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Sun Capital Announces Promotions

February 26th, 2025

This year marks a significant milestone for our firm, it is our 30th Anniversary. As we look forward to our next decade, we want to provide you with an update on our team and their achievements.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Matthew Garff, Rossen Georgiev, and Matthew Joblove as Co-Heads of our US Transaction Team.

Matthew, Rossen, and Matthew have all made significant contributions to the success and culture of our firm and together they will assume responsibility for the Transaction Team located in our Boca Raton, Los Angeles, and New York offices. They have consistently demonstrated their leadership skills and their willingness to mentor and guide the broader Sun Capital team.

Senior US Transaction Team Promotions

  • Matthew Garff, Senior Managing Director & Partner, Co-Head – US Transactions, has been with Sun Capital for 24 years and is located in our Los Angeles office.
  • Rossen Georgiev, Managing Director, Co-Head – US Transactions, has been at Sun Capital almost 15 years and is located in our Boca Raton office.
  • Matthew Joblove, Managing Director, Co-Head – US Transactions, is also located in our Boca Raton office, has been with Sun Capital for almost 12 years, and was recently promoted from Principal to Managing Director.

Further to the promotions above, we recently held our 2024 Town Hall1 and are pleased to highlight these additional promotions for our Transaction and Infrastructure Teams.

Additional Transaction Team Promotions

  • Gabriel Danielachvili to Principal
  • Laila El Ouadih and Aurélien Meyer to Vice President
  • Alberto Bonada, Lucas Brueckner, Adam Cohen, and Mark Romanowski to Senior Associate

Infrastructure Team Promotions

  • Deryl Couch to Senior Managing Director
  • Antony Levinson to Managing Director
  • Erin DeCristo to Vice President of Human Resources
  • Erin Rapkin to Fund Controller
  • Bianca Metzger to Assistant Fund Controller
  • Emerson Waumans to Senior Financial Analyst
  • Heath Crow to IT Director
  • Alexia Hatley to Senior Executive Assistant/Office Manager
  • JoAnne Cooperman to Office Services Coordinator

We want to extend our congratulations to everyone for these well-deserved promotions.  It is through the dedicated effort of these individuals and the rest of the entire Sun Capital team that allows us to continue to build our companies and execute our strategy.

Thank you for your continued support and partnership.

About Sun Capital Partners

Sun Capital Partners, Inc. is a global private equity firm focused on partnering with outstanding management teams to accelerate value creation. Since 1995, Sun Capital has invested in more than 550 companies worldwide with revenues in excess of $50 billion across a broad range of industries and transaction structures. The Firm has built a reputation as a trusted partner, recognized for its operational experience. Sun Capital focuses on defensible businesses in growing markets with tangible performance improvement opportunities in the Business Services, Consumer, Healthcare, Industrial, and Technology sectors. The firm has offices in Boca Raton, Los Angeles and New York, and an affiliate with offices in London. For more information, please visit www.suncappart.com

Media Contacts
Sun Capital:
Pia De Sousa – Vice President, Marketing
561-394-0550
pdesousa@suncappart.com

1Following the end of each calendar year, Sun Capital holds an annual Town Hall for all of its employees and highlights, amongst other things, promotions that occurred either during the preceding year (in this case 2024) or promotions that are recognized at the end of the year. These promotions are effective March 1, 2025.

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