Monomoy Capital Partners has added Phil Arra to its investment team as a Managing Director and the Head of Business Development. Mr. Arra will be tasked with sourcing new transactions for Monomoy from corporate sellers, family owners, intermediaries and other business owners.
“The principals of Monomoy have had the pleasure of working with Phil on multiple investments over the past 15 years,” said Daniel Collin, a Monomoy partner and its Co-CEO. “Phil brings a unique focus and network to the Monomoy platform, and we are confident that he will help the firm source a growing number of acquisition opportunities in the lower middle market.”
Mr. Arra has over 20 years of private equity and investment banking experience in the middle market and comes to Monomoy from Terra Verde Partners, a firm founded by Mr. Arra that focuses on investments in the environmental sector. Prior to Terra Verde, he was a Managing Director with Hunt Special Situations Group where he focused on corporate divestitures, restructuring and turnaround investments. Mr. Arra’s work experience also includes time at J.P. Morgan and at KSL Fairways, an affiliate of KKR. He holds an MBA from Wharton and a BBA in Finance from James Madison University.
“Monomoy has a proven track record of closing complex middle market transactions with a variety of sellers, and I look forward to working with the team to expand the firm’s sourcing activity in the coming years,” said Mr. Arra.
Monomoy Capital Partners makes control investments in middle market businesses with $50 million to $500 million in annual sales. Sectors of interest include manufacturing, distribution, consumer product and foodservice industries. Over the past ten years, Monomoy has acquired over 40 middle market companies from a variety of sellers (including family owners, public companies, lenders and financial sponsors) in a wide range of special situations (including bankruptcy, asset sales, equity sales and restructurings). The firm was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in New York (www.mcpfunds.com).
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