Alan Wilkinson

Bio

Mr Wilkinson joined AEA in 1989. For ten years as a managing director, he concentrated his investment activities in industrial and consumer products companies, overseeing many of AEA's successful investments during that period. He was involved in all aspects of the investment review process and portfolio company management at AEA and either led or co-led AEA's successful investments in Rubatex, Specialty Coatings International, Leiner Health Products, Sola International, and Mettler-Toledo. He also served as a director of Rand McNally. Mr Wilkinson left AEA in 1999 and joined an advisory firm. He returned to the private equity business in 2002 and rejoined AEA in 2004. He currently focuses on value-added industrial and service sector investments and is co-head of the AEA Small Business Fund. Mr Wilkinson co-led the AEA Small Business Fund's investment team in the acquisitions of Plaze (and its acquisition of Claire-Sprayway), In The Swim and a recent investment in PPC Industries. He currently serves as a director of these companies. Mr Wilkinson also co-led AEA's successful investment in Kranson. While a partner from 2002 to 2004 at a middle market private equity firm, Saratoga Partners, Mr Wilkinson focused on industrial companies and was responsible for the firm's successful investment in Sericol, the world's leading manufacturer of ultraviolet screen and digital inks for graphic and industrial applications. From 2000 to 2002, Mr Wilkinson was a managing director at investment banking firm Peter J. Solomon Co, with primary responsibility for industrial company coverage. From 1984 to 1989, Mr Wilkinson was with Lehman Brothers, first in the mergers and acquisitions department and then with the principal investment group. Mr Wilkinson received an MBA from Columbia University and a BS in mathematics from King's College London. He became a chartered account in England in 1980.