Centre Executives
We have a deep, experienced and proven team of financial experts strategically located in New York and Los Angeles. Every member of our team shares Centre's core values of strong partnership with our management teams, teamwork, collaboration and high ethical standards.
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Lester Pollack, Founder - Chairman Mr. Pollack is the founder of Centre Partners and has been a Managing Director since 1986. Mr. Pollack was a founding General Partner of Odyssey Partners from 1982 to 1986. Prior to that he was General Partner and Vice President of Oppenheimer & Co. and Vice-Chairman and Co-Chief Operating Officer of United Brands from 1979 to 1981. From 1965 to 1979 he served as Executive Vice President and as a member of the Board of Loews Corporation.
Mr. Pollack is a graduate of Brooklyn College and has a law degree from the New York University School of Law, where he serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees as well as a member of the Board of Trustees of New York University. Mr. Pollack is Director Emeritus of U.S. Bancorp. Mr. Pollack previously sat on the Boards of Directors of American Seafoods, L.P., CNA Financial Corporation, Continental Cablevision, Kaz Inc., Paramount Communications Inc., Parlex Corporation, Polaroid Inc., and Transco Energy.
Lester.Pollack@CentrePartners.com David Jaffe, Managing Partner Mr. Jaffe joined Centre Partners in 2001. Prior thereto, he was a Managing Director at DLJ Merchant Banking Partners where he had been a founding member in 1985. He joined DLJ Securities Corporation in 1984. He currently serves as a Director of Covenant Care, LLC, Den-Mat Holdings, LLC, Environmental Logistics Services LLC, Target Media Partners, and Wind River Environmental, LLC.
Mr. Jaffe previously served on the Boards of Directors of Brand Services, Inc., Catlin Westgen Group, Ltd., Duane Reade Holdings, Gray Energy Services, LLC, Hyco International, Inc., International Imaging Materials, Inc., Kaz Inc., NACOLAH, NextPharma Technologies, Quickie Holdings, Inc., Pharmaceutical Fine Chemicals S.A., Shoppers Drug Mart (SDM) Holdings, Terra Nova Group, Uno Restaurant Holdings Corp, Wilson Greatbatch, and several other private companies. He also serves as a Director of Project A.L.S., a charitable organization focused on funding research for the treatment of Lou Gehrig's Disease. Mr. Jaffe received an A.B. from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
David.Jaffe@CentrePartners.com Bruce Pollack, Managing Partner Mr. Pollack joined Centre Partners in 1991. He began his principal investment activity in 1985 at TSG Holdings, Inc., a diversified investment company, and then at RSG Partners, Inc. Prior to that, he was in the mergers and acquisitions departments of Becker Paribas Incorporated and Merrill Lynch Capital Markets. Mr. Pollack currently serves as a Director of Bellisio Foods, Inc., Distant Lands Trading Co., Inc., K2 Pure Solutions, L.P., Maverick Media, LLC, Ross Aviation, LLC, U.S. Retirement Partners, Inc., and as a Co-Manager of Palisades Ventures, LLC.
Mr. Pollack previously served on the Boards of Bravo Sports, Bumble Bee Foods, L.P., the Connors Bros. Income Fund, DSI Holding Company, Garden Fresh Holdings, Inc., Intermedia Partners IV, L.P. (Advisory), The Johnny Rockets Group, Inc., KIK Corporation Holdings, Inc., Muzak L.P., Salton, Inc., and several other private companies. He currently works with several charitable organizations. He is on the Board of Governors of the Weizmann Institute of Science and serves as a Trustee at Brandeis University. Mr. Pollack received a B.A. from Brandeis University.
Bruce.Pollack@CentrePartners.com Jeffrey Bartoli, Managing Director Mr. Bartoli joined Centre Partners in 1997. Prior thereto, he was in the mergers and acquisitions department of Smith Barney Inc. He currently serves as a Director of Environmental Logistics Services, LLC, K2 Pure Solutions, L.P., Maverick Media, LLC, Orion ICG, LLC, Ross Aviation, LLC, and U.S. Retirement Partners, Inc. He previously served on the Board of Autoland, Inc. Mr. Bartoli received a B.S. from Georgetown University. Jeffrey.Bartoli@CentrePartners.com William Tomai, CAO & CFO Mr. Tomai joined Centre Partners in 2001 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior thereto, he was Senior Vice President and Assistant Treasurer of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. which he joined after 13 years with the Bank of New York. Mr. Tomai is also a founding general partner of AspenTree Capital, a private investment firm specializing in public securities and venture capital investments for managed accounts. Mr. Tomai is not active in the day to day managing of individual accounts of AspenTree Capital. He currently serves on the advisory board of Palisades Ventures, LLC. He previously served on the Boards of Centre Pacific Holdings LLC, Gray Energy Services LLC, and MB Investment Partners and Associates LLC. Mr. Tomai received a B.S. from Vanderbilt University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Bill.Tomai@CentrePartners.com Michael Schnabel, Managing Director Mr. Schnabel joined Centre Partners in 2002. Prior thereto, he served as Director of Finance at OmniSky Corporation after having worked in Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp.'s investment banking department. Mr. Schnabel is currently a Director of Covenant Care, LLC. He previously served on the Board of DSI Holding Company, Inc. and Uno Restaurant Holdings Corp. Mr. Schnabel received a B.S. from Duke University. Michael.Schnabel@CentrePartners.com |
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