Our Team

PCG

OUR TEAM

The PCG CP team includes professionals with a broad range of backgrounds and expertise.
We believe this diversity allows us to bring a fresh and different perspective to private equity investing. We are independent thinkers who bring a passion to our profession and are dedicated to delivering top results to our clients.

The PCG Capital Partners senior investment team averages 22 years of private equity investment experience. The team is specifically tailored to the corporate partnering strategy, including professionals with experience in private equity investments in corporate partnering transactions, investment banking, management consulting, operations, corporate development, accounting and law.


Christopher Bower CEO	Timothy Kelleher Managing Director	Douglas Meltzer Managing Director	John Coughlin Managing Director

David Perskie Principal	Marcus Frampton Associate	Ngetha Waithaka Associate	Daniel Jacobsen Associate

James Howle Associate

Christopher Bower, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Corporate Group Holdings, LLC, and, Chief Executive Officer of PCG Capital Partners, LLC, has been responsible for the overall management of the firm since its inception. Prior to founding PCG in 1979, Mr. Bower was with Arthur Young & Co. Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Bower received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Colorado and holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Diego. Mr. Bower is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Timothy Kelleher, Managing Director, co-manages the Corporate Partners Fund and Co-investment
activities. Prior to joining PCG, Mr. Kelleher was a Partner and Senior Vice President responsible for sourcing, evaluating, negotiating and monitoring leveraged buyouts and later-stage growth financings at Desai Capital Management Incorporated. Prior to that, Mr. Kelleher was an Associate with Entrecanales, Inc., where he identified, analyzed and negotiated later-stage growth capital and management buyout investment opportunities for a Madrid-based family. Before that, Mr. Kelleher was an Associate with L.F. Rothschild & Co. Incorporated where he executed leveraged finance for buyouts and mergers and acquisitions advisory assignments. Mr. Kelleher began his career in the audit practice of Arthur Young & Company. Mr. Kelleher received his Masters in Accounting from New York University and his Bachelor of Arts in History from Hamilton College. Mr. Kelleher currently sits on the Board of Directors of eCORP, Orbcomm Inc., Backyard Broadcasting, and Allied Resource Corporation.

Douglas Meltzer, Managing Director, co-manages PCG Capital Partners, including its Corporate Partners Fund and Co-Investment activities. Prior to this, Mr. Meltzer was a Principal at The Blackstone Group where he was involved in sourcing, executing, and managing private equity investments in a broad range of industries. Before that, Mr. Meltzer had similar responsibilities as a Vice President at DLJ Merchant Banking Partners. Mr. Meltzer also served as the Director of Strategic Development at EZ Buy, EZ Sell Recycler Inc. Mr. Meltzer received his BA from Cornell University and his MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Mr. Meltzer has served on the Board of Directors of numerous private companies and currently sits on the Board of CMS Holdings Group, LLC. Mr. Meltzer also led PCG Capital Partners’ investments in AECOM (NYSE: ACM), an engineering firm, and Ocwen Structured Investments.

John Coughlin, Managing Director, is involved in the Corporate Partners Fund and Co-investment activities. Prior to joining PCG, Mr. Coughlin was Chief Executive Officer of Kool Smiles Holding Corporation, a private equity backed national children’s retail/healthcare company. Before that, he was a Senior Partner with The Parthenon Group where he provided strategic and transaction advisory services to CEOs, boards and private equity groups. At Parthenon, he was the founder and managing partner of the firm’s San Francisco office as well as a member of the Executive Committee. Prior to Parthenon, he was at Credit Suisse First Boston where he originated, structured and executed financings. Mr. Coughlin received his MBA from the Tuck School at Dartmouth College and his Bachelor of Arts, Phi Beta Kappa, from the College of William & Mary. Mr. Coughlin currently sits on the Board of Directors of Allied Resource Corporation.

David Perskie, Principal, is involved in the Corporate Partners Fund and Co-investment activities. Prior to joining PCG, Mr. Perskie was a Vice President in the Consumer & Retail Group at Gryphon Investors, where he was involved in the sourcing, evaluation, execution and monitoring of leveraged buyout transactions in a variety of industries. Before that, Mr. Perskie was at American Industrial Partners, where he evaluated leveraged buyout opportunities within the industrial manufacturing landscape. Mr. Perskie began his career at Interlaken Capital, where he executed growth equity and leveraged buyout investments. Mr. Perskie received his Bachelor of Science in Economics, cum laude, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of eCORP and the Acquisition Committee of CMS Holdings Group, LLC.

Marcus Frampton, Associate, is involved in sourcing, evaluating and negotiating investments for the Corporate Partners Fund and Co-Investment Fund. Prior to joining the firm he was an Associate with Lehman Brothers Western Region Investment Banking group, working on mergers & acquisitions and financing transactions with financial sponsors and companies in the business services and industrial sectors. Mr. Frampton has a Bachelors of Arts degree in Business-Economics and minor in Accounting from the University of California, Los Angeles and graduated with College Honors, Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa.

Ngetha Waithaka, Associate, is involved in sourcing, evaluating and negotiating investments for the Corporate Partners Fund and Co-Investment Fund. Prior to joining PCG, Mr. Waithaka was an analyst in the Health Care Group at Credit Suisse, specifically performing valuations in M&A, divestitures, LBOs, debt and equity offerings. Mr. Waithaka holds a BA from Middlebury College.

Daniel Jacobsen, Associate, is involved in sourcing, evaluating, and negotiating investments for the Corporate Partners Fund and Co-Investment Fund. Prior to joining the firm, he was an associate with Stone Canyon Venture Partners, focusing on investments in the consumer products and business services industries. Prior to this, Mr. Jacobsen had various positions with Seaport Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments within the media, communications and business services industries. Before this he as an analyst for The Transportation Group, working on cross-border leveraged lease transactions. Mr. Jacobsen holds an AB in Economics from Stanford University and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from University of California at Los Angeles Anderson School of Management.

James Howle, Associate, is involved in sourcing, evaluating and negotiating investments for the Corporate Partners Fund and Co-Investment Fund. Prior to joining the firm, he was a co-founder and manager of Nirvana Swing Company, a specialty furniture manufacturer and distributor. Before this, Mr. Howle was a Senior Analyst at Gryphon Investors in San Francisco, where he was involved in the sourcing, evaluation, execution and monitoring of leveraged buyout transactions. He started his career in the Princes Gate Investors group of Morgan Stanley, evaluating growth equity investment opportunities. Mr. Howle holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina.

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