MiddleGround Capital
Christian is a Senior Associate on our Transaction Team. Christian started as an intern at MiddleGround shortly after completing his BS in Industrial Engineering, with a minor in Economics at the University of Miami, Florida. Funny story, Christian’s Dad owns a few local Domino’s in Lexington. Christian was only given the internship opportunity at Middleground […]
Rachel is a Senior Associate on our Transaction Team. Prior to joining MiddleGround, she was a Private Equity Associate at AEA Investors, where she worked on platform and add-on investments across consumer and business services. Rachel began her career at Morgan Stanley as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Industrials group. She holds a BS […]
Yuji is a Vice President on the Transaction Team. Prior to joining MiddleGround, Yuji was an Associate at Nomura Securities in the liquidity and risk management division. He received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Economics from UCLA. He spent his childhood days in Lexington and is excited to be back after spending the […]
David is a Director on the Transaction Team. He was our first hire on the Transaction Team and was critical in helping us close the acquisition of Alco Manufacturing, where he serves on the Board. David joins us from J.P. Morgan where he spent three years as a Consumer investment banker focused on M&A transactions. […]
Dinesh Vasandani is the Director of Operations. Originally from Mumbai, India, Dinesh moved to Columbus, Ohio during high school. He graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering before beginning a three-semester co-op at Toyota, where he met John Stewart. Dinesh worked at Toyota for 17 years (ultimately managing Assembly Operations) before […]
Madelyn is our ESG Director. She joined us from Marathon Petroleum where she held the position of HES Professional, supporting the environmental health and safety compliance for the refinery. Madelyn graduated from Eastern Kentucky University where she received a Master’s degree in Safety Security and Emergency Management and Bachelor’s Degree in Globalization and International Affairs. […]
John is the Founding & Managing Partner of MiddleGround where he is responsible for the overall management of the firm. He is also a Member of the Investment Committee and acts as our ESG Champion. John started his career as an hourly line worker at Toyota Motor Corporation and held numerous management and executive positions […]
Alex is the Head of Administrative Services and prior to MiddleGround worked in medical coding. Alex has a Bachelor’s degree in health sciences and a minor in public health from University of South Florida. Alex is an avid reality TV fan and truly tells it like it is, something that comes in handy as John’s […]
Justin is a Partner, Co-Head of our North American Transaction Team, and Member of the Investment Committee at MiddleGround, bringing two decades of private equity investing experience to the firm. Prior to joining MiddleGround, Justin served as a Managing Director on the Private Capital team of PineBridge Investments and as a Managing Director in the […]
Zach is a Senior Associate on our Transaction team. Zach joined us from Wells Fargo. Zach attended Auburn University where he received a degree in Business Administration. Zach comes from a family of multiple talents. Both of his parents have jobs in the medical field but their real passion is bee keeping. Together with his […]