Experience

WoodLake Group

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & Managing Partner

  • Jun 2009 - 14 years 7 months

  New York City, NY Family Office focused on acquisitions in lower middle-market private equity firms in North America. $200M equity invested across 10 platforms Team: Sam Seraphim: 40+ years investing & operating, former owner/CEO of $120M auto supplier to GM, Ford, Chrysler, & Tier I suppliers Marc Paganini: 30+ years operating (former CEO, Airbus Helicopters, US) 2 analysts INVESTMENT CRITERIA EBITDA $5M+ Revenues $25M+ EV $30-200M Low capex, highly scalable… Show more Family Office focused on acquisitions in lower middle-market private equity firms in North America. $200M equity invested across 10 platforms Team: Sam Seraphim: 40+ years investing & operating, former owner/CEO of $120M auto supplier to GM, Ford, Chrysler, & Tier I suppliers Marc Paganini: 30+ years operating (former CEO, Airbus Helicopters, US) 2 analysts INVESTMENT CRITERIA EBITDA $5M+ Revenues $25M+ EV $30-200M Low capex, highly scalable model Availability of add-on acquisitions Industry Focus: Aerospace & Defense Business Services Consumer Products & Services Education Food & Beverage Industrials/specialty manufacturing Through two predecessor firms, WoodLake Group has been involved in Private Equity since the early 1980s. It was founded to invest family office funds, primarily from Europe and MENA region, in US alternative assets (Private Equity and Real Estate). We have been focused on the North American lower middle market since 1999. Show less



Fieldston Investors SIGI, LLC

• Owner and Partner

  • Jan 1998 - 26 years

  New York City, NY Fieldston Investors is a private equity investor that provides a combination of equity and preferred stock and mezzanine debt. Involved in searches for acquisition targets, pricing and structuring transaction, negotiating with seller, senior lender, mezzanine lender, and closing the transaction. Adds value to portfolio companies by guiding, coaching and lifting up management teams to greater performance. Fieldston Investors has invested in industrial manufacturing and distribution companies.… Show more Fieldston Investors is a private equity investor that provides a combination of equity and preferred stock and mezzanine debt. Involved in searches for acquisition targets, pricing and structuring transaction, negotiating with seller, senior lender, mezzanine lender, and closing the transaction. Adds value to portfolio companies by guiding, coaching and lifting up management teams to greater performance. Fieldston Investors has invested in industrial manufacturing and distribution companies. Industries invested in include construction products, telecommunication cabinets, kitchen accessories and doors and high end stone and tile distribution. Fieldston Investors still has portfolio companies in some of these industries. Show less



SME, Inc.

• President & CEO

  • Jan 1989 - Dec 1996

  Greater Detroit Area and Fort Wayne, IN SME, with four plants in Michigan and Indiana, manufactured engine and transmission components, built die-cast dies and molds for the automotive industry. Its customers were the Big Three and their Tier-I suppliers. Itochu International was financial partner.



The Park Avenue Bank, NA

• President & CEO, Founder & Board Member

  • Jan 1985 - Oct 1991

  New York City, NY Commercial Bank - Lending & Investment Management Services



SIGI

• Founder and Managing Partner

  • Feb 1982 - Dec 1988

  New York City, NY Private Equity firm investing in leveraged buyouts of private companies (e.g., refinery, heat exchange) and real estate ventures (e.g., motel chain, and land assemblage).



JPMorgan Chase & Co.

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President

  • 1976 - 1982

  New York City, NY Led NY-based unit providing project finance to infrastructure & industrial projects in MENA.



Canadian Pacific Ltd

• Associate

  • Aug 1972 - Dec 1973

  Montreal, PQ, Canada Corporate Development investments in timber products, pulp & paper, steel, and oil and gas exploration & production.



University of Rochester

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Post Doctoral Fellow

  • Aug 1971 - Jul 1972

  Rochester, New York Area Research on ultra-sensitive detection devices at far infra-red frequencies on behalf of the Office of Naval Research, Washington DC.