a principal at Texas Pacific Group in Europe and at the European buyout firm Doughty Hanson. He was previously an investment manager at Claridge, Inc., a holding company managing assets for the Bronfman family, where he helped manage a health-services company, a restaurant group, a chain of gas stations and a magazine-publishing group. Mr. Phillips also worked as a management consultant with McKinsey & Co., Inc. in the U.K. He is a graduate of St. Peter’s College, Oxford University. -
Roberto Quarta
Mr. Quarta has been with CD&R for nine years and is chairman of CD&R Europe. Based in London, he plays the lead operating role for two portfolio companies as chairman of the supervisory board of Rexel and chairman of Italtel, helping the respective management teams drive key operational and corporate initiatives. Previously, Mr. Quarta led the successful restructuring and reorganizing of BBA Group plc, serving as chief executive officer from 1993 until 2001, and as chairman from 2001 until 2006. Mr. Quarta also held various senior leadership positions with BTR plc and served on the board of directors. He is a non-executive director of BAE Systems plc and has served as a director of Azure Dynamic Corp., PowerGen, plc and Equant NV. Mr. Quarta is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and a member of the INSEAD Country Advisory Board. -
Christian Rochat
Mr. Rochat joined CD&R in 2004 and is based in London. He is responsible for identifying and analyzing investment opportunities in European and global companies. Mr. Rochat led the sale of Brakes and served as a director prior to CD&R’s sale; he led the acquisition of Exova and is a director of the company. Prior to joining CD&R, he was a managing director at Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, where he was one of three partners responsible for the European activities of the firm’s multi-billion-dollar buyout funds. Mr. Rochat previously was a director at Schroder Ventures (now Permira), where he was responsible for European business development. He also worked in the London and New York offices of Morgan Stanley’s mergers and acquisitions department. He holds a B.A. and Ph.D. in law from the Université de Lausanne, as well as an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. -
Richard J. Schnall
Mr. Schnall has been with CD&R for thirteen years. He led CD&R’s purchase and subsequent sale of VWR; the acquisition of Diversey; the acquisition of U.S. Foodservice from Royal Ahold N.V.; the investment in Sally Beauty; and the public-to-private negotiation for and acquisition of Brakes. As a board member of Alliant, he led negotiations which resulted in its profitable sale. Previously, Mr. Schnall worked in the investment banking divisions of Smith Barney & Co. and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc. He is a director of Diversey, Sally Beauty and U.S. Foodservice. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. -
Nathan K. Sleeper
Mr. Sleeper has been with CD&R for ten years and has been integral to a number of the Firm’s transactions, including the investments in NCI Building Systems; the investment in U.S. Foodservice; the investment in, and subsequent IPO of, Hertz; the investment in, and subsequent recapitalization of, Culligan; the investment in Brakes; the sale of Jafra to Vorwerk & Co.; the merger of Riverwood International with Graphic Packaging Corp.; and the sale of Alliant to Royal Ahold N.V. Mr. Sleeper is a director at Culligan, Hertz, NCI and U.S. Foodservice. Previously, Mr. Sleeper worked in the investment banking division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and at investment firm Tiger Management. He holds a B.A. from Williams College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. -
George W. Tamke
Mr. Tamke joined CD&R ten years ago and is the Firm’s senior operating partner. He serves as chairman of Culligan and chairman of the executive and governance committee of Hertz. He has played an active role in CD&R’s investments in ServiceMaster, where he served as chairman, and Kinko’s. Serving first as chief executive officer and continuing as chairman of Kinko’s, Mr. Tamke worked closely with his successor to drive the transformation and growth into the corporate market. His efforts led to the company’s profitable sale to FedEx. Previously, Mr. Tamke served as vice chairman and co-chief executive officer of Emerson Electric Co., where he managed the company’s global expansion and diversification into non-traditional, higher-growth market segments. He also served as president and chief operating officer of Cullinet Software, Inc. and spent seventeen years at IBM Corporation. Mr. Tamke holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from Vanderbilt University and an M.S. in management science from Stanford University. -
