Bio

Leveraging the knowledge, experience and relationships developed and nurtured during his extensive career in food and beverage, tech, aerospace and corporate finance, including over 20 years as CEO, President or COO and Board Member of multi-million to multi-billion dollar privately held, publicly traded or private equity-backed food and beverage companies, Robert (Bob) continues to create impressive value for team members, customers and shareholders now as a board member, operating partner and investor. During his tenure as a business leader, Bob has built dynamic leadership teams with whom he has driven high rates of growth, both organically and externally, substantial margin expansion of both operating and returns on invested capital measures and multiple expansion by taking leadership within the relevant industry served. Among his many successes, Bob built the $120 million (revenues) French division of Smithfield Foods and built it into the publicly traded, Madrid-based, $3 billion (revenues) European leader in processed meats, Campofrio Food Group. During a 10-year period, Bob and his team transformed 14 operating companies into a single enterprise, integrated 7 acquisitions, built a portfolio of over a dozen leading brands, drove over a hundred million dollars in supply chain and overhead productivity, took the company public and then successfully sold the business to a North American based food group.