Given Castle Harlan’s long history, Castle Harlan has built a network of seasoned executives with whom we have worked and invested with over the years. Comprised of more than 100 individuals from around the world, who are established leaders in their fields, the Castle Harlan Senior Advisors bring unique insight, experience and relationships, which are often directly related and beneficial to Castle Harlan’s portfolio investments. Our network includes current and former business executives, entrepreneurs, consultants and politicians – contributing skills to the various strategic, organizational, and operational challenges our portfolio companies face. In many cases, this network includes current and former CEOs, senior managers and board members of former Castle Harlan and CHAMP portfolio companies. Castle Harlan seeks to actively engage with its Castle Harlan Senior Advisors to source transactions, assist with due diligence and then to complement the investment team’s efforts to execute on value creation plans with our portfolio companies.
Among Castle Harlan’s current Castle Harlan Senior Advisors and Affiliates are individuals who either presently serve or have served as directors and senior management of the companies listed below:
| Castle Harlan Senior Advisor Corporate Experience | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Express Company | Eastdil Securities | Jostens Inc. | RathGibson Inc. | |||
| Americast Technologies, Inc. | Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. | Kroger Co. | SmarteCarte Corp. | |||
| Bausch & Lomb Inc. | Ferragamo USA, Inc. | Liberty Media Corp. | Sotheby's Holdings | |||
| Best Buy Co., Inc. | Gartner, Inc. | Liz Claiborne, Inc. | Sysco Corp. | |||
| Birks Group Inc. | Golf Galaxy Inc. | MAG Aerospace Industries Inc. | The Cheesecake Factory Inc. | |||
| Carters, Inc. | Gravograph Industrie International | Merrill Lynch | United Malt Holdings | |||
| Citigroup, Inc. | Hewlett Packard | Molina Healthcare, Inc. | Universal Compression, Inc. | |||
| Colgate-Palmolive Co. | Hilton Hotels Corp. | Nabisco Holdings Corp. | Worldwide Flight Services, Inc. | |||
| Comcast Cable Holdings LLC | Honeywell International Inc. | Overseas Shipholding Grup | Yum! Brands, Inc. | |||
| Costco Wholesale Corp. | INDSPEC Chemical Corp. | Pennzoil Quaker State Company | Zodiac SA | |||
| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Intercontinental Hotels Group, plc | Pitney Bowes, Inc. | ||||
| Donaldson Company, Inc. | Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. | R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company | ||||
Castle Harlan Senior Advisors, while not employees, members, personnel, or affiliates of Castle Harlan, are independent leading professionals who have a strategic relationship with Castle Harlan. Castle Harlan Senior Advisors are typically engaged on a non-exclusive basis.