Executive Advisor Partners
Our EAPs are seasoned and successful executives who are active participants in all aspects of our investment process.
Drawing upon years of experience and offering valuable insight, EAPs assist Wind Point with executive identification and evaluation, due diligence on new opportunities, and portfolio company monitoring and team development. EAPs also invest in portfolio companies alongside Wind Point.
A Partial Listing of Executive Advisor Partners
Tony Anderson
Former Chair and Midwest Managing Partner, Ernst & Young
Dave Beré
Former Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Nonni's (former Wind Point portfolio company)
Farrukh Bezar
Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, CSX
Anders Berggren
Former Sector Chief Executive Officer, Marmon Group; Senior Vice President, Husqvarna Group
Stan Bikulege
Chair and Chief Executive Officer; Novolex (former Wind Point portfolio company)
Bob Black
Former Group President, Kimberly-Clark International
Randall Boyd
Former Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Guckenheimer Food Services
Guy Broadbent
President, Vector Advisors LLC; Former Chief Executive Officer, Argotec (former Wind Point portfolio company); Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Xcellerex
Bruce Carbonari
Former Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Fortune Brands
Court Carruthers
President and Chief Executive Officer, TricorBraun; Director, Ryerson Holding; Former Group President, Americas Grainger
Bob Chauvin
Former President, Tyco SimplexGrinnell
Charlie Crew
Former President and Chief Executive Officer, SABIC Innovative Plastics
Arnold Donald
President and Chief Executive Officer, Carnival Corporation
Katie Doyle
Former Chief Executive Officer, Swanson Health; Former SVP and Corporate Officer, Abbott Laboratories
Ted Dysart
Vice Chair, Heidrick & Struggles
Jamie Egasti
Former Chief Executive Officer, Catalina; Former Chief Executive Officer, Folgers Coffee Company
Carol Eicher
Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Innocor, Inc.
Mike Fitzpatrick
Former Director, President and Chief Operating Officer, Rohm & Haas; Former Chief Executive Officer and Chair, Citadel Plastics (former Wind Point portfolio company)
John Gardner
Vice Chair emeritus and Senior Advisor, Heidrick & Struggles
Andee Harris
Chief Executive Officer, Challenger
Steve Hochhauser
Former Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Johns Manville
Mark Holden
Former Owner and Chief Executive Officer, Quantix (fka A&R Logistics)
Chris Hornung
Co-Founder, Sturbridge Capital; Former Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Cycle (former Wind Point portfolio company)
Mike Huff
Co-Chairman and Former CEO, Ascensus Specialties (Wind Point portfolio company); CEO & COO, Citadel Plastics (former Wind Point portfolio company); Vice President, Global Reinforcements, Johns Manville.
Darrell Hughes
Chief Executive Officer, Aurora Plastics (former Wind Point portfolio company); former General Manager, Materials North America, Avery Dennison
Rob King
Former Chief Executive Officer, Cytosport Inc.; Former Executive Vice President and President - North America, Pepsi Bottling
Pat Larmon
Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Bunzl North America, Inc.
Tracy Leinbach
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Ryder System, Inc.
Rick Lenny
Non-Executive Chair, Conagra Brands, Inc.; Former Chair and Chief Executive Officer, The Hershey Company
Joe Messner
Former Chief Executive Officer, Petmate (former Wind Point portfolio company)
Greg Muldoon
Chair, STG Logistics (Wind Point portfolio company); Former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Browning-Ferris Industries; Former Chief Executive Officer, AIR-Serv Holdings (former Wind Point portfolio company)
Becky O'Grady
Former President, Haagen-Dazs, International Marketing and Consumer Insights, General Mills
George Pierson
Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Kleinfelder Group; Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Parsons Brinckerhoff
John Rice
Former President of the Americas, Unilever; Former Co-Chair, Rupari Foods (former Wind Point portfolio company)
Matthew Shattock
Former Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Beam Suntory Inc.
Chris Sliva
Former President and CEO, AdvancePierre Foods; Former President and Chief Operating Officer, TreeHouse Foods.
Steven Stanbrook
Former Chief Operating Officer, International, S.C. Johnson
Craig Stinson
Former Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Breeze Industrial Products (former Wind Point portfolio company)
Victor Swint
Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Tecomet, Inc.; Former Chief Executive Officer, Interface Solutions (former Wind Point portfolio company)
Alice Tillett
Chief Executive Officer, Petmate (former Wind Point portfolio company)
Executive Advisor Partners are not employees of Wind Point Partners, they are third party consultants utilized by Wind Point on a periodic basis. EAPs may receive direct compensation from a portfolio company under terms agreed to by the portfolio company and the EAP and this compensation will not offset management fees. Any compensation received by EAPs at the portfolio company level will be indirectly borne by the Fund by virtue of the Fund’s investment in a portfolio company.