David Roberts

Advent International LP (Advent) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1984 by Henry H. Haight. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sovos Brands Intermediate, Inc. operates as a food company. Its brands include Michael Angelo’s, Rao’s Homemade, and noosa yoghurt. The company was founded by Todd R. Lachman in 2016 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Aimbridge Hospitality LLC operates as an independent hotel management and investment firm. It offers hotel management; resort and luxury, acquisition and development; capital oversight, receivership and interim management, asset management, and consulting services. The company was founded by Les Bentley and Dave Johnson in 2003 and is headquartered in Plano, TX.

Great Hill Partners LP (Great Hill Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by Christopher S. Gaffney, Steve F. Gormley and John G. Hayes. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Noosa Yoghurt LLC provides milk, honey, and related products. Its flavors include honey, blueberry, mango, raspberry, strawberry rhubarb, peach, passion fruit, lemon, tart cherry, plain, pineapple, coconut, mango sweet chili, blood orange, lemon, peach, tart cherry, and pumpkin. The company was founded by Koel Thomae, Paul Mathewson, Grant Mathewson, and Robert Graves in 2009 and is headquartered in Bellvue, CO.

Quadrangle Group LLC (Quadrangle Group) is a private equity firm founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.