San Francisco-based Altamont Capital Partners has named Casey Lynch to the post of managing director. Lynch worked previously as a partner at SFW Capital, and in his new role will focus on investments in healthcare and business services. Altamont Capital is a middle market private equity firm with $500 million under management.
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Altamont Capital Partners (Altamont), the San Francisco Bay area-based middle market private equity firm, announced today that Casey Lynch has joined the firm as a Managing Director. Mr. Lynch will focus on investments in healthcare and business services, among other areas.
Jesse Rogers, Managing Director of Altamont, commented: “We are excited to have Casey join our team and expand our vertical expertise in healthcare. Casey brings more than 13 years of experience investing in the middle market, particularly in health and wellness. Having known Casey for many years, I am confident he will be a great fit with our team.”
Most recently, Mr. Lynch was a partner at SFW Capital. Prior to SFW he was a partner at Parthenon Capital, a fund with over $1.5 billion under management focused on services investments, where he led the firm’s healthcare services investing. He was also one of the original team members of North Castle Partners where he focused on healthcare and consumer health and wellness.
Mr. Lynch added: “I am thrilled to join the Altamont team. With the high degree of change occurring in the healthcare environment right now, I expect we will have some outstanding opportunities to partner with great management teams to build market leading businesses. I firmly believe that focusing on complex and change-intensive middle market investments is a sustainable and high value strategy. ”
About Altamont Capital Partners
Altamont Capital Partners is a private equity firm based in the San Francisco Bay area with $500 million in capital, focused on investing in change-intensive middle market businesses. The firm’s principals have significant experience building business success stories across a range of industries and transaction types. Altamont is particularly drawn to companies which are constrained for some reason from realizing their full potential. The firm seeks to work in partnership with management to implement strategic and operational change. Altamont is a generalist firm with deep experience in several verticals including business services, financial services, industrials, healthcare, consumer and retail.