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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 […]
Sebastian is a Senior Associate on our EU Transaction Team. Prior to joining MiddleGround, he was an Associate at Bank of America in London, working within their EMEA Industrials Investment Banking team. He holds a Master of Philosophy in Finance & Economics from the University of Cambridge and a BSc in Economics & Management from the University of St Andrews in […]
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. […]
Roland is a Director on our EU Transaction Team based in the Amsterdam office. He holds his master’s degree in Financial Economics from the Erasmus School of Economics in addition to his bachelor’s in International Business from VU University. Prior to MiddleGround, Roland worked with Credit Suisse where he advised on M&A, IPO, and financing […]
Alex is the Managing Director (MD) and Head of the EU Transaction Team in our Amsterdam office. He joined us with 15+ years of experience in banking/investment and his most recent role was as MD of Private Equity and Venture Capital at Ingka Investments (AKA the corporate investment arm of Ikea). Alex holds a degree […]
Max is a Vice President on our EU Transaction Team in the Amsterdam office. He began his career at Gilde Equity Management on their investment team and later joined IceLake Capital. In both roles, he partnered with founders and business owners to scale mid-market companies, originating proprietary investments and supporting portfolio growth initiatives. He holds […]
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 […]
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 […]