NORTHSTAR'S PRIVATE EQUITY FAST PITCH
Meet the Moderator
For more than 25 years, Jeff Henningsen has served the insurance needs of entrepreneurs, capital providers and private equity sponsors. During his tenure, he has led insurance due diligence efforts on thousands of transactions. Prior to his role in M&A insurance services he spent four years working with Randy Best of Best Associates, a Texas-based merchant bank, which provided invaluable experience for the services Jeff and his team now provide to his clients. Today, Jeff has a reputation in the financial community as a leader in serving the insurance needs of business owners specializing in enhancing investment outcomes through insurance due diligence pre acquisition and aggressive placement of operational and transactional insurance products.
“If you want to stand out, be passionate, be intense, figure out a way to be creative”
David Iverson, Lazard
Pat Maciariello is Chief Operating Officer of Compass Group and a member of Compass Diversified’s Investment Committee, which is responsible for evaluating all of the organization’s investment opportunities. In this role, he manages Compass’s investment teams and is responsible for financial and strategic oversight of its subsidiaries. Pat is currently a director and the Chairman of BOA and Lugano Diamonds. He is also a director of 5.11, Inc., ErgoBaby, Altor Solutions, and the Sterno Group. Pat joined Compass Diversified in 2005. Before that, he was with Bain & Company and Deutsche Banc Alex Brown. Pat is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Columbia Business School.
He lives in San Juan Capistrano, CA with his wife, his two daughters, and their dog and cat, Rocky and Adrian. In his free time, he loves horse racing, fantasy football, hiking and doing escape rooms with his family. When he was younger (and fitter) he was an avid runner and completed eight marathons.