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Vestar Capital Partners names Patrick Shattenkirk Head of Investor Relations
NEW YORK – March 27, 2007 - Vestar Capital Partners, a leading international private equity firm, announced today that Patrick Shattenkirk has joined the firm as a Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations. In this newly created role, Mr. Shattenkirk will be responsible for coordinating communication between Vestar and its investors. Mr. Shattenkirk will begin his new role immediately.
Mr. Shattenkirk has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry and was formerly a Managing Director at Cogent Partners, L.P, an investment bank specializing in liquidity advisory services for institutional private equity investors.
Daniel S. O’Connell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Vestar said, “We are delighted to welcome Patrick to the Vestar team. His extensive experience and proven leadership skills will be an invaluable resource and will strengthen our continued commitment to our investors.”
About Patrick Shattenkirk Mr. Shattenkirk has a long history in the financial services industry that dates back to 1978. He has been involved in commercial banking at Chemical Bank, institutional fixed income sales at Morgan Stanley, private equity placement at Deutsche bank and most recently, liquidity advisory work at Cogent Partners.
Mr. Shattenkirk received an AB in Economics from Brown University in 1978 and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School in 1982. Mr. Shattenkirk and his wife Barbara live in New Rochelle, NY with two of their three sons.
About Vestar Vestar Capital Partners is a leading international private equity firm specializing in management buyouts and growth capital investments. Vestar's investment strategy is targeted towards companies in the U.S., Europe and Japan with valuations in the $100 million to $5 billion range. Since the firm's founding in 1988, Vestar has completed over 50 investments in the U.S. and Europe in companies with a total value of approximately $17 billion. These companies have varied in size and geography and span a broad range of industries. The firm's strategy is to invest behind management teams, family owners or corporations in a creative, flexible and entrepreneurial way with the overriding goal to build long-term franchise value. Vestar currently manages funds totaling approximately $7 billion and has offices in New York City, Denver, Boston, Paris, Milan and Tokyo. More information about Vestar is available at http://www.vestarcapital.com.