Partners and Senior Advisors
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Joseph L. Rice, III,
Chairman
Mr. Rice is a founder of the Firm and 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 and Co-founder of the Private Capital Research Institute. Mr. Rice is 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 23 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 Chairman of the Cancer Research Institute, Senior Vice Chairman of The Mount Sinai Medical Center, a Trustee 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 sixteen years at CD&R, Mr. Conway has been active in a number of the Firm’s investments and organizational initiatives and works closely with the Chief Executive Officer 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 22 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 Alliant, Allison Engine, Atkore, EMSC, Hertz, Hussmann, Lexmark, Rexel, Sally Beauty, ServiceMaster, Spie, Univar and US Foods. 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. Mr. Banga played the lead operating role on the Firm’s successful investment in Diversey. He has been on the Prime Minister of India’s Council of Trade & Industry since 2004. He is a Director of Marks and Spencer Group plc and 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. -
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 Chairman of Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc., and Hussman International, Inc. HD Supply, Inc. and Hussmann International, Inc. and serves on the boards of NCI Building Systems, Inc. and PPG Industries, Inc. He is former 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 fifteen years as a senior advisor to the Firm. He is responsible for managing relationships with critical external stakeholders, including limited partners. He leads the fundraising team and is involved in related capital access activities. He serves on the board of the Private Capital Research Institute, a not-for-profit corporation focused on advancing the understanding of private capital role in the global economy. Previously, Mr. Franco served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Broadgate Consultants, an advisor to private equity managers, which he founded in 1987 in conjunction with U.K.-based securities firm Hoare Govett. He has 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 has been with CD&R for eight years. He plays a leading role in the Firm’s investments in Emergency Medical Services Corporation, Sally Beauty and ServiceMaster and is currently a Director at each company. Prior to joining CD&R, Mr. Giuriceo worked in the principal investment area and investment banking division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Giuriceo earned a B.S. from Boston College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. -
Marco Herbst
Mr. Herbst joined the Firm’s London office in 2006. He has played a key role in several of the Firm’s investments, including the acquisition of BCA where he serves as a Director. Previously, he worked for Duke Street Capital, where his responsibilities included transaction origination, execution and transformation. Mr. Herbst also worked at Merrill Lynch & Co., advising financial institutions across Europe on acquisitions as well as debt and equity transactions. Mr. Herbst is a graduate of Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi in Milan, Italy. -
George K. Jaquette
Mr. Jaquette has been with the Firm for 12 years and is principally engaged in sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities. He plays a leading role in the Firm’s investments in HGI Holding, Inc. and Univar, serving as a Director of both companies. Mr. Jaquette also was instrumental in the acquisitions and subsequent sales of VWR and Diversey. 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 a member of the boards of Rexel, 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,
Senior Advisor
Mr. Lafley became a senior CD&R advisor 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. -
Terence P. Leahy,
Senior Advisor
Mr. Leahy became a senior CD&R advisor in 2011 and is based in London. In his 32-year career at Tesco plc, Mr. Leahy helped to transform the company into the third largest retailer in the world, serving in a number of senior positions, including Chief eExecutive Officer from 1997 to 2011. During his CEO tenure, Tesco quadrupled both sales and profits and expanded into new products, store formats, lines of business and geographies. Mr. Leahy was chancellor of UMIST, his alma mater, from 2002 until 2004, when he became a co-chancellor of the newly-formed University of Manchester. He was honored with a Doctor of Science from Cranfield University in June 2007. -
Edward M. Liddy
Mr. Liddy joined CD&R in January 2008 and serves as Chairman of ServiceMaster and US Foods. 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 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 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 15 years. Based in London, he is the lead financial partner responsible for BCA 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. 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. -
Paul S. Pressler
Mr. Pressler joined CD&R in 2009 after leading some of the best known brands in the world. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Gap Inc. from 2002-2007. Previously, Mr. Pressler spent 15 years with The Walt Disney Company. Most recently, he was Chairman of the Company’s global theme park and resorts division. Mr. Pressler also served as President of Disneyland and President of The Disney Stores. Mr. Pressler is the Chairman of HGI Holding, Inc. and serves on the boards of Avon Products, Inc. and OpenTable, Inc. -
Roberto Quarta
