AdvisorsOur advisory board includes executives with strong financial and operational backgrounds who provide guidance as needed to the Inverness Graham team and portfolio companies. In addition, Inverness Graham has access to the Graham Group's shared Operating Partner pool which provides senior executives and industry experts across a wide range of businesses.
Donald Graham is founder and Chairman of the Graham Group. The Graham Group is engaged in a broad array of businesses, including industrial process technology development, capital equipment production, and consumer and industrial products manufacturing. The Graham Group's three legacy industrial businesses operate in more than 90 locations worldwide, with combined sales of approximately $3 billion. Don received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and his M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Business Management from the University of Michigan.
Bob Lessin is a Vice Chairman of Jefferies & Company, Inc. and is involved in all aspects of the firm's investment banking activities. His 28-year investment banking career began at Morgan Stanley, where he became the youngest-ever partner in 1987, Vice Chairman of the Investment Banking Operating Committee in 1990, and Chairman of the Investment Bank's Strategy Committee in 1993. Subsequently, Bob was Vice Chairman of Salomon Smith Barney. Most recently, Bob was Chairman of technology investment banking firm SoundView Technology Group, Inc. from April 1998 through October 2001. He remains Chairman of Dawntreader Ventures (formerly SoundView Ventures). Bob is a graduate of Harvard University (1976) and holds an M.B.A from Harvard Business School (1978).
Ed Frey spent 15 years with Booz Allen & Hamilton, where he was a partner in the Operations Practice leading work in strategy, operational improvement and innovation for companies in engineered products industries. Prior to Booz Allen, Ed was with Adams Russell Electronics, where he held positions in engineering, sales, operations and executive management. Ed currently serves on the Board of Directors of ElectriTek AVT, Nexergy, and DemandPoint. Ed has an S.B. and S.M. from MIT and an M.B.A from the Harvard Business School. He currently is CEO of Inverness Graham portfolio company, DemandPoint, a solutions provider to manufacturing industries.
Tom Hall is an experienced business executive, having spent more than 30 years in the operational management of a diverse set of businesses in both public and private companies. He had a 25 year career at Air Products & Chemicals, culminating as Vice President and General Manager of their $1.7 billion global Chemicals business and has been directly involved in the management of a variety of private equity owned companies since 2000. Tom received his B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, his M.B.A from the University of Michigan, and graduated from the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.
Erika Anderson and her colleagues at Proteus International, the company she founded in 1990, offer practical methods and skills for individuals, teams and organizations to set and achieve their strategic goals. Much of Ms. Anderson's recent work has been focused on organizational structure and strategy, executive coaching, and management and leadership development. She has served as consultant and advisor to the CEOs and top executives of corporations like MTV Networks, Molson Coors Brewing, NBC Universal, Union Square Hospitality Group, Rockwell Automation and Comcast Corporation.
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