Healthcare Private Equity Association Established
First industry-focused private equity trade association
CHICAGO, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading private equity firms active in the healthcare industry today announced the formation of the Healthcare Private Equity Association ("HCPEA"), a Chicago-based, non-profit trade association whose purpose is to support the reputation, knowledge and relationships of the healthcare private equity community. As of its founding, HCPEA's roughly forty member firms represent over $300 billion of capital under management and over 300 healthcare-focused investment professionals.
As the first sector-focused trade association in private equity, HCPEA anticipates it will represent one of the largest groups of privately-held healthcare businesses in the U.S. Its members' approximately 500 healthcare portfolio companies have over $200 billion of combined revenue and over 750,000 employees.
The Association's Founder and President, Brian Miller (Partner and Co-Founder of Linden Capital Partners), states, "HCPEA is proud to have many of the most active and experienced investors as its Founding Members. This is a time of unprecedented change in the healthcare sector, and private equity will continue to play a key role in shaping the industry's future. HCPEA will support and encourage the essential investments that private equity firms direct into our healthcare economy."
Founding Members of HCPEA include: Abingworth; Apax Partners; Bain Capital; Bain Capital Ventures; Baird Capital Partners; Beecken Petty O'Keefe and Company; Blackstone; Charterhouse; Cressey & Co.; DW Healthcare Partners; Enhanced Equity Fund; Ferrer Freeman; Flexpoint Ford; Frazier; Frontenac; General Atlantic; Genstar Capital; Health Enterprise Partners; Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.; Linden Capital Partners; Madison Dearborn Partners; MetalMark; MedEquity; MTS Health Advisors; Nautic Partners; Oak Hill Capital; Parthenon Capital Partners; Riordan, Lewis & Haden; Riverside Company; Roundtable Healthcare Partners; Sterling Partners; Summer Street Capital Partners; SV Life Sciences; TA Associates; TPG Capital; Vestar Capital Partners; Water Street Healthcare Partners; Waud Capital Partners and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe.
HCPEA's officers include: Brian Miller of Linden Capital Partners, Founder and President; Andrew Carragher of DW Healthcare Partners, Secretary; David Schuppan of Cressey & Co., Treasurer; Darren Black of SV Life Sciences, VP Services; Jeff Crisan of Bain Capital Ventures, VP Research; David Koo of RoundTable Healthcare Partners, VP Products; Aaron Lillybridge of Baird Capital Partners, VP Professional Development; David Neighbours of Waud Capital Partners, VP Membership; Jonathan Oka of Flexpoint Ford, VP IT; and David Tamburri of Health Enterprise Partners, VP Awards Dinner.
Board members include: David Beecken, Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company; Jim Elrod, Vestar Capital Partners; Chris Gordon, Bain Capital; Buddy Gumina, Apax Partners; Scott Hilinski, Nautic Partners; Scott Mackesy, Welsh, Carson, Anderson, & Stowe; Jim Momtazee, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.; Jeff Rhodes, TPG Capital; Tim Sullivan, Madison Dearborn Partners and Rob Weltman, Genstar Capital.
For more information on HCPEA, please visit www.hcpea.org or contact Karen Kajmo, Executive Director at [email protected].
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SOURCE Healthcare Private Equity Association
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