Tengram Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on exceptional, highly recognisable consumer brands, has appointed Robin Lamb (pictured) and Michael Zappala as Vice President and Associate, respectively.
Lamb has over 15 years of experience as an entrepreneur, an operator in mid-sized companies, and most recently as a strategic advisor to private equity funds and corporations in the consumer and retail space. Prior to joining Tengram, Lamb was a Principal at Bain & Company, a leading management consulting firm. At Bain, Lamb focused on consumer and retail brands, with an emphasis on food and beverage companies, department stores and mass merchants. He specialised in due diligence for private equity clients, portfolio company value creation, omni-channel retail strategy, and merger integration. Lamb also has experience as an operator in mid-market companies where he focused on IT strategy, management and implementation. Lamb earned his MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and holds a BA from Stanford University.
Zappala has over three years of experience as an analyst and associate evaluating potential investment opportunities across the consumer/retail, industrial, healthcare and energy industries. In addition, he assisted in the monitoring of investments through various portfolio management and investment realisation responsibilities. Prior to joining Tengram, Zappala was an Associate and an Analyst at CCMP Capital, a global middle-market buyout and growth equity firm. He holds a BS degree in Finance from the Boston College Carroll School of Management.
"We are excited to welcome Robin and Michael to the investment team," says Matt Eby, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Tengram. "We believe that they will be great additions to the team that we have built at TCP. Their operational and financial backgrounds will expand the support and insight that Tengram brings to its partnerships with our portfolio companies and their founders. We are glad to have them both join our team."
