Grantchester Group - Forward-thinking Healthcare & Technology Private Equity

OUR APPROACH

Grantchester’s core thesis is that micro-cap opportunities, in alignment with our partners’ significant operating experience, present the best opportunities for outsized growth and returns. We commit to a long-term partnership with company leadership, and engineer a holding company structure that provides permanent capital and long-term security for strategic investments in growth. Our longer-term horizon is tax-efficient, and generates superior compounding value for our investors.

Our approach is rooted in Strategy, Talent, and Capital:

Strategy

We source and invest in healthcare and energy businesses that have the potential to grow into consolidated platform companies. We partner with founding teams to create strategic growth plans to achieve $100-200 million in value. Our industry-leading operating experience delivers unmatched value as founders navigate the path to profitable revenue growth.

Talent

The Grantchester Group is laser-focused on operating talent that builds valuable businesses. Our own partners lend our companies strategic expertise derived from decades of executive experience at leading businesses. In addition, a division of our firm serves as a talent group for large national private equity firms, allowing us to source qualified executives for our portfolio companies to drive further growth.

Capital

We work with a selective network of family office investors to infuse capital into our portfolio companies. Our family office partners receive preferential access to attractive deals at lower multiples, and receive industry-leading returns. Our permanent capital structure enables long-term growth, in contrast to the traditional private-equity timeline.

Meet Our Team

Grantchester partners leverage decades of experience in the healthcare, energy and technology industries to work hand-in-hand with portfolio companies and deliver profitable revenue growth. Our operational and sector-specific experience is a unique differentiator from traditional private equity firms.

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ghentry.pace@grantchestergroup.com

Office: 858-264-1212

Ghentry Pace

Senior Advisor

Ghentry Pace has been in leadership for more than 25 years working for some of the most well respected healthcare organizations in the country such as Intermountain Healthcare, Apria Healthcare, Conifer Health Solutions and Fresenius North America. His career started in the US Army as a Respiratory Therapist and has progressed through multiple senior leadership opportunities in clinical management, finance and operations. Ghentry has led teams of more than 40 00 people, been responsible for more than $12B in net patient revenue and most recently was the CEO of the largest full service Sleep Diagnostic provider in the country. He has been very successful leading large teams in the not for profit, publicly trade d and Private equity space. Ghentry is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare executives and still maintains his clinical license as a Respiratory Therapist. He has three sons and lives in Texas with his wife, the boys, and a menagerie of animals on a small ranch.

jon.sorenson@grantchestergroup.com

Office: 858-264-1212

Jon F. Sorenson

Senior Operating Advisor

Jon Sorenson has a long career in the energy industry working with clients on high profile projects ranging from $5 million - $2 billion. As President/COO of Competitive Energy Services (CES), Sorenson led a team in procuring and managing more energy load than any third-party entity in Northeast and Atlantic Canada, over $2 billion in energy spend, and growing the firm five-fold in sales and energy under management.

Mr. Sorenson was a founding executive officer for SmartEnergy, Inc., a mass-market energy services company providing electricity and natural gas services to customers in NY, NJ and PA. The firm was the first ever retail energy provider to secure energy over the Internet, before being sold to its largest shareholder, Alliant Energy. Sorenson has been involved in securing venture capital, public offerings, business plans and growth models exceeding expectations, as well as successful turn-around strategies.

Mr. Sorenson is Chairman of the Board and President of the New England Canada Business Council (NECBC) and served as Co-chair of the Annual Energy Conference of the New England Canadian Business Council, the most distinguished/prestigious cross border energy conference in North America. Jon has been on the Board of Advisors for the University of Maine, College of Engineering for 14 years, and served as Chairman and Board member of the University’s School of Business, Public Policy, Management and Health for 15 years. Sorenson received the distinguished Stillwater Society Presidential Service Award for his contributions to the University in both Alumni Relations and Energy Management.

dick.murphy@grantchestergroup.com

Office: 858-264-1212

Richard L. Murphy

Lead Senior Advisor, Grantchester Group, LLC

Mr. Murphy spent most of his career consulting to global and U.S. multi-national corporations at c-suite levels, while building consulting partnerships resulting in client engagements across 60