Vincent Mai is Cranemere’s Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer.
Prior to Cranemere, Vincent was CEO and / or Chairman of AEA Investors, a private equity firm founded to make investments on behalf of S.G. Warburg & Co., as well as the Rockefeller, Mellon, and Harriman families. During Vincent’s 20+ year tenure, AEA was ranked in the top 10 of 5,600 firms worldwide for the most consistent high performance by research firm Preqin1. At AEA Vincent served on numerous boards in a period where more than 80% of the value creation was driven by revenue growth and margin improvement. Vincent also served as Chairman of the AEA Mezzanine and Small Business funds.
Vincent was the former chairman of the board of Sesame Workshop, producers of Sesame Street, has been a director of the Council on Foreign Relations, and has served on the boards of the International Center for Transitional Justice and the Juilliard School, among others.
1 Based the period of Vincent’s tenure, 1989 – 2011
Our Team
Vincent is joined by a team of dedicated professionals with business building expertise across the United States and Europe who have collectively created several billion dollars of equity value and made more than 50 acquisitions.
Europe
London (Head Office)
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Rosario Corcione
Managing Director
Rosario joined Cranemere in 2019 with over 16 years of private equity experience and leads our activities in Europe. He is a member of the Board of the Engineered Stone Group. Prior to Cranemere, Rosario was a Senior Principal in the Direct Private Equity team at CPP Investments where he was responsible for the European Industrials and Business Services verticals, and led major investments in the technology and information industries as well. Previously, he worked at First Reserve, AEA Investors where he worked with Vincent Mai and Chris Mahan, Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity and Goldman Sachs. Prior to business school, Rosario was a Lieutenant of the Italian Air Force, graduating first in his class from the Italian Air Force Academy. He received a MSc from Bocconi University's School of Management in Milan and a BA cum laude from the University of Naples.
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Eddie Gandevia
Principal
Eddie has seven years of experience acquiring and building businesses. He focuses on identifying, evaluating and partnering with Cranemere's operating companies. Prior to Cranemere, Eddie spent several years working for McKinsey & Company and founded and sold an EdTech company. He has an MBA with honors from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, and a Bachelor of Laws with honors and a Bachelor of Science from the University of New South Wales.
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Chad Rowe
Finance Director
Chad is a Chartered Accountant with 15 years of experience in finance and accounting. He manages the finance and accounting functions of Cranemere. Prior to Cranemere he worked at as an auditor for Deloitte, and in Manager and Financial Controller roles at public companies, including Anglo American PLC, and Subsea 7 S.A.. He has a Bachelor of Business and a Bachelor of Information Technology from the Queensland University of Technology.
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Tim Farquharson
Senior Vice President
Tim joined Cranemere in 2021 with more than 10 years experience investing in and advising businesses across a variety of industries including technology, healthcare, consumer and industrials. Prior to Cranemere, Tim spent several years at CPP Investments, where he worked extensively with Rosario Corcione as a member of the Direct Private Equity team, and, prior to that, at CD&R. An Engineering graduate from Oxford University, Tim started his career in UBS' investment banking team.
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Catriona Brown
Vice President - Legal
Catriona has over eight years experience representing founder led businesses and investors in those businesses. At Cranemere, Catriona advises on all aspects of our acquisition and operating work. Prior to Cranemere, Catriona worked in the London office of Orrick, Herrington & Suttcliffe, representing clients in the UK, US, Europe and Africa in relation to investments and M&A, often with a cross border element. Catriona obtained her Bachelor of Laws with honors at Aberdeen University.
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Harry Milligan
Corporate Secretary
Harry focuses on Corporate Governance, Shareholder Relations and supporting the Cranemere Board of Directors. Prior to Cranemere, Harry was a Paralegal at ClearBank working in FCA and PRA compliance and strategic partnerships. He graduated as Best Honours Student in Scots and English Law from the University of Dundee.
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Bartlomiej Grabowy
Associate
Bartlomiej focuses on identifying, evaluating and partnering with Cranemere's operating companies. Prior to joining Cranemere, Bartlomiej worked as Consultant at Simon-Kucher & Partners. He studied at University of Freiburg and received a Master of Science in Finance and Accounting from Warsaw School of Economics.
North America
New York & Washington DC
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Christopher Mahan
Senior Managing Director
Christopher has been acquiring and building businesses for 30 years including 20 years working with Vincent Mai at AEA Investors where he retired as a Partner and CFO. He joined Cranemere at its founding and has led, co-led or been an integral executive with respect to the acquisition and development of 14 operating companies, including four of Cranemere’s operating businesses. He serves on the Board of Directors of Exemplis, Velocity Vehicle Group and Crossroads Equipment Finance and serves as Chairman of the Board of the Engineered Stone Group. Prior to Cranemere, he served as Chairman of the Board of both Convenience Food Systems and CPG International (now AZEK) and has served as a board member of virtually all the companies he has worked with. He started his career at Bain & Company and was an original partner of OceanBridge Partners.. He graduated from Amherst College with honors.
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Vivake Bhalla
Chief Financial Officer
Vivake has 20 years of experience acquiring and building businesses. He focuses on identifying, evaluating and partnering with Cranemere's operating companies. Prior to Cranemere, Vivake worked in management consulting for McKinsey & Company and as an investor in the clean energy, real estate and consumer sectors for Terra Firma Capital Partners and Qatar Holding. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Masters in Engineering from Imperial College, London.
