Meet the PE Portfolio Company Governance Experts

Howard is a trusted advisor to private equity funds, private equity-backed companies, venture capital funds and emerging growth companies. He leverages his vast experience with private equity transactions and early and growth-stage transactions to help position numerous clients for success. Howard’s practice is primarily devoted to mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital…(read more)

Mack serves as a vice president at Edgewater Capital Partners. At Edgewater, Mack supports the company’s investment team, operating partners, and management teams as they seek to deploy capital and enhance portfolio companies through investment…(read more)

A board member, seasoned executive, educator, and advisor to high-growth companies, Dr. Eisenman is a recognized expert in entrepreneurship, leadership, and governance, with an emphasis on CEO succession and transition, as well as the alignment of strategy, culture, and compensation during periods of growth, mergers, and transformation…(read more)

Bob spends his time at Edgewater driving deal origination, transaction execution, and portfolio management. Prior to joining Edgewater in 2011 as an associate, he was an investment banker at Harris Williams & Co. and Candlewood Partners…(read more)

Bob Hesselgesser is a proven executive with extensive leadership roles at PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP), one of the “Big 4” audit and professional services firms. He has 30 years of corporate governance, finance, accounting, audit, risk advisory, deals, and private equity experience that meets the qualifications for an audit committee financial expert…(read more)

Paul Marcela is president of the Governance Partners Group, a corporate governance services firm that provides external corporate secretary services to companies that seek to outsource all or a portion of their offices of the corporate secretary operations. GPG focuses on providing corporate governance services to private corporations, including private equity portfolio companies, that have a need to practice good corporate governance but do not have sufficient resources to do so in a robust manner…(read more)

Tate Pursell is an experienced board member, CEO, and family business veteran with broad industry experience in both the industrial and consumer sectors. He has served on twelve boards of directors, acted as a corporate secretary of three boards, served on audit and governance committees, and chaired the compensation/human resources committee of The Barton Group, a materials distribution company…(read more)

Abhi Shah is a celebrated entrepreneur, philanthropist, and independent board director with 15 years of corporate governance experience and digital transformation expertise. He was named Entrepreneur of the Year in 2015 by Ernst & Young at the Best in Business International Awards (Gold Winner) and European Business Awards (National Champion for the UK), as well as named Maverick of the Year and Executive of the Year by American Business Awards. Featured on CNBC, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and Fox Business…(read more)

Kathryn Ta is vice president of strategic marketing, investor relations and corporate responsibility at Maxim Integrated, now part of Analog Devices. Additionally, she serves as an independent board director at Pure Wafer Solutions, the largest supplier of virgin silicon wafers, wafer reclaim services, and specialty thin-film deposition products based in the United States…(read more)