Rosemary Ripley

Bio

Rosemary L. Ripley is a Managing Director of NGEN. Ms. Ripley joined NGEN as an Entrepreneur in Residence in 2006 and became a Managing Director in 2007. Rosemary spends much of her time at NGEN on companies utilizing information technologies to create energy savings and efficiencies. She led the firm’s investments in ENXSuite, Flipswap, MokaFive, and nlyte and sits on those companies’ boards. Ms. Ripley brings to NGEN substantial experience in strategic planning, acquisitions and public and private market transactions. Responsible for Corporate Business Development worldwide at Altria Group (previously Philip Morris Companies) from 1990-2005. Ms. Ripley helped spearhead and execute numerous expansionary growth plans for the operating companies. She led teams that invested heavily in Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia and transformed Kraft Foods with the $19 billion acquisition of Nabisco and subsequent $8.5 billion initial public offering. Ms. Ripley also developed the strategy and led the transformation of Miller Brewing Company from a domestic business to part of an international enterprise with the merger with South African Breweries. Prior to joining Altria, Ms. Ripley was a Managing Director at Furman Selz, responsible for the Retail and Consumer Group, and prior to that was a senior investment banker at L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin where she financed numerous small and mid-size technology companies and worked on the firm’s venture investments. Previously, she worked for Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan where she supported the Senator’s work on the Committee for Environment and Public Works. Ms. Ripley co-founded Circle Financial Group, a multi-family office, and sits on the Advisory Boards of the Yale Center for Business and the Environment. Ms. Ripley received both her BA, cum laude, and MBA at Yale University.