MidOcean Partners (MidOcean), a New York-based alternative asset manager specialising in middle-market private equity and alternative credit investments, has appointed Steve Spinner as Operating Partner.
The former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of United Natural Foods (UNFI), Spinner has over 20 years of experience across multiple industries, bringing deep business expertise to MidOcean’s private equity portfolio. In his role as Operating Partner, Steve will work across the MidOcean platform to bring a wide range of insights and resources to the firm’s Consumer and Business Services verticals.
Spinner’s background brings a broad range of capabilities to the firm including food distribution, strategic planning, human capital management, business services brands and data insights. Throughout his career, Steve has focused on identifying both consumer and business trends while scaling and growing a wide range of businesses.
Daniel Penn, Managing Director at MidOcean, says: “Mr Spinner’s broad range of experience across numerous industries will bring invaluable insights to both our consumer and business services portfolio companies. The entire MidOcean platform will be able to leverage his diverse operating expertise and will benefit from his unique perspectives from leading transformational growth.”