Christine Vanden Beukel
Ms. Vanden Beukel joined CD&R in 2009 and is based in London. Prior to joining CD&R, Ms. Vanden Beukel worked at GSC Group, where she held a number of senior positions, including senior managing director responsible for the firm’s EMEA credit activities and member of the U.S. corporate credit investment committee. Previously, she worked at Salomon Smith Barney in the mergers and acquisition and financial restructuring advisory group. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College. -
David H. Wasserman
Mr. Wasserman has been with the Firm for eleven years. He led CD&R’s acquisition of Hertz from Ford Motor Company, the carve-out of Culligan from Veolia Environnement and the acquisition of ServiceMaster. He is currently a director at Culligan, Hertz and ServiceMaster. Previously, he served on the board of Kinko’s and led the negotiations resulting in the sale of the company to FedEx. Before joining CD&R, Mr. Wasserman worked in the principal investment area at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and as a management consultant at Monitor Company. He is a graduate of Amherst College and holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. -
John F. Welch, Jr.,
Special Partner
Mr. Welch joined the Firm as a Special Partner in 2001. He began his career with General Electric Company in 1960, and in 1981 became the company’s eighth chairman and chief executive officer. During his tenure, GE’s market capitalization increased by $400 billion, making it the world’s most valuable corporation. He serves on CD&R’s Screening Committee, which assesses new investments and participates in the Firm’s portfolio-company Operating Reviews. He has authored two best-selling books, Jack: Straight from the Gut and Winning. Mr. Welch holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Massachusetts and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois.
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Joseph L. Rice, III,
Chairman
Mr. Rice is a founder of the Firm and currently serves as Chairman. He has spent the major portion of his business career in private equity and is one of the founders of the industry. Mr. Rice is trustee emeritus of Williams College and is a member of INSEAD’s International Advisory Council. He is also a member of The Council on Foreign Relations and The Brookings Institution. Mr. Rice is currently a member of the supervisory board of Rexel and a director of Uniroyal Holding. He is a graduate of Williams College and holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School. -
Donald J. Gogel,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Over his 21 years at CD&R, Mr. Gogel has led many of the Firm’s most successful investments. Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Gogel served as a Partner at McKinsey & Company, Inc. and a Managing Director at Kidder, Peabody & Company, Inc. He is co-chairman of the Cancer Research Institute, Senior Vice Chairman and Trustee of The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Chairman of the Global Steering Committee of the Rhodes Trust and a member of the Dean’s Council of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. Mr. Gogel holds a B.A. from Harvard College, an M. Phil. in Politics from Balliol College, Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. -
Kevin J. Conway,
Managing Partner
Mr. Conway is the Managing Partner of CD&R and the Chairman of the Firm’s Investment Screening Committee, which evaluates all potential new investments. Throughout his fifteen years at CD&R, Mr. Conway has been active in a number of the Firm’s investments and organizational initiatives and works closely with Mr. Gogel on all aspects of the Firm’s operations. Previously, Mr. Conway was a senior member of the Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mergers and Acquisitions Department and later, the Chief of Staff of the Investment Banking division. Mr. Conway is a graduate of Amherst College and holds both a J.D. and an M.B.A. from Columbia University. -
Michael G. Babiarz
Mr. Babiarz has been with the Firm for twenty years and specializes in structuring complex financings and managing the Firm’s relationships with debt providers. He has played a major role in all of the Firm’s investments during his tenure, including HD Supply, U.S. Foodservice, ServiceMaster, Sally Beauty, Hertz, Rexel, Alliant, Allison Engine and Lexmark. Previously, he worked in mergers and acquisitions at Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. He holds a B.S. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. -
Manvinder Singh Banga
