FRIENDS OF THE FIRM
CSM collaborates with a wide network of contacts with diverse and varied backgrounds.
Here is a handful of our good friends.
Wyatt Aasen Retired coatings executive PPG industries
•40 year career with PPG.
•Led development of numerous acquisitions including Spraylat, IVC, Whitford, MetoKote.
•Deal origination, execution and integration.
•Cost and productivity improvement; organizational restructuring; pricing, margin and working capital optimization.
Charlie Lorelli Founder and President Lorelli & Co.
•25+ years chemicals M&A experience.
•100+ transactions.
•Extensive experience in numerous industry segments.
•Dual degrees in law and business administration.
•Previous experience includes Reichhold Chemicals and Allied Chemcial.
Jim butterfield managing partner oceanrock capital
•Jim started OceanRock Capital in 2020 after 18 years at The Riverside Company, a middle-market private equity Fund with $10B under management.
•Sourced and closed in excess of 50 acquisitions and deployed over $1.5 Billion of equity capital.
Stephen Mothersole Founder and CEO, Chemical Search International Limited
•Stephen's career has spanned a wide part of the chemicals sector including time with S.G. Warburg and Air Products & Chemicals.
•In 2000 he founded Chemical Search International (CSI) which has steadily grown to one of the most respected boutique executive search firms worldwide for the chemicals and related value-chain.
matt Dixon partner ccd partners
•Started his career with Deloitte and Barclays Capital.
•Co-founder of CCD Partners, a global network of consultants that collaborate to deliver transformative transactions for innovative chemicals and life sciences businesses.
Kedar Murthy Chief Commercial Officer Boston Materials, Inc.
•Over two decades of general management experience in developing business strategy, commercializing difficult technologies, managing commercial teams, and operations.
•Former Vice President and General Manager of Lehigh Technologies Inc., a Kleiner Perkins and Index Ventures funded specialty materials company acquired by Michelin.
•Helped raise over $35 million in investment capital.