Mr. Quarta has been with CD&R for 11 years and is Chairman of CD&R Europe. Based in London, he plays the lead operating role in the Firm’s investments in Rexel and SPIE, helping the management teams drive key operational and corporate initiatives. He is Chairman of the Rexel Supervisory Board and a Director of SPIE. 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 Chairman of IMI plc and a former Director of Azure Dynamic Corp., Equant NV and PowerGen, plc. 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 has been with CD&R for eight years and is based in London. He is the lead financial partner for the Firm’s investments in Exova and Spie, serving as Director of both companies. He also led the sale of Brakes and served as a director prior to CD&R’s sale. 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 16 years. He led the acquisitions and subsequent sales of VWR and Diversey; the acquisition of HGI Holding, Inc.; the acquisition of Emergency Medical Services Corporation; the acquisition of US Foods 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 EMSC, HGI Holding, Inc., Sally Beauty and US Foods. 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 11 years. He led, co-led or was otherwise integral to CD&R’s investments in Hussmann International, Atkore International, NCI Building Systems, US Foods, Hertz, Culligan and Brakes. He currently serves as a director of Atkore, Culligan, HD Supply, Hussmann, NCI and US Foods. He has also been integral to sale or merger transactions for Alliant Foodservice and Jafra. Prior to CD&R, he worked in the investment banking division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and at investment firm Tiger Management. Mr. Sleeper holds a B.A. from Williams College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. -
George W. Tamke
Mr. Tamke joined CD&R 12 years ago and 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 was a Director of Target Corporation from June 1999 to March 2010. Mr. Tamke holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from Vanderbilt University and an M.S. in management science from Stanford University. -
Sonja Terraneo
Ms. Terraneo joined CD&R in 2011 and is based in Europe. Previously, she was a partner and Global Head of Industrials at Permira. Prior to Permira, Ms. Terraneo worked at Cinven, where she was a partner, and at Schroder Ventures, Permira’s predecessor. She earned an M.B.A. degree from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University and also participated in Harvard Business School’s Program for Management Development. -
David H. Wasserman
Mr. Wasserman has been with the Firm for 13 years. He led CD&R’s investments in Univar, Hertz, Culligan and ServiceMaster and currently serves as a Director at each company. 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.,
Senior Advisor
Mr. Welch became a senior CD&R advisor 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.
Partners and Senior Advisors
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Joseph L. Rice, III,
Chairman
Mr. Rice is a founder of the Firm and 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 and Co-founder of the Private Capital Research Institute. Mr. Rice is 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 23 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 Chairman of the Cancer Research Institute, Senior Vice Chairman of The Mount Sinai Medical Center, a Trustee 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 sixteen years at CD&R, Mr. Conway has been active in a number of the Firm’s investments and organizational initiatives and works closely with the Chief Executive Officer 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 22 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 Alliant, Allison Engine, Atkore, EMSC, Hertz, Hussmann, Lexmark, Rexel, Sally Beauty, ServiceMaster, Spie, Univar and US Foods. 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. Mr. Banga played the lead operating role on the Firm’s successful investment in Diversey. He has been on the Prime Minister of India’s Council of Trade & Industry since 2004. He is a Director of Marks and Spencer Group plc and 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. -
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 Chairman of Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc., and Hussman International, Inc. HD Supply, Inc. and Hussmann International, Inc. and serves on the boards of NCI Building Systems, Inc. and PPG Industries, Inc. He is former 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 fifteen years as a senior advisor to the Firm. He is responsible for managing relationships with critical external stakeholders, including limited partners. He leads the fundraising team and is involved in related capital access activities. He serves on the board of the Private Capital Research Institute, a not-for-profit corporation focused on advancing the understanding of private capital role in the global economy. Previously, Mr. Franco served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Broadgate Consultants, an advisor to private equity managers, which he founded in 1987 in conjunction with U.K.-based securities firm Hoare Govett. He has 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 has been with CD&R for eight years. He plays a leading role in the Firm’s investments in Emergency Medical Services Corporation, Sally Beauty and ServiceMaster and is currently a Director at each company. Prior to joining CD&R, Mr. Giuriceo worked in the principal investment area and investment banking division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Giuriceo earned a B.S. from Boston College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. -
Marco Herbst