Mr. Banga joined CD&R’s London office in 2010 after a 33-year career at Unilever. He is the former President, Foods, Home and Personal Care and member of the Unilever plc Executive Board. He led the creation of a One Unilever Global Foods, Home & Personal Care Global Category Organization, responsible for innovation and marketing mix development across 170 countries for all 270 Unilever brands, and he was responsible for Unilever’s sustainability agenda. Previously, Mr. Banga served as President, Home and Personal Care Asia and as Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Unilever’s operating company in India. He has been on the Prime Minister of India’s Council of Trade & Industry since 2004 and is a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Thomson Reuters. Mr. Banga holds a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and a M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management. -
Charles A. Banks
Mr. Banks joined CD&R in 2006 after serving in numerous senior executive roles over nearly four decades at Wolseley plc, the world’s largest specialist trade distributor of plumbing and heating products to professional contractors. He served as chief executive officer from 2001 to 2006 and on the board of directors from 1992 to 2006. Mr. Banks also served for twelve years as president of Wolseley subsidiary Ferguson Enterprises. He is a board member of Bunzl plc. He sits on the College of William and Mary Board of Visitors and is a member of the Board of Regents of Harris Manchester College at Oxford University. Mr. Banks is a graduate of Brown University. -
James G. Berges
Mr. Berges joined the Firm in 2006. Previously, he served as vice chairman and president at Emerson Electric Co., where he led corporate growth and development activities and was responsible for the company’s motors and appliance components, industrial automation, and network power businesses. Previously, he worked at General Electric Company. Mr. Berges is the chairman at Sally Beauty and HD Supply and serves on the boards of NCI Building Systems, Diversey and PPG Industries, Inc. He is a past chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers and also received a presidential appointment to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations in March 2005. He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame. -
Thomas C. Franco
Mr. Franco joined CD&R in 2006 after serving for fifteen years as a senior advisor to the Firm. He is responsible for managing critical external relationships, including limited partners. He also manages fund raising and is involved in related capital access activities. Previously, he served as chairman and chief executive officer of Broadgate Consultants, Inc., a consulting firm focused on advising private equity managers, which he founded in 1987 in conjunction with U.K.-based securities firm Hoare Govett. Mr. Franco successfully launched a global publishing business, PEI Media, serving the alternative asset industry and, earlier, practiced corporate law. Mr. Franco holds a J.D. from Fordham University and a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame. -
Kenneth A. Giuriceo
Mr. Giuriceo joined CD&R in 2003. He was actively involved in the Firm’s investments in Sally Beauty and ServiceMaster, and is currently a director of both companies. Prior to joining CD&R, Mr. Giuriceo worked in the principal investment area and investment banking division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Giuriceo holds a B.S. from Boston College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. -
George K. Jaquette
Mr. Jaquette has been with the Firm for 11 years and is principally engaged in sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities. He has been involved in a broad range of transactions and most recently led the Firm’s investment in Diversey, where he serves as a director. Mr. Jaquette was instrumental in the acquisition and subsequent sale of VWR. Previously, he worked in the principal investment area and investment banking division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. He also worked at K Capital Management, a multi-strategy investment firm. Mr. Jaquette earned a B.S. from Bucknell University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. -
Fred Kindle
Mr Kindle joined CD&R in 2008 and is based in London. He is the former president and chief executive officer of ABB Ltd, the world’s leading supplier of electrical and automation equipment, systems and services. Prior to joining ABB, Mr. Kindle served as president and chief executive officer or Sulzer Ltd, a global industrial engineering and manufacturing company, from 1999 to 2004. Previously, Mr. Kindle served at McKinsey & Company in New York and Zurich. He serves as chairman of Exova and BCA and is also a member of the boards of Zurich Financial Services, VZ Holding Ltd and Stadler Rail Ltd. Mr. Kindle graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich with a masters degree in engineering. He earned an M.B.A. at Northwestern University. -
