While at Apax Partners, David served on the board of directors or was part of the team which invested in Alain Afflelou, Vivendi medical publishing assets, Vivendi B2B media assets, BFM radio, Heytens retail stores, Mondial Tissus, Arkadin, and Newsfam. David structured, monitored and sold Wendel’s successful investments in Deutsch and Stallergenes. David Darmon graduated from Essec and has an MBA from Insead. David Darmon is Wendel North America CEO since 2013. Member of the Investment Committee.

Board member of Allied Universal.  

Adam previously worked for Onex, a leading Canadian investment firm, where he was leading origination and due diligence efforts in the chemicals and specialty materials industries and has worked on several private equity transactions, including the acquisitions of The Warranty Group, Skilled Healthcare, Cypress Insurance Group, RSI Home Products and JELD-WEN Holding, inc.

During 2009, Adam served as a member of the executive management team at Celestica, Inc., where he was actively involved in developing Celestica`s growth and operational improvement strategy.

Before joining Onex, Adam was with JPMorgan’s Leveraged Finance Group for eight years, where he led financings for financial sponsors and corporate clients, principally in the chemical and healthcare industries. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BS from Binghamton University.

Board member of Allied Universal.

Before joining Wendel in 2013, Mel served as the Chairman of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP for 18 years and was a partner in the law firm’s Corporate Department. He serves as Vice Chair of the Legal Aid Society and on the Columbia Law School Dean's Council and the Columbia Law School Board of Visitors. Mel also serves as executive advisor to venture capital firm Marker LLC and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a member of the United States European Command Advisory Panel and a former member of the United States Southern Command Advisory Panel. Mel is Vice Chairman of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum and served on the Defense Business Board of the United States Department of Defense. He is a recipient of The Jewish Theological Seminary Simon H. Rifkind Award, the Legal Aid Society's Servant of Justice Award and the Fund for Modern Courts John J. McCloy Memorial Award. Mel received his BA from the University of Pennsylvania and his JD and MBA from Columbia University.

Board of Allied Universal.

In 2014, Harper co-founded a transportation-based start-up in New York. Before joining MidOcean, Harper worked as an Associate at Citi Private Equity. Harper began her career as an Analyst in investment banking at J.P. Morgan Chase.
Harper holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Prior to Macquarie, Jamie graduated cum laude from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with Distinction.

Kyle graduated from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Economics, with concentrations in Finance and Management. He also received a Minor in French Studies.

As a consultant, he spent 6 months at the French Sovereign Fund. Previously, he had completed various internships at Société Générale, Havas Group and JP Morgan.

Prior to joining us, Andrew worked at J.P. Morgan as an Investment Banking Analyst for 3 years.

Andrew graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University in New York, with a degree in Applied Economics and Management. 

 

Previously he completed a yearlong internship with Wendel and interned with Morgan Stanley and Mizuho Americas.

Praneeth graduated summa cum laude from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Economics.