Paul
E. Tierney, Jr.
has been a highly respected global investment
professional for over thirty years. His experience
and relationships help Aperture’s portfolio
companies in a variety of valuable ways (strategy,
capital raising, M&A, business development,
corporate governance). Prior
to Aperture, Paul co-founded and ran Coniston
Partners and its successor partnerships throughout
the 1980s and 1990s. Financial, operational and
strategic decisions helped Paul build Coniston to
over $1 billion in capital and generate
significant returns to the shareholders and
limited partners. Paul also founded and ran other
investment vehicles, including Coniston Global
Partners, Corporate Value Partners and Darwin
Capital Partners, all of which generated superior
returns to shareholders. He is
Chairman of the Board of TechnoServe, a non-profit
organization dedicated to promoting
entrepreneurship in Latin America and Africa, and
an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School teaching courses on private equity. He
is also a member of the Council on Foreign
Relations. He received his M.B.A. as a
Baker Scholar from Harvard Business School and a B.A. with high honors from the University of
Notre Dame.
Thomas
P. Cooper, M.D.
is a nationally
recognized healthcare entrepreneur, having used
his medical training and business experience to
found and manage several companies which have
become the national leaders in their respective
fields and generated $2 billion in revenues. His
experience and relationships help Aperture’s
portfolio companies in a variety of valuable ways
(operations, strategy, recruiting, regulatory,
reimbursement). Companies that Tom has
founded and managed include a national emergency
physician company (Spectrum Emergency Care:
Acquired by Laidlaw, Inc.), the largest
correctional facility healthcare company
(Correctional Medical Services) and the largest
provider of X-Ray/EKG to nursing homes (Mobilex
USA: Acquired by Integrated Health Services).
These companies have had combined revenues of over
$2 billion, serve over five thousand facilities,
are located in all 50 states and reach more than
four million patients. Tom serves on the Boards of
Cardiocore Lab, IPC The Hospitalist Company and
Kindred Healthcare and is actively involved with
other portfolio companies of Aperture. He is
an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School
teaching courses on entrepreneurship. He received
his M.D. from Indiana University and his B.A. from
DePauw University.
Eric H. Sillman has worked at Aperture since inception and is involved in all aspects of the business. He is actively engaged with many of Aperture’s portfolio companies and was closely involved with Aperture’s successful exits including Mako Surgical, Interlace Medical, Conor Medsystems and Ception Therapeutics. Prior to Aperture, Eric worked in a variety of professional services capacities. At UBS, he executed merger and acquisition, equity and debt transactions. At The Parthenon Group, he helped companies assess expansion strategies and e-commerce initiatives. At TechnoServe, he assisted early stage companies with market analyses, financial management and organizational structures and instituted a methodology to measure organizational impact. He currently serves on the Board of Xlumena. He also serves on the Board of Agora Partnerships and on TechnoServe's Board of Members. He received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and B.A. from Brown University.
Advisory
Board
John L. Cecil is a private investor, and since 2005 has served as an advisor to a number of financial services institutions. From 1994 until 2000, Mr. Cecil was the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and was a member of the Lehman Brothers’ Operating and Executive Committees. From 2001 until 2004, Mr. Cecil served as Chairman of CP Kelco, a privately-held specialty chemicals company, where he oversaw the successful turnaround at the company, culminating in its sale at the end of 2004. Prior to Lehman Brothers, Mr. Cecil was a Director in the New York City office of McKinsey & Company, Inc. Mr. Cecil joined McKinsey in 1980, was elected partner in 1986, and was a Director from 1991 through 1993. Mr. Cecil is a member of the Board of Directors of Epoch Investment Partners, a publicly-owned investment management firm. He is a Senior Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Graham-Windham Agency and is also on the Board of Directors of The Graham School (a New York Special Act Public School). He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Bendheim Center for Finance at Princeton University. Finally, Mr. Cecil serves on the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Global Conservation Council. Mr. Cecil graduated with honors from Princeton University in 1976 with an A.B. in public and international affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School. He graduated from Harvard Law School with a J.D. Magna Cum Laude in 1980 and, the same year, received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, graduating as a Baker Scholar.
Paul
R. Charron currently
serves as a Senior Advisor at Warburg Pincus, LLC,
the global private equity group. He also is
Chairman of Campbell Soup Company. He retired as
Chief Executive Officer of Liz Claiborne, Inc. in
2006, a position he held since 1995. From
1996-2006, Mr. Charron was also Chairman of the
Board. Previously, Mr. Charron was Executive
Vice President of VF Corporation, the country's
largest publicly-held apparel manufacturer.
Before joining VF in 1988, Mr. Charron served as
President and Chief Operating Officer of Brown
& Bigelow, the Minnesota-based promotional
products firm. He also served as Senior Vice
President, Sales and Marketing at Cannon Mills
Company, a New York-based bath and bedding
manufacturer, and worked in marketing management
positions at General Foods Corporation. His
business career began in the brand management
organization at Procter & Gamble. Mr.
Charron is a member of the American Society of
Corporate Executives and a Director of Vital
Voices Global Partnership. Mr. Charron is a
graduate of the University of Notre Dame and
Harvard Business School.
Peter
A. Flaherty is a Director Emeritus of McKinsey & Company.
Mr. Flaherty served for many years on
McKinsey’s Investment Advisory Committee, which
is responsible for pension and discretionary
partner investments, with a particular focus on
alternative investments.In June 2001, he moved to part-time status
with McKinsey to focus increasingly on private
investing and not-for-profit interests.
Since 2005, Mr. Flaherty has been a
Managing Director of Arcon Partners, a private
investment firm. He is a member of the Boards of Rockefeller
University, The Foreign Policy Association, The
Kenyon Review, TechnoServe and the Leadership Academy
of the New York City Schools. He is Chairman of the Advisory Council for
the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International
Studies. He is a member of the Board of Visitors of the
Institute for International Studies at Stanford University
and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Flaherty is a graduate of Stanford University, the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies and the Harvard Business School.
Edward
L. Kuntz is
a leading healthcare executive in the United
States, bringing deep industry knowledge and
contacts. He currently is Chairman of
Kindred Healthcare, Inc., one of the largest
providers of long-term healthcare services in the
United States. Kindred is a New York Stock
Exchange listed company with revenues in excess of
$4 billion, and is also a Fortune “500”
company. In January 2004, Mr. Kuntz
relinquished his position as CEO of Kindred, after
serving as CEO for more than five years.
Prior to Kindred, Mr. Kuntz was an advisor to a
number of healthcare companies and investment
groups, including a venture capital firm. He
was also CEO of Living Centers of America, a
leading long-term healthcare company. Mr.
Kuntz began his career in the private practice of
law and served as Associate General Counsel of ARA
Services (now Aramark). Mr. Kuntz is a
director of Rotech Healthcare, an Operating
Partner at Sentinel Capital Partners, a private
equity firm, and an Advisory Director of Woodway
Financial Advisors, a Texas-based trust company
and financial advisory firm. He has been
active in numerous professional associations,
including the Alliance for Quality Healthcare, the
American Health Care Association and the
Federation of American Hospitals. Mr. Kuntz
graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts
degree and also received Juris Doctor and Master
of Law degrees from Temple University.