Alexander S. Panos Joins The Shansby Group as a Vice President in the Private Equity Firm.Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2001 The Shansby Group, a leading private equity investment group specializing in consumer products businesses, announced today that Alexander S. Panos has rejoined the firm as a Vice President. Mr. Panos most recently was a Vice President in the Corporate Finance Department of Robertson Stephens, Inc., an investment banking firm, where he specialized in consumer products companies. He left The Shansby Group in March 2000 to help co-found a software company, Syllexis Networks. "We are delighted to have Alex back with us at The Shansby Group," said Charles "Chuck" Esserman, a Managing Member and co-founder of the firm. "Alex's strong background in finance and the consumer industry will prove an excellent asset for us as we continue to expand our portfolio of companies and brands." "The Shansby Group is an exciting private equity firm with a terrific reputation," said Mr. Panos. "I am very pleased to be associated with them again." Mr. Panos' responsibilities will include sourcing transactions, helping to arrange financings and working with portfolio companies. He started his finance career with Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER TYO: 8675 ), through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides capital markets services, investment banking and advisory services, wealth management, asset management, insurance, banking and related products and services on a global basis. & Co. in July 1992, working both in the San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden corporate finance department and then with the firm's equity capital markets group in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Mr. Panos then attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. , joining the M&A group at Bear Stearns & Co. upon his graduation, where he was an investment banker Investment Banker A person representing a financial institution that is in the business of raising capital for corporations and municipalities. Notes: An investment banker may not accept deposits or make commercial loans. until first coming to The Shansby Group in October 1998. In addition to his M.B.A. from Wharton, Mr. Panos holds a B.S. degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. The Shansby Group is a leading private equity group specializing in consumer products companies with strong brands and high growth potential that can benefit from the group's growth capital and strategic, marketing and financial expertise. Among consumer products companies that The Shansby Group has owned are Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies, Inc., Arrowhead Mills and Terra Chips, Authentic Specialty Foods, including LaVictoria and Calidad Mexican foods, and Met-Rx Nutrition. Current portfolio companies include The Spic and Span Spic and Span brand of household cleaner. [Trademarks: Crowley Trade, 546] See : Cleanliness Companies, Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corporation The Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corporation is an American manufacturer of macadamia nuts, a subsidiary of The Hershey Company, and is the worlds largest processor of macadamia nuts.[1] Since 2004,[2] they are a subsidiary of The Hershey Company. , and Medtech Products, Inc., the holdings of which include Cutex nail care products, Compound W, Momentum Arthritis Pain Formula, Dermoplast and the ArthxDS brand of glucosamine glucosamine /glu·co·sa·mine/ (gloo-ko´sah-men) an amino derivative of glucose, occurring in glycosaminoglycans and a variety of complex polysaccharides such as blood group substances. . |
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