THE GENERAL PARTNERS
J. ANDREW
MCWETHY brings 38 years of acquisition and investment
experience in the basic industries sector. For the ten years prior
to co-founding Eastport he was President and co-founder of MST
Partners, a predecessor fund. For the thirteen years prior to MST,
he managed the private equity investing arm of the Bank of New York
(formerly Irving Trust Company). Prior to Bank of New York, he
spent nine years with the investment activity of Security Pacific
National Bank.
EDWARD J.
KATA brings 35 years of experience to Eastport as a
corporate development professional and as an operating manager.
During his thirteen years at Dover Corporation he was responsible
for the formulation and execution of Dovers acquisition strategy.
In this capacity he purchased over 60 companies within the basic
industry sector. Before Dover, Mr. Kata spent nine years as
Director of Planning and Development for the Thyssen Bornemisza
Group, a European industrial conglomerate, where he purchased 30
companies. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Kata was a partner at Full Circle
Investments, a private equity limited partnership, where he
purchased 12 basic industrial companies in areas such as welding,
electronic enclosures and precision machined
components.
DR. F. PATRICK
SMITH brings 28 years of experience as a business operator
to Eastport. Dr. Smith, in his capacity as Chairman and CEO of
Tekni-Plex, Inc. and WFP Corporation, two of MST Partners portfolio
companies, has proven highly skilled as an operator and adept at
realizing the benefits of add-on acquisitions. Dr. Smith applies
his operational expertise to identify and analyze potential
investments and to be available to the management teams of
Eastports portfolio companies.
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