Charles B Lannin

Bio

Mr. Lannin has over 25 years of experience in private equity investing, structuring and transaction execution in the upper Midwest. Prior to forming Stone Arch Capital, Mr. Lannin served as a general partner at Norwest Equity Partners ('NEP') where he invested in traditional buyout transactions. Prior to joining NEP, Mr. Lannin formed his own Merger and Acquisition boutique, Greene Holcomb & Lannin, co-directed the Merger & Acquisition department at Piper Jaffray, Inc., and served as a corporate acquisitions attorney for The Quaker Oats Company. In his Midwestern career, he has directed over one hundred merger and acquisition transactions as well as numerous debt and equity recapitalizations and offerings. He has worked with numerous privately held companies, as well as public corporations such as ADC Telecommunications, Applebee's International, Bemis Company, 3M, St. Jude Medical, Tenneco, Inc. and Tyson Foods. Mr. Lannin is a frequent speaker at private equity/merger and acquisition seminars and is a graduate of Stanford University (B.A.), the University of Minnesota Graduate School of Law (J.D.), and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business (M.B.A.).