For additional information, contact:
Paul J. Carbone, Managing Partner
Baird Capital Partners
312-609-4911
pcarbone@rwbaird.com
Angela Pittman, Public Relations Coordinator
Robert W. Baird & Co.
414-298-1902
apittman@rwbaird.com
CHICAGO, October 6, 2005 Baird Capital Partners, the private equity arm of
international financial services firm Robert W. Baird & Co. (Baird), has added
Aaron Lillybridge as an Associate, and Analysts Viral Patel and Scott Brown in
its Chicago office.
“We’re excited to have Aaron, Viral and Scott join our group,” said Paul J.
Carbone, Co-Director of Baird Private Equity and Managing Partner for Baird
Capital Partners. “They bring valuable transaction experience and capabilities
to both the Manufactured Products and Business Services teams at Baird
Capital Partners.”
Lillybridge focuses on Baird Capital Partners’ investment opportunities in the
Manufactured Products sector, working closely with Partners Andrew
Brickman and Gordon Pan and Vice President Brett Tucker. Prior to joining
Baird, Lillybridge was with New York-based private equity firm Galen Partners,
LLP, and also previously worked in the investment banking group at U.S.
Bancorp Piper Jaffray, Inc. He received a BA in Business Administration from
the University of Washington and an MBA from the Kellogg School of
Management at Northwestern University.
Patel and Brown provide analytical and transaction support to Baird Capital
Partners’ Manufactured Products and Business Services teams, respectively.
Both come to Baird with experience in providing analytical support on mergers
and acquisitions, equity and debt offerings and other financial advisory
services. Patel, who previously worked as an investment banking analyst at
Bear Stearns, holds a BA in Economics from Northwestern University. Prior to
coming to Baird, Brown worked as an investment banking analyst at JP
Morgan. He holds a BA in Economics from Colgate University.
About Baird Private Equity
With more than 40 investment professionals in the United States and Europe,
Baird’s global private equity business has raised and managed over $1.2 billion
in capital. Baird Capital Partners provides change-of-control capital and
growth capital to U.S.-based, middle-market companies in the Business
Services and Manufactured Products sectors. Baird Venture Partners makes
venture capital investments in early- to growth-stage companies in the
Business Services & Software and Healthcare/Life Sciences sectors. Granville
Baird Capital Partners is a long-established private equity manager targeting
mid-market growth companies in the UK and Germany with a focus on the
Business Services, Healthcare and Industrial Products sectors. Baird Private
Equity also has an operating team located in three offices in China, focused
on facilitating and executing sourcing, manufacturing and distribution
opportunities in Asia for its U.S. and European portfolio companies. The
group’s investments are supported by Baird’s full range of financial advice,
operating expertise and industry research, providing a unique full-service
approach to the entire private equity investment process. For more
information, please visit www.bairdcapitalpartners.com.
About Baird
Baird, established in 1919, is an employee-owned international wealth
management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm with
offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Baird’s principal operating
subsidiaries are Robert W. Baird & Co. in the United States and Robert W.
Baird Group Ltd. in Europe. Baird also has an operating subsidiary in Asia
supporting Baird’s U.S. private equity operations.
Committed to being a great place to work, Baird is one of FORTUNE
magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” in 2005 and was also included
on the magazine’s 2004 list. Robert W. Baird & Co. is a member of the New
York Stock Exchange and other principal exchanges and the Securities
Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). Robert W. Baird Ltd., a member of
the London Stock Exchange, and Granville Baird Capital Partners Ltd. are
authorized and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services
Authority. For more information, please visit Baird’s Web site at
www.rwbaird.com.
