Mr Joseph R Robinson

KANDO id: 24759

Bio

Mr Robinson enhances the MidMark team with fifteen years of P&L responsibility in executive management positions with subsidiaries of Vendex International, SHV Holdings, and International Basic Economy Corporation (IBEC). Much of his management experience was gained in Latin America, where he operated successfully under extreme conditions of inflation and economic instability. His experience includes successful involvement in six turnarounds, six acquisitions, four divestments, two buyouts, and two venture investments. Prior to founding MidMark, Mr Robinson was Vice President of Lexington Investment Company where he was involved with a broad range of buyouts and venture capital investments. Mr Robinson was President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Vendex International's Brazilian retail and consumer finance subsidiaries with revenues of $400 million and 6,700 employees. Earlier he worked as Chief Operating Officer and Director of SHV Holdings' Brazilian retail subsidiary. He started his career with IBEC as a Financial Analyst in New York and later became Assistant General Manager and Director of IBEC's supermarket subsidiary in Argentina. Mr Robinson has served as a director of over twenty companies and is presently on the Board of several of MidMark's portfolio companies, as well as a Trustee of the Woods Hole Research Center. Mr Robinson studied history at Cornell University (BA, 1964) and finance at the Wharton Graduate School of Finance (1967).

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