Über Tosca

Eric Frank wurde im November 2012 Präsident von Tosca nach der Fusion des Geschäfts mit wiederverwendbaren Kunststoffbehältern von Tosca und Georgia Pacific. Vor dieser Position war Eric 9 Jahre lang bei der Georgia Pacific RPC Division tätig, wo er Positionen als General Manager, Regional Manager, Operations Manager und National Sales Manager innehatte. Während seiner Amtszeit bei Georgia Pacific leitete Eric 2009 die Akquisition des RPC-Geschäfts für Orbis-Produkte. Er arbeitete auch 3 Jahre bei Rehrig Pacific als National Account Manager, wo er beim Start und der Verwaltung der nordamerikanischen RPC-Pools CHEP und Hays half. Eric begann seine Karriere im Textilvertrieb bei The Astrup Company. Eric hatte Vorstandspositionen bei der Reusable Packaging and Container Coalition (RPCC) und der Returnable Packaging Association (RPA) inne.

Eric hat einen BA-Abschluss in Kommunikation von der Stephen F. Austin State University. Er ist verheiratet, hat zwei Kinder und lebt in Alpharetta, GA.

Matt Harrison joined Tosca in November 2022 and oversees all facets of finance for the organization globally. He has broad international experience, including leading finance, accounting and legal teams in Atlanta, Mexico City, Hamburg, Johannesburg and Hanoi. Matt began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers before moving into investment banking where he gained a wealth of experience in M&A and equity and debt financings. As CFO of the publicly traded Hiland Partners and Summit Midstream Partners, Matt led all facets of finance and accounting. Immediately prior to joining Tosca, Matt was CFO for Fortna Inc., a global leader in designing, developing and delivering transformative omni-channel and parcel distribution solutions across North America, Europe and South Africa. 

Matt holds an MBA from Northwestern University, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a BS in Accounting from University of Tennessee. He lives in the Atlanta area with his wife and three sons. 

Susan Heil kam im Mai 2013 als Director of Marketing zu Tosca und wurde 2017 zum Vice President befördert. In dieser Rolle ist Susan verantwortlich für die Verwaltung der Unternehmensmarketingfunktion und die Erstellung strategischer Marketingpläne als Reaktion auf Kunden- und Marktsegmentanforderungen. Sie ist verantwortlich für Markenführung, Medienarbeit, Marketingkommunikation und Werbung. Bevor Susan zu Tosca kam, leitete sie in den letzten 4 Jahren das Marketing bei Underwriters Laboratories – Environment und dem GREENGUARD Environmental Institute, das von UL übernommen wurde. Sie verfügt über umfangreiche Erfahrung im Bereich Verbrauchermarketing und war mehr als 15 Jahre bei EarthLink und Sprint in verschiedenen Marketingfunktionen tätig, von der Markenführung bis zum Einzelhandelsmarketing.

Susan hat einen BA in Kommunikationswissenschaften von der University of Iowa. Sie ist verheiratet und lebt in Atlanta, GA.

Dan joined Tosca in December 2022 as the President of EMEA. He brings a wealth of commercial and operational experience to his role along with a strong desire to continue to build on the success of the EMEA region.

Dan spent the first part of his career working for Dallas-based NCH Europe, an industrial chemical supplier before moving to Safetykleen Europe where he spent over 10 years in senior executive leadership roles within private equity. These included UK Managing Director at the time APAX acquired the business in 2017.

Immediately prior to joining Tosca, Dan spent 4 years in various roles at phs Group, most recently as Group Managing Director – Specialist Businesses. Phs is a leading workplace services provider in the UK, Ireland, and Spain. During his time there, Dan was part of the management team that saw the change of ownership from private equity to The Bidvest Group.

Dan is based in the UK and lives with his fiancée and young daughter.

Tommie Kennedy kam im September 2019 als Chief Human Resources Officer zu Tosca. Tommie ist ein erfahrener Personalfachmann mit mehr als 20 Jahren Erfahrung in der Arbeit mit großen globalen Organisationen wie Coca-Cola und CHEP. Bevor sie zu Tosca kam, arbeitete sie bei Continental Building Products als Senior Vice President Human Resources für die USA und Kanada. Tommies Fokus als Unternehmens- und Personalleiter liegt auf dem Aufbau organisatorischer Fähigkeiten durch Menschen.

Tommie hat einen Bachelor-Abschluss in Psychologie von der State University of New York in Stony Brook und einen Master-Abschluss in Arbeits- und Arbeitsbeziehungen in Personalmanagement von der Cornell University / Baruch College. Tommie ist verheiratet, hat eine Tochter und lebt in Fayetteville, GA.