Mr. Herbst joined the Firm’s London office in 2006. He has played a key role in several of the Firm’s investments, including the acquisition of BCA where he serves as a Director. Previously, he worked for Duke Street Capital, where his responsibilities included transaction origination, execution and transformation. Mr. Herbst also worked at Merrill Lynch & Co., advising financial institutions across Europe on acquisitions as well as debt and equity transactions. Mr. Herbst is a graduate of Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi in Milan, Italy. -
George K. Jaquette
Mr. Jaquette has been with the Firm for 12 years and is principally engaged in sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities. He plays a leading role in the Firm’s investments in HGI Holding, Inc. and Univar, serving as a Director of both companies. Mr. Jaquette also was instrumental in the acquisitions and subsequent sales of VWR and Diversey. 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 a member of the boards of Rexel, 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,
Senior Advisor
Mr. Lafley became a senior CD&R advisor 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. -
Terence P. Leahy,
Senior Advisor
Mr. Leahy became a senior CD&R advisor in 2011 and is based in London. In his 32-year career at Tesco plc, Mr. Leahy helped to transform the company into the third largest retailer in the world, serving in a number of senior positions, including Chief eExecutive Officer from 1997 to 2011. During his CEO tenure, Tesco quadrupled both sales and profits and expanded into new products, store formats, lines of business and geographies. Mr. Leahy was chancellor of UMIST, his alma mater, from 2002 until 2004, when he became a co-chancellor of the newly-formed University of Manchester. He was honored with a Doctor of Science from Cranfield University in June 2007. -
Edward M. Liddy
Mr. Liddy joined CD&R in January 2008 and serves as Chairman of ServiceMaster and US Foods. 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 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 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 15 years. Based in London, he is the lead financial partner responsible for BCA 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. 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. -
Paul S. Pressler
Mr. Pressler joined CD&R in 2009 after leading some of the best known brands in the world. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Gap Inc. from 2002-2007. Previously, Mr. Pressler spent 15 years with The Walt Disney Company. Most recently, he was Chairman of the Company’s global theme park and resorts division. Mr. Pressler also served as President of Disneyland and President of The Disney Stores. Mr. Pressler is the Chairman of HGI Holding, Inc. and serves on the boards of Avon Products, Inc. and OpenTable, Inc. -
Roberto Quarta
Mr. Quarta has been with CD&R for 11 years and is Chairman of CD&R Europe. Based in London, he plays the lead operating role in the Firm’s investments in Rexel and SPIE, helping the management teams drive key operational and corporate initiatives. He is Chairman of the Rexel Supervisory Board and a Director of SPIE. 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 Chairman of IMI plc and a former Director of Azure Dynamic Corp., Equant NV and PowerGen, plc. 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 has been with CD&R for eight years and is based in London. He is the lead financial partner for the Firm’s investments in Exova and Spie, serving as Director of both companies. He also led the sale of Brakes and served as a director prior to CD&R’s sale. 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 16 years. He led the acquisitions and subsequent sales of VWR and Diversey; the acquisition of HGI Holding, Inc.; the acquisition of Emergency Medical Services Corporation; the acquisition of US Foods 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 EMSC, HGI Holding, Inc., Sally Beauty and US Foods. 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 11 years. He led, co-led or was otherwise integral to CD&R’s investments in Hussmann International, Atkore International, NCI Building Systems, US Foods, Hertz, Culligan and Brakes. He currently serves as a director of Atkore, Culligan, HD Supply, Hussmann, NCI and US Foods. He has also been integral to sale or merger transactions for Alliant Foodservice and Jafra. Prior to CD&R, he worked in the investment banking division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and at investment firm Tiger Management. Mr. Sleeper holds a B.A. from Williams College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. -
George W. Tamke
Mr. Tamke joined CD&R 12 years ago and 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 was a Director of Target Corporation from June 1999 to March 2010. Mr. Tamke holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from Vanderbilt University and an M.S. in management science from Stanford University. -
Sonja Terraneo
Ms. Terraneo joined CD&R in 2011 and is based in Europe. Previously, she was a partner and Global Head of Industrials at Permira. Prior to Permira, Ms. Terraneo worked at Cinven, where she was a partner, and at Schroder Ventures, Permira’s predecessor. She earned an M.B.A. degree from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University and also participated in Harvard Business School’s Program for Management Development. -
David H. Wasserman
Mr. Wasserman has been with the Firm for 13 years. He led CD&R’s investments in Univar, Hertz, Culligan and ServiceMaster and currently serves as a Director at each company. 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.,
Senior Advisor
Mr. Welch became a senior CD&R advisor 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.
