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Eric Frank è diventato il presidente di Tosca nel novembre 2012 dopo la fusione tra Tosca e il business dei contenitori di plastica riutilizzabili della Georgia Pacific. Prima di ricoprire questo ruolo, Eric ha trascorso 9 anni presso la Georgia Pacific RPC Division, dove ha ricoperto incarichi di General Manager, Regional Manager, Operations Manager e National Sales Manager. Durante il suo mandato in Georgia Pacific, Eric ha guidato l’acquisizione dell’azienda Orbis produce RPC nel 2009. Ha anche lavorato presso Rehrig Pacific per 3 anni come National Account Manager, dove ha contribuito al lancio e alla gestione dei pool di CHEP e Hays North American RPC. Eric ha iniziato la sua carriera nella vendita di tessuti con The Astrup Company. Eric ha ricoperto incarichi nel consiglio di amministrazione della Coalizione per imballaggi e contenitori riutilizzabili (RPCC) e della RPA (Returnable Packaging Association).

Eric ha conseguito una laurea in comunicazione presso la Stephen F. Austin State University. È sposato, ha due figli e vive ad 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 è entrata a far parte di Tosca nel maggio 2013 come Direttore del marketing ed è stata promossa a Vicepresidente nel 2017. In questo ruolo, Susan è responsabile della gestione della funzione di marketing aziendale e della creazione di piani di marketing strategico in risposta alle esigenze dei clienti e dei segmenti di mercato. Supervisiona la gestione del marchio, le relazioni con i media, le comunicazioni di marketing e la pubblicità. Prima di entrare in Tosca, Susan ha trascorso gli ultimi 4 anni alla guida del marketing presso Underwriters Laboratories – Environment e GREENGUARD Environmental Institute, acquisito da UL. Ha anche una vasta esperienza nel marketing dei consumatori avendo trascorso più di 15 anni presso EarthLink e Sprint in una varietà di ruoli di marketing dalla gestione del marchio al marketing al dettaglio.

Susan ha conseguito una laurea in scienze della comunicazione presso l’Università dell’Iowa. È sposata e vive ad 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 è entrato in Tosca nel settembre 2019 come Chief Human Resources Officer. Tommie è un esperto professionista delle risorse umane con oltre 20 anni di esperienza che lavora con grandi organizzazioni globali come Coca-Cola e CHEP. Prima di entrare in Tosca, ha lavorato presso Continental Building Products come Senior Vice President delle Risorse umane per gli Stati Uniti e il Canada. L’obiettivo di Tommie come leader aziendale e leader delle risorse umane è sviluppare capacità organizzative attraverso le persone.

Tommie ha una laurea in psicologia presso la State University di New York a Stony Brook e un Master in Relazioni industriali e di lavoro in Gestione delle risorse umane presso la Cornell University / Baruch College. Tommie è sposato con una figlia e vive a Fayetteville, GA.

Mike Weinberg è entrato a far parte di Tosca come Chief Information Officer a maggio 2019. In questo ruolo, è responsabile delle principali soluzioni tecnologiche in tutta l’organizzazione. Mike ha oltre 25 anni di esperienza nella leadership tecnologica nei settori della consulenza gestionale, della vendita al dettaglio e dell’ospitalità. Negli ultimi 10 anni, Mike ha ricoperto diversi ruoli di leadership all’interno di InterContinental Hotels Group, più di recente come Vice Presidente di Global Hospitality Solutions. Prima di IHG, Mike ha lavorato nella consulenza gestionale con Deloitte e Answerthink, oltre a servire come CIO per RetailOne.

Mike ha conseguito una laurea presso la Emory University e un MBA presso la Emory’s Goizueta School of Business di Atlanta. È sposato, ha tre figli e vive a Sandy Springs, in 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 è diventato il presidente di Tosca nel novembre 2012 dopo la fusione tra Tosca e il business dei contenitori di plastica riutilizzabili della Georgia Pacific. Prima di ricoprire questo ruolo, Eric ha trascorso 9 anni presso la Georgia Pacific RPC Division, dove ha ricoperto incarichi di General Manager, Regional Manager, Operations Manager e National Sales Manager. Durante il suo mandato in Georgia Pacific, Eric ha guidato l’acquisizione dell’azienda Orbis produce RPC nel 2009. Ha anche lavorato presso Rehrig Pacific per 3 anni come National Account Manager, dove ha contribuito al lancio e alla gestione dei pool di CHEP e Hays North American RPC. Eric ha iniziato la sua carriera nella vendita di tessuti con The Astrup Company. Eric ha ricoperto incarichi nel consiglio di amministrazione della Coalizione per imballaggi e contenitori riutilizzabili (RPCC) e della RPA (Returnable Packaging Association).

Eric ha conseguito una laurea in comunicazione presso la Stephen F. Austin State University. È sposato, ha due figli e vive ad 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 è socio amministratore di Empeiria Capital Partners, LLC. Empeiria Capital Partners è una società di private equity che investe in società a piccola capitalizzazione operanti nei settori dell’industria, dell’energia, dei servizi e dei beni alimentari e di consumo confezionati. Raccolgono capitali, operazione per operazione, da individui di elevato valore netto, family office e fondi istituzionali.

Forrest Wilkinson è un Principal del team Servizi. È entrato in Apax nel 2014 e attualmente è basato a New York. La sua esperienza nelle operazioni di Apax comprende PIB Group, Tosca, Authority Brands, AssuredPartners, Paycor e Quality Distribution.

Prima di entrare in Apax, Forrest è stato analista nel gruppo Fusioni e acquisizioni di Evercore Partners a New York. In precedenza, ha lavorato come analista nel Global Industrials Group di Bank of America Merrill Lynch, dove ha fornito consulenza a clienti aziendali su operazioni di fusione e acquisizione e sui mercati dei capitali.

Forrest ha conseguito un MBA presso la Stanford Graduate School of Business, dove è stato nominato Arjay Miller Scholar. Ha inoltre conseguito un BBA in Finanza e un BA in Piano II Honors with Special Honors presso l’Università del Texas ad 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.