Pat Collins is a senior investment professional with the firm. Prior to joining 2004, Mr. Collins worked at Behrman Capital, a private equity firm with $1.8 billion under management. At Behrman, Mr. Collins helped to originate, structure, document and monitor private equity investments. He actively participated in the sale and initial public offering of two of these investments. Mr. Collins currently serves on the boards of AmeriMark Holdings and Country Home Products.

Mr. Collins' operating experience includes participating as a member of PeopleSoft, Inc.'s Portal Solutions product marketing team where he helped launch one of PeopleSoft's largest selling software products. In addition, Mr. Collins led the start-up efforts of one of Behrman Capital's portfolio investments. Prior to Behrman Capital and PeopleSoft, Mr. Collins was an investment banker at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. in New York.

Mr. Collins received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Yale University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.