Tom Smith

Bio

As Senior Managing Director of the Mason Wells Buyout Funds, Mr. Smith is responsible for managing the investment activities of the firm. In this capacity, Mr. Smith is responsible for initiating investment opportunities, structuring and negotiating transactions, serving on the Board of Directors of portfolio companies, working with portfolio company management teams to create shareholder value and arranging for the disposition of investments. Mr. Smith is a member of the Management Committee of the firm and of the Investment Committee. Mr. Smith has over 20 years of experience in private equity investing in middle market buyouts. He joined Marshall & Ilsley's private equity arm in 1991 after spending six years in the investment banking businesses at Robert W. Baird & Co. and Smith Barney, where he was involved in a wide range of middle market corporate finance and merger and acquisition transactions. Mr. Smith was part of the team that spun-out of Marshall & Ilsley in 1998 and is a senior member of the General Partner of Mason Wells Buyout Fund I, II and III. Mr. Smith is a member of the Board of Directors of Coating Excellence International, LLC, and Paris Presents, Inc. He also serves on the Advisory Board of Mullinix Packages, Inc. Mr. Smith received a Master of Management Degree from Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.