Mike Weinberg kam im Mai 2019 als Chief Information Officer zu Tosca. In dieser Rolle ist er verantwortlich für führende Technologielösungen im gesamten Unternehmen. Mike verfügt über mehr als 25 Jahre Erfahrung als Technologieführer in den Bereichen Unternehmensberatung, Einzelhandel und Gastgewerbe. In den letzten 10 Jahren war Mike in verschiedenen Führungspositionen bei der InterContinental Hotels Group tätig, zuletzt als Vice President von Global Hospitality Solutions. Vor seiner Tätigkeit bei IHG arbeitete Mike in der Unternehmensberatung bei Deloitte und Answerthink sowie als CIO für RetailOne.

Mike hat einen Bachelor-Abschluss von der Emory University und einen MBA von der Goizueta School of Business von Emory in Atlanta. Er ist verheiratet, hat drei Kinder und lebt in Sandy Springs, Georgia.

Tosca, a global leader in reusable packaging solutions and pooling, has promoted Steve Arendsen to President – North America, reporting directly to Eric Frank, Chief Executive Officer. Steve’s leadership will enable Tosca to provide greater focus on the specific needs of Tosca’s North America customers.

Steve’s career in the supply chain industry began at Georgia Pacific where he spent over thirty years in various roles, including serving as the business director for the reusable packaging division that was later sold to create what is now Tosca. Later, Steve joined Tosca in September of 2020 as Vice President of Global Procurement and US Supply Chain. In this role, Steve led his team through some of the most unprecedented supply chain challenges the industry has ever seen. Having been a part of the evolution of the plastic reusables industry since its entrance in North America, he is uniquely qualified to provide leadership in operational excellence as well as continued business growth.

Steve is married with three adult children. The family loves to travel and looks forward to spending time together on the road. 

Eric Frank wurde im November 2012 Präsident von Tosca nach der Fusion des Geschäfts mit wiederverwendbaren Kunststoffbehältern von Tosca und Georgia Pacific. Vor dieser Position war Eric 9 Jahre lang bei der Georgia Pacific RPC Division tätig, wo er Positionen als General Manager, Regional Manager, Operations Manager und National Sales Manager innehatte. Während seiner Amtszeit bei Georgia Pacific leitete Eric 2009 die Akquisition des RPC-Geschäfts für Orbis-Produkte. Er arbeitete auch 3 Jahre bei Rehrig Pacific als National Account Manager, wo er beim Start und der Verwaltung der nordamerikanischen RPC-Pools CHEP und Hays half. Eric begann seine Karriere im Textilvertrieb bei The Astrup Company. Eric hatte Vorstandspositionen bei der Reusable Packaging and Container Coalition (RPCC) und der Returnable Packaging Association (RPA) inne.

Eric hat einen BA-Abschluss in Kommunikation von der Stephen F. Austin State University. Er ist verheiratet, hat zwei Kinder und lebt in Alpharetta, GA.

Ashish joined Apax in 2007 and is a Partner in the Services team based in New York. He has led and participated in a number of key deals including American Water Resources, PIB Group, SavATree, AssuredPartners, Authority Brands, Dealer.com, Garda, HUB International, MyCase, Quality Distribution, TIVIT and Tosca Services.  

Prior to joining Apax, Ashish was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley in the Mumbai and New York offices where he specialized in advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions and in evaluating investments in real estate. 
 
Ashish holds a BCom from the University of Mumbai where he was valedictorian of his class and an MBA (Honours) from the University of Chicago. In addition, Ashish is a qualified Chartered Accountant. 

Dr. Nadia Shouraboura started her academic career in the field of mathematics and computer science. Her work in machine learning attracted the attention of Princeton University where she was offered a scholarship and received a PhD in Mathematics. Her research resulted in several important papers, referenced by over 200 publications.

Nadia joined Amazon.com in March of 2004. She was a member of Amazon’s management board and served on Jeff Bezos’ executive S-Team responsible for overall direction and operations of Amazon. Under her guidance as the Head of Worldwide Supply Chain and Fulfillment, Amazon achieved the largest product selection on earth and implemented a novel retail supply chain controlling the move of every item, every associate and every package with precision in real time, worldwide.

She left Amazon to start Hointer with the vision to change the physical retail experience from the inside out. In 2019 she sold the business to the Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers.

Most recently Nadia co-founded a new venture QuantyCat and she also serves on the boards of Ocado, Ferguson, MTS and FormLabs.

Dave is currently Principal of Transmove Consulting, LLC. He brings 40 years of experience in strategic planning, marketing innovation, brand management, sales and profit growth, operational improvement, financial turnaround and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, organizational design and planning, technology development, change and crisis management, and executive management and development.

