Private Equity Insights: Money in Motion

Alexander Abell, Partner, Head of RCP Solutions, RCP Advisors

Alex is a Managing Partner of the Firm, a member of the Investment Committee, and is active as an Advisory Board member of various underlying funds. He is responsible for the identification and analysis of potential fund investments within RCP’s core strategy and serves as the portfolio manager for the Firm’s SBIC fund-of-funds. In addition, He helps manage the Firm’s research efforts as well as its customized investment solutions and advisory services. Alex has been involved in the private equity industry since 2001.

Tracy Britt Cool, Co-founder, Kanbrick

Tracy Britt Cool is co-founder of Kanbrick, a long-term investment partnership focused on acquiring and building great companies in the consumer and industrial sectors. At Kanbrick, Britt Cool combines her passion for long-term value investing with her experience as an entrepreneurial-minded operator to help take midsize companies to the next level.

Previously, Britt Cool worked at Berkshire Hathaway for 10 years including 5 years at Berkshire headquarters in Omaha as the Financial Assistant to the Chairman and 5 years as Chief Executive Officer of Pampered Chef, a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary based in Chicago.

Henk Hartong, Chairman & CEO, Brynwood Partners

Mr. Hartong III is the Chairman & CEO of Brynwood Partners’ five most recent funds (Brynwood V, VI, VII, VIII, and IX) and he also chairs the firm’s Executive Committee. Mr. Hartong III joined Brynwood in 2004 as a Managing Partner after the divestiture of Lincoln Snacks Company, a Brynwood III portfolio company where he was the President & CEO from 1998 until 2004.

Shundrawn Thomas, Founder and Managing Partner, The Copia Group

Thomas is a professional investor and corporate executive with over 30 years of impactful leadership in financial services. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of The Copia Group (Copia), a private investment firm which provides bespoke credit solutions to privately held, lower middle market companies.

Rodger Howell, Moderator, CEO, Houlihan Capital

Rodger Howell is the Chief Executive Officer of Houlihan Capital and is responsible for shaping the firm’s strategic direction, managing operations, and developing client relationships. Mr. Howell fosters a client-centric culture and prioritizes delivering quality, high-value services to clients. His extensive client experience spans strategy formulation, mergers and acquisitions, asset transactions, deal structuring, and financial advisory services. Mr. Howell is a results-driven leader and a trusted advisor to global and mid-cap companies, private equity, and early-stage businesses.

Rodger is a member of the Board of Directors of The Executives’ Club of Chicago.