Alan G. Lafley,
Special Partner
Mr. Lafley joined the Firm as a Special Partner in 2010. He is the former Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Procter & Gamble Company. Under Mr. Lafley’s leadership, P&G grew its billion-dollar brands in number from 10 to 24, more than doubled sales and increased market capitalization by over $100 billion, making the company one of the most valuable in the world. Mr. Lafley is co-author of The Game Changer, an operating manager’s guide to turning innovation into strategic advantage. He holds a B.A. from Hamilton College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. -
Edward M. Liddy
Mr. Liddy joined CD&R in January 2008. At the request of the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Liddy served as interim chairman and chief executive officer of American International Group, Inc. from September 2008 to August 2009. Mr. Liddy served The Allstate Corporation for many years as chairman and chief executive officer and other senior executive positions, leading the initial public offering and 1995 spin-off of the company from Sears, Roebuck and Co. and guiding Allstate through this transformation. Previously, Mr. Liddy served as senior vice president & chief financial officer and senior vice president-operating of Sears, Roebuck and Co., and as chief financial officer of G. D. Searle & Co. He is a director of 3M Company and Boeing. He currently serves as chairman of ServiceMaster and U.S. Foodservice. He is chairman emeritus of Northwestern Memorial Hospital and serves on the boards of Northwestern University and the Museum of Science and Industry. He is a life trustee and former national chairman of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Mr. Liddy holds a B.A. from Catholic University of America and an M.B.A. from George Washington University. -
David A. Novak
Mr. Novak has been with CD&R for 13 years. Based in London, he is the lead financial partner responsible for BCA, HD Supply and Rexel, as he was for Jafra until its sale to Vorwerk & Co. in 2004. He also co-led negotiations in the Firm’s public-to-private acquisition of Brakes. Mr. Novak is currently a member of the supervisory board of Rexel and a director of BCA and HD Supply. Previously, Mr. Novak worked in the private equity and investment banking divisions of Morgan Stanley and for the Central European Development Corporation, a private equity investment firm. He is a graduate of Amherst College and holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. -
Huw Phillips
Mr. Phillips joined the Firm in 2004 and is based in London. He played a key role in CD&R’s acquisitions of Rexel and Exova. Prior to CD&R, he was a principal at Texas Pacific Group in Europe and at the European buyout firm Doughty Hanson. He was previously an investment manager at Claridge, Inc., a holding company managing assets for the Bronfman family, where he helped manage a health-services company, a restaurant group, a chain of gas stations and a magazine-publishing group. Mr. Phillips also worked as a management consultant with McKinsey & Co., Inc. in the U.K. He is a graduate of St. Peter’s College, Oxford University. -
Roberto Quarta
Mr. Quarta has been with CD&R for nine years and is chairman of CD&R Europe. Based in London, he plays the lead operating role for two portfolio companies as chairman of the supervisory board of Rexel and chairman of Italtel, helping the respective management teams drive key operational and corporate initiatives. Previously, Mr. Quarta led the successful restructuring and reorganizing of BBA Group plc, serving as chief executive officer from 1993 until 2001, and as chairman from 2001 until 2006. Mr. Quarta also held various senior leadership positions with BTR plc and served on the board of directors. He is a non-executive director of BAE Systems plc and has served as a director of Azure Dynamic Corp., PowerGen, plc and Equant NV. Mr. Quarta is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and a member of the INSEAD Country Advisory Board. -
Christian Rochat
Mr. Rochat joined CD&R in 2004 and is based in London. He is responsible for identifying and analyzing investment opportunities in European and global companies. Mr. Rochat led the sale of Brakes and served as a director prior to CD&R’s sale; he led the acquisition of Exova and is a director of the company. Prior to joining CD&R, he was a managing director at Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, where he was one of three partners responsible for the European activities of the firm’s multi-billion-dollar buyout funds. Mr. Rochat previously was a director at Schroder Ventures (now Permira), where he was responsible for European business development. He also worked in the London and New York offices of Morgan Stanley’s mergers and acquisitions department. He holds a B.A. and Ph.D. in law from the Université de Lausanne, as well as an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. -