Dave joined IFCO Systems North America, Inc. in 2000 as Senior Vice President. In 2002, he was appointed President and CEO of IFCO Systems North America, Inc., the largest division of IFCO Systems N.V. (“IFCO”), a global leader in pallet management services and reusable container solutions. Dave retired from IFCO in 2014, after managing a successful acquisition and integration of IFCO by Brambles Ltd., the world’s leading equipment pooling company. Prior to joining IFCO, he served as President, CEO and Director of General Rental, Inc., an equipment rental company operating in the Southeastern U.S. and Caribbean Islands. From 1996 through the acquisition and integration of Ryder TRS, Inc., a leading U.S. truck rental company, by Budget Car and Truck Rental, Inc., Dave was Vice President and General Manager of Ryder TRS, Inc. He joined Ryder Systems, Inc., a world leader in transportation and logistics services, in 1982 where he served in various management and executive positions.

He is a former President of the Reusable Pallet and Container Coalition (now the Reusable Packaging Association) and was a member of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.

Dave is Managing Director of One Catalyst Foundation and actively supports Make-a-Wish and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center where he initiated the Jessica Bongiovanni Research Fund.

Dave holds a B.A. in political science and public administration from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Phil is the Founder and CEO of Orchard Holdings Group, a long-term oriented private investment firm. Previously, he was a Managing Director of McCown De Leeuw & Co. – a $1.2 billion middle-market private equity investment firm in New York City and Menlo Park, California. He started his career working for private investment pioneer Carl H. Lindner, Jr., then Chairman, CEO and Founder of American Financial Group, a large diversified financial services and investment company, and as a consultant at McKinsey & Co.

He is a graduate of The University of Cincinnati and received an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School.  He has been a director or Chairman of dozens of privately held companies, including previously serving as Chairman of Tosca from 2011 to 2017.  In 2016 he was appointed by Governor John Kasich to the Board of Trustees of the University of Cincinnati, where he currently serves as Chairman.  He also serves as a Director of UC Health, its affiliated Academic Health Center, and as Chair of the Investment Committee for its $2 billion endowment.

Raphael has 30+ years’ executive and investment experience in private and public companies throughout Australia and the world. Raphael founded Kin Group, a long-term focused diversified investment group in 2000 and it has since executed numerous investments in a range of industries and regions.

Raphael founded Pact Group Limited (ASX: PGH) in 2002 and currently serves as its executive chairman. Prior to this, Raphael was the co-founder and Chairman of Visy Recycling, growing it into the largest recycling company in Australia. Raphael was appointed Victoria’s first Honorary Consul of South Africa in July 2006. He also holds a number of other advisory and Board positions.

Raphael holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Syracuse University, New York.  

Alan ist geschäftsführender Partner bei Empeiria Capital Partners, LLC. Empeiria Capital Partners ist eine Private-Equity-Gesellschaft, die sich auf Investitionen in Unternehmen mit geringer Marktkapitalisierung konzentriert, die in den Bereichen Industrie, Energie, Dienstleistungen, Lebensmittel und Konsumgüter tätig sind. Sie beschaffen sich das Kapital von vermögenden Privatpersonen, Family Offices und institutionellen Fonds auf der Basis von Einzelgeschäften.

Forrest Wilkinson ist Principal im Team Dienstleistungen. Er kam 2014 zu Apax und arbeitet derzeit in New York. Zu seinen Erfahrungen mit Apax zählen PIB Group, Tosca, Authority Brands, AssuredPartners, Paycor und Quality Distribution.

Bevor er zu Apax kam, war Forrest Analyst in der Mergers & Acquisitions Group bei Evercore Partners in New York. Zuvor arbeitete er als Analyst in der Global Industrials Group der Bank of America Merrill Lynch, wo er Firmenkunden bei Fusionen und Übernahmen sowie Kapitalmarkttransaktionen beriet.

Forrest hat einen MBA-Abschluss von der Stanford Graduate School of Business, wo er zum Arjay Miller Scholar ernannt wurde. Außerdem hat er einen BBA in Finanzwesen und einen BA in Plan II Honors with Special Honors von der University of Texas in Austin.

Mark Zubko joined Apax Partners in 2010 and is a Partner and Head of the Capital Markets Group (“CMG”). The Capital Markets Group leads the execution of debt and equity related transactions across the Apax private equity portfolio. Recent Apax investment experience includes AssuredPartners, Autotrader.uk, Epicor, Full Beauty, iGate, Kinetic Concepts, One Call, Orange Switzerland and Paradigm.

Prior to joining Apax, Mark worked at Terra Firma Capital Partners, MidOcean Capital Partners and Goldman, Sachs and Co.

Mark holds an MBA from Stanford University and has a BA in Economics from Wesleyan University.

Lauri served as the former CEO of MicroStar Logistics, the largest independent keg owner in the US, providing the brewing industry with a “green” keg management solution. Prior to MicroStar, Lauri held executive position in major telecommunications and aerospace companies.

Lauri holds a B.S. in Finance from the University of Northern Colorado and an M.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Denver.