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Evan Farber
General Counsel
Evan has more than twenty years of transactions, compliance, governance and legal experience, consisting of more than ten years as the Chief Legal Officer of The Advisory Board Company, which was a publicly-traded company focused on the health care and education industries until its successful sale. At The Advisory Board Company, Mr. Farber also managed its legal, privacy, information security, business affairs, real estate and information technology functions. Prior to The Advisory Board Company, Evan was a partner at Hogan & Hartson LLP (now Hogan Lovells). Mr. Farber is a graduate of Binghamton University (SUNY) and The George Washington University Law School.
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Eric Minkove
Senior Managing Director
Eric has been acquiring, building and leading businesses for nearly 20 years, including more than 10 years working with Jeffrey Zients. He leads Cranemere’s Healthcare and Business Services groups. Prior to Cranemere, Eric has been the CEO of PSA Healthcare and BestPractices and a Partner with TPG Growth and Portfolio Logic. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BBA in Finance from James Madison University.
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Diana Propper de Callejon
Managing Director
Diana has over 20 years of experience backing and building purpose-led companies. She focuses on identifying, evaluating and partnering with Cranemere's operating companies. Prior to Cranemere, Diana was co-managing partner at Expansion Capital Partners, providing growth capital and was a board member of companies in sustainability markets including green building, energy services, and resource efficiency. She has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University.
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Sanford Krieger
Special Counsel
Sandy has been advising private holding companies and investment vehicles for more than 35 years with a focus on legal strategies, fundraising, deployment of capital, compliance, regulation and governance. He was a senior partner in the New York and London offices of Fried Frank, was a partner and General Counsel at AEA Investors from 2003- 2013, and has been with Cranemere since 2013. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Cornell University.
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Amy Stout
Operating Partner
Amy is an Operating Partner and is also serving as the Interim President of Clinical Services at Cranemere operating company, NorthStar Anesthesia. She also serves on the Board of Directors for NorthStar. Prior to joining Cranemere, Amy served as the CEO of Advisory Board Research (a division of Optum), which provides research, best practice solutions, data and analytics, and expert support to health care organizations. In this role, Amy was responsible for strategy development, product development, sales and client management, recruiting and retaining key talent, and managing a team of over 500. Amy earned an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and a BS from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
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Minesh Mistry
Principal
Minesh has nearly 20 years of experience as an investor, entrepreneur and operator. He focuses on identifying, evaluating and partnering with Cranemere's operating companies. Prior to Cranemere, he co-founded a consumer technology business that was acquired by Groupon and spent nearly a decade as an investor at General Atlantic focused on healthcare technology and services. Minesh began his career at Morgan Stanley. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School, and a Bachelor of Science of Public Health with Honors from UNC-Chapel Hill.
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John Morley
Principal
John has more than ten years of experience investing in and advising businesses. He focuses on identifying, evaluating and partnering with Cranemere's operating companies. John works closely with Exemplis, Velocity Vehicle Group and Crossroads Equipment Finance. Prior to Cranemere, John spent several years at Greenbriar Equity Group, a private equity firm focused on investments in the logistics, distribution and transportation sectors. John began his career at Citigroup in its investment banking division. He graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, with a concentration in Finance.
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Jackie Kier
Senior Vice President
Jackie focuses on identifying, evaluating and partnering with Cranemere's operating companies. Prior to Cranemere, Jackie served as a Senior Policy Advisor at the National Economic Council (NEC) at The White House in the Obama Administration, working alongside Jeffrey Zients. Jackie began her career working in financial services at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Jefferies & Co. She has an MBA from The Wharton School and an AB from Dartmouth College.
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Shilpa Rao
Director, Health Care
Shilpa is focused on optimizing performance within Cranemere's healthcare operating companies. Prior to Cranemere, Shilpa was in the Corporate Strategy and New Product Development group at the Advisory Board Company. Shilpa began her career at McKinsey & Company, specializing in healthcare. She holds an MBA from The Wharton School, a Master of Science from The London School of Economics, and a Bachelor of Science in Molecular Genetics from the University of Rochester.
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Hannah Wang
Senior Associate
Hannah focuses on identifying, evaluating and partnering with Cranemere’s operating companies. Prior to joining Cranemere, Hannah was a Private Equity Associate within The Carlyle Group’s U.S. Buyout fund, where she focused on investments in industrials and transportation. Hannah began her career at Centerview Partners in its generalist M&A practice. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Dartmouth College.
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Fiona Lam
Associate
Fiona focuses on identifying, evaluating and partnering with Cranemere's operating companies. Prior to joining Cranemere, Fiona worked in investment banking in Morgan Stanley's Consumer Retail Group. She received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa.
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Charlie Cellar
Associate
Charlie focuses on identifying, evaluating and partnering with Cranemere's operating companies. Prior to joining Cranemere, Charlie was an Investment Banking Analyst in the Global Industrials Group at Jefferies. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Economics from Vanderbilt University.
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Eric Welter
Associate
Eric focuses on identifying, evaluating and partnering with Cranemere's operating companies. Prior to joining Cranemere, Eric was a Private Equity Associate at Castanea Partners, and he began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst in Lazard's Middle Market Advisory Group. He received a B.B.A. in Finance and a B.A. in Spanish, both with High Distinction, from the University of Iowa
Our Shareholders
Our shareholders are individuals, families, and institutions from the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Many of our shareholders have built businesses over multiple generations. They share our vision of long-term value creation and play an active role by lending their expertise.
Our shareholders have joined us because we manage risk carefully with conservative leverage; our model is a highly cost-efficient model for compounding free cash flow; we have an engaged, shareholder-led governance structure; aligned management incentives; and a long-term orientation that builds greater value in our companies.
