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James Silver
James Silver has developed a strong mix of equally effective operating and financial skills during almost twenty years of private equity experience. As an operating executive, turnaround chief executive officer, he successfully managed, built and invested in companies across a multitude of industries. Mr. Silver has served on the Board of Directors of numerous public and private companies. Most recently, Mr. Silver worked in partnership with a team of private equity funds in targeting, evaluating, negotiating and acquiring a middle market manufacturer of water damage restoration products. Mr. Silver previously was a Managing Director at Charterhouse Group, Inc. involved in both the Industrial and Business Services sectors while serving as a member of the Investment and Valuation Committees. Prior to leading these sectors, Mr. Silver spent ten years at Charterhouse as an entrepreneur. Prior to joining Charterhouse in New York, Mr. Silver served as an Assistant Director for Charterhouse Bank in London, investing private equity in European companies. He worked with Charterhouse portfolio companies in diverse industry segments, including electronics, machine tools, industrial batteries, environmental services, contract manufacturing and software. Typical of his work as an entrepreneur, he successfully transitioned the products of a military electronics business into the commercial marketplace and took the company public. Mr. Silver has had significant experience with turnarounds. Among the turnaround situations in which he has been involved are as the stalking horse bidder for a bankrupt health care services company and leading the privatization of a post-bankrupt document management company. Mr. Silver also served as CEO of a successful manufacturing turnaround. Mr. Silver holds a B.S. from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. from New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business. |
