Bregal Partners (Bregal), a private equity firm specialising in investments in consumer and multi-unit, food and beverage, and business services, has added three key hires to its team – Thomas Perkins as Managing Director of Portfolio Services, Kaitlin Sasson joins as Principal, and Daniel Ayeroff as Vice President.
Perkins will be responsible for building out resources to support portfolio company management teams. He currently works closely with the management teams of TDBBS, Oggi Foods, and Ju-Ju-Be, and provides expertise on manufacturing, distribution and logistics, and process optimisation across both service and product businesses in the Bregal portfolio.
Prior to joining Bregal, Perkins had fifteen years of experience as Operating Partner with Monitor Clipper Partners and has served as both an interim and line executive for several private equity-owned businesses, most recently as COO at Syneos Health Commercial Solutions.
Sasson is responsible for originating, executing, and managing investments. She currently serves on the board of American Seafoods and helps oversee the firm’s investments in Arcus Hunting and Ruby Slipper Restaurant Group.
Prior to joining Bregal Partners, Sasson was a Vice President at Sightway Capital, the private equity investment arm of Two Sigma Investments, where she was responsible for the evaluation, execution, financing, and ongoing management of portfolio company investments.
Ayeroff is responsible for quarterbacking the diligence and completion of new opportunities and managing the firm’s existing investments. He helps support Bregal’s investments in TDBBS, My Mochi Ice Cream, JuJuBe and West Coast Salmon.
Prior to joining Bregal Partners, Ayeroff served as a Vice President with CIP Capital in New York City, where he served as a director of Carnegie Learning and was a Board observer for eDriving.
