Vestar Capital Partners Announces New Managing Directors and Vice Presidents.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Vestar Capital Partners, a leading private equity firm, announced that Jean-Francois Felix, Vincent Fesquet and Brian K. Ratzan have been elected managing directors of the firm. In addition, Philippe Glessinger, Erin L. Russell, Oussama Takla, and Kristian M. Whalen were appointed vice presidents. "These professionals collectively bring many years of valuable experience to Vestar. We are fortunate to have them on our team and look forward to continued growth and success of the company with their contributions to the firm," said Vestar Founder and Chief Executive Officer Daniel S. O'Connell. Mr. Felix joined Vestar's Paris office in 2001. Previously, he was a principal with Equinoxe Industries in Paris, the European affiliate of Dimeling, Schreiber & Park, a U.S.-based private equity investment firm. He also spent three years with McKinsey & Co. in Paris. Jean-Francois received his M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. and is a graduate of HEC HEC Hautes Études Commerciales HEC Hautes Etudes Commerciales (French) HEC Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) HEC Hydrologic Engineering Center (Davis, CA) , Paris. Born and raised in France, Jean-Francois lives in Paris with his wife and three children. Mr. Fesquet joined Vestar's Paris office in 2001. Previously, he was with BC Partners for four years as a member of their Paris-based team. Before joining BC Partners, Vincent spent seven years with Arthur Andersen For the U.S. Supreme Court case commonly known as Arthur Andersen, see . Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms (the other four are PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG), performing in Paris. Vincent is a graduate of EDHEC EDHEC Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord (business school in Lille & Nice, France) in Lille and currently resides in Paris with his family of two children. Mr. Ratzan joined Vestar in 1998 and has 10 years of experience in the private equity industry. In addition, he previously served as a member of the Corporate Finance Group at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Mr. Ratzan earned an M.B.A. at the Harvard Business School and is a Phi Beta Kappa Phi Beta Kappa: see fraternity. Phi Beta Kappa Leading academic honour society in the U.S., which draws its membership from college and university students. The oldest Greek-letter society in the U.S. graduate of the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. . Originally from Long Island, N.Y., Mr. Ratzan is married with two children and lives in Westchester, N.Y. Mr. Glessinger and Mr. Takla are based out of Vestar's Paris office. Ms. Russell and Mr. Whalen work in the New York office. Promotions were effective January 2005. About Vestar Capital Partners Vestar Capital Partners is a leading private equity investment firm specializing in management buyouts Management buyout (MBO) Leveraged buyout whereby the acquiring group is led by the firm's management. management buyout See going private. , recapitalizations and growth capital investments. Vestar's investment strategy is targeted towards middle-market companies in the U.S. and Europe with valuations in the $200 million to $2 billion range. Since the firm's founding in 1988, Vestar has completed fifty investments in companies with a total value in excess of $15 billion. These companies have varied in size and geography and span a broad range of industries. Vestar currently manages funds totaling approximately $4 billion and has offices in New York, Denver, Boston, Paris and Milan. More information about Vestar is available at http://www.vestarcapital.com. |
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