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Mike Burke
Founder & Managing Partner
Mike has over a decade of fundamental investing experience, having invested professionally at several multi-billion-dollar investment managers, on behalf of large institutions, pensions, endowments and high-net-worth individuals.
Throughout his career, Mike has focused on smaller, lesser-known companies that required investors to roll up their sleeves and dig in to complicated situations, which positions him well to identify opportunities and understand businesses in the lower middle market.
Mike was most recently at HBK Capital, an $8B multi-strategy investment manager where he focused on investments across the capital structure. Prior to HBK, Mike was at DDJ Capital, a fundamental, credit-focused asset manager with $8B of AUM. Before DDJ, Mike was in the Financial Sponsors and Leveraged Finance Investment Banking group at UBS.
Mike graduated magna cum laude from Boston University’s School of Management and currently lives in Windham, NH with his wife and daughters.
When not working, Mike enjoys spending time with his family and getting outdoors as much as possible.
Rob Cunjak
Advisor
Rob serves as a Managing Partner for Wren Capital. Prior to Wren, Mr. Cunjak served in a variety of roles at Sankaty Advisors (now Bain Capital Credit). Until his departure at the end of 2015, he was a Managing Director (from January 2011), Portfolio Manager (from August 2010) and the Head of Sankaty’s Energy Team (from 2009). In addition, he was Co-Head of Sankaty’s Global Industry Research Team from 2009 through early 2014. Along with energy, Mr. Cunjak invested in the following sectors: food and beverage, retail, gaming, healthcare, environmental services and power.
Mr. Cunjak invested across the capital structure and all Sankaty mandates including special situations (rescue financings, distressed, restructurings, public and private equity), direct lending, managed accounts and CLOs. Mr. Cunjak also assisted in the fundraising process for various Sankaty funds and accounts. Mr. Cunjak was on the board of EnVen Energy Corporation and, prior to that, its predecessor, EnVen Energy Ventures from July 2014 to December 2016. Before joining Sankaty in September 1999, Mr. Cunjak was a Senior Associate Consultant at Bain & Co. which he joined in 1996. Mr. Cunjak graduated with an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Cornell University.
Alex Corbacho
Advisor
Alex has dedicated his professional career to partnering with small-and medium-sized businesses to help them reach their fullest commercial potential. Currently, Alex is a senior investment professional at Paine Schwartz Partners, a growth-oriented private equity firm focused exclusively on investment opportunities in the fast-growing, dynamic global food and agribusiness sectors.
Over the past decade at Paine Schwartz Partners, Alex has overseen investments in dozens of family and entrepreneur owned
Alex began his professional investment career at Brookside Capital Partners, a credit and equity solutions provider to US-based lower middle-market companies. Following Brookside, Alex joined the investment banking team at UBS Securities, where he worked to provide debt financing, capital structure solutions, and advisory services for a variety of companies and financial sponsors, including his current team at Paine Schwartz Partners.
New England is core to Alex’s roots. He grew-up in the Greater Boston Area, attended Boston University and currently resides in Southern Connecticut.
Sherrill Lester
Operating Partner
Sherrill has owned and operated QMF steel, a leading provider of metal supply, custom CNC manufacturing and fabrication, for nearly 30 years. QMF employs nearly 50 people and has a state-of-the-art, ISO certified, 60,000 square foot facility near Dallas.
Sherrill’s unwavering focus on providing high quality products and services to a demanding set of customers along with her dedication to suppliers & employees culminated in QMF recently winning the National SBA Prime Contractor of the Year. Her dedication to small and medium business is ever present in her daily life as she utilized her decades of knowledge to start a training program for local small businesses in the DFW area.
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Operating Partner
Mike has over a decade of fundamental investing experience, having invested professionally at several multi-billion-dollar investment managers, on behalf of large institutions, pensions, endowments and high-net-worth individuals.
Throughout his career, Mike has focused on smaller, lesser-known companies that required investors to roll up their sleeves and dig in to complicated situations, which positions him well to identify opportunities and understand businesses in the lower middle market.
Mike was most recently at HBK Capital, an $8B multi-strategy investment manager where he focused on investments across the capital structure. Prior to HBK, Mike was at DDJ Capital, a fundamental, credit-focused asset manager with $8B of AUM. Before DDJ, Mike was in the Financial Sponsors and Leveraged Finance Investment Banking group at UBS.
Mike graduated magna cum laude from Boston University’s School of Management and currently lives in Windham, NH with his wife and daughters.
When not working, Mike enjoys spending time with his family and getting outdoors as much as possible.