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Benjamin Skinner
Ben is a co-founder and Senior Vice President of TAU, heading TAUx, the firm’s proprietary research desk. Previously, as an award-winning reporter, he was Senior Fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism of Brandeis University, leading that organization’s in-depth, cross-border investigations into labor and environmental abuse in the supply chains of major corporations. He is the first person in recorded history to observe the negotiations for sale of human beings on four continents, and was named one of National Geographic‘s “Adventurers of the Year 2008.” His first book, A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery (Free Press; 2008), was awarded the 2009 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for nonfiction, a citation from the Overseas Press Club in its book category for 2008, and a finalist for The Ryszard Kapuscinski International Award for literary reportage in 2011. Also in 2011, the World Economic Forum recognized Skinner as a Young Global Leader. Previously he held a fellowship at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy of Harvard Kennedy School of Government, served as Special Assistant to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and worked as Research Associate for U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations.
| Investors: | Website: http://tau-investment.com/en_US/ | Email: [email protected] |
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Ken Katz
Kenneth Katz serves as TAU’s Managing Director and Head of Asia Investments, bringing 18 years of private equity and direct investment experience in control, minority, turnaround and distress situations, as well as senior executive roles in portfolio companies. Dedicating most of his investment career to global emerging markets, Ken has resided in Asia for 14 years and is currently based in Hong Kong. Prior to joining TAU, Ken served as the Executive Chairman and CEO of Global Beauty International, a private equity-owned retail business with a pan-Asian presence in 14 countries. Ken lead efforts to rebuild and reposition this 25-year old group that had pioneered the Asian beauty and wellness category. Previously, Ken headed private equity activities for Lazard Asia Investments with particular focus on managing a $300 million Asia regional, distressed asset portfolio. Driving strategic focus and guiding various business restructurings, Ken successfully led multiple exits generating above-market gains. Prior to Lazard, Ken joined Emerging Markets Partnership, manager of the AIG Infrastructure Funds, with $6 billion under management. While based in Singapore with EMP, Ken led Asia deal teams in Southeast Asia, Korea, India and China originating, executing and managing investments across sectors including power generation, oil & gas, transportation & logistics, energy distribution, telecommunications, heavy manufacturing and agribusiness. Ken also had responsibilities for regional investor relations and investor reporting. Before joining EMP, Ken spearheaded and managed the Asia Pacific direct investment business for Edison Capital as its Singapore-based Head of Asia Pacific Investments. Ken launched the firm’s first Asian office and managed its direct investment team, originating and overseeing equity, quasi-equity, mezzanine and other structured investments across multiple industries including power generation, chemicals, telecommunications, water treatment and healthcare facilities. He was a member of Edison’s Global Investment Committee and also led regional reporting, administration, corporate compliance, and government relations functions. Ken began his investment career in commercial real estate principal investments at Weyerhaeuser Company, where he had responsibilities for a multi-state real estate portfolio.
| Investors: | Website: http://tau-investment.com/en_US/ | Email: [email protected] |
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Matthew Graves
Matthew oversees TAU’s accounting, investment pipeline and strategic due diligence. He is also a member of TAU’s investment committee. Matthew is a CPA by background. Over the past 20 years he has split his time between investment banking in Bermuda and New York, and leading multi-year, multi-million dollar technology projects at GE Corporate in Fairfield, CT. In addition, Matthew has been the CFO of three operating companies and early in his career was a corporate controller.
| Investors: | Website: http://http://tau-investment.com/en_US/ | Email: [email protected] |
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Oliver Niedermaier
Oliver is the founder of TAU and serves as Chairman & CEO. He also chairs the firm’s Investment Committee. Prior to launching TAU, Oliver served as an Operating Partner at Advent International, a global private equity firm with over $32B assets under management, where he co-invested in Equiniti and still serves as a Non-Executive. Concurrently, Oliver served as the CEO of DF King Worldwide, a global financial communications and stakeholder management firm he founded in 2007. Previously, Oliver served as a Member of the Global Executive Management Board at Computershare (ASX: CPU), the world’s largest share registry business and a leading financial markets technology provider. He joined Computershare when it acquired Pepper Technologies, a technology and consulting business he founded in 1998.
| Investors: | Website: http://tau-investment.com/en_US/ | Email: [email protected] |