Richard J. Schnall
Mr. Schnall has been with CD&R for thirteen years. He led CD&R’s purchase and subsequent sale of VWR; the acquisition of Diversey; the acquisition of U.S. Foodservice from Royal Ahold N.V.; the investment in Sally Beauty; and the public-to-private negotiation for and acquisition of Brakes. As a board member of Alliant, he led negotiations which resulted in its profitable sale. Previously, Mr. Schnall worked in the investment banking divisions of Smith Barney & Co. and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc. He is a director of Diversey, Sally Beauty and U.S. Foodservice. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. -
Nathan K. Sleeper
Mr. Sleeper has been with CD&R for ten years and has been integral to a number of the Firm’s transactions, including the investments in NCI Building Systems; the investment in U.S. Foodservice; the investment in, and subsequent IPO of, Hertz; the investment in, and subsequent recapitalization of, Culligan; the investment in Brakes; the sale of Jafra to Vorwerk & Co.; the merger of Riverwood International with Graphic Packaging Corp.; and the sale of Alliant to Royal Ahold N.V. Mr. Sleeper is a director at Culligan, Hertz, NCI and U.S. Foodservice. Previously, Mr. Sleeper worked in the investment banking division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and at investment firm Tiger Management. He holds a B.A. from Williams College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. -
George W. Tamke
Mr. Tamke joined CD&R ten years ago and is the Firm’s senior operating partner. He serves as chairman of Culligan and chairman of the executive and governance committee of Hertz. He has played an active role in CD&R’s investments in ServiceMaster, where he served as chairman, and Kinko’s. Serving first as chief executive officer and continuing as chairman of Kinko’s, Mr. Tamke worked closely with his successor to drive the transformation and growth into the corporate market. His efforts led to the company’s profitable sale to FedEx. Previously, Mr. Tamke served as vice chairman and co-chief executive officer of Emerson Electric Co., where he managed the company’s global expansion and diversification into non-traditional, higher-growth market segments. He also served as president and chief operating officer of Cullinet Software, Inc. and spent seventeen years at IBM Corporation. Mr. Tamke holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from Vanderbilt University and an M.S. in management science from Stanford University. -
Christine Vanden Beukel
Ms. Vanden Beukel joined CD&R in 2009 and is based in London. Prior to joining CD&R, Ms. Vanden Beukel worked at GSC Group, where she held a number of senior positions, including senior managing director responsible for the firm’s EMEA credit activities and member of the U.S. corporate credit investment committee. Previously, she worked at Salomon Smith Barney in the mergers and acquisition and financial restructuring advisory group. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College. -
David H. Wasserman
Mr. Wasserman has been with the Firm for eleven years. He led CD&R’s acquisition of Hertz from Ford Motor Company, the carve-out of Culligan from Veolia Environnement and the acquisition of ServiceMaster. He is currently a director at Culligan, Hertz and ServiceMaster. Previously, he served on the board of Kinko’s and led the negotiations resulting in the sale of the company to FedEx. Before joining CD&R, Mr. Wasserman worked in the principal investment area at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and as a management consultant at Monitor Company. He is a graduate of Amherst College and holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. -
John F. Welch, Jr.,
Special Partner
Mr. Welch joined the Firm as a Special Partner in 2001. He began his career with General Electric Company in 1960, and in 1981 became the company’s eighth chairman and chief executive officer. During his tenure, GE’s market capitalization increased by $400 billion, making it the world’s most valuable corporation. He serves on CD&R’s Screening Committee, which assesses new investments and participates in the Firm’s portfolio-company Operating Reviews. He has authored two best-selling books, Jack: Straight from the Gut and Winning. Mr. Welch holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Massachusetts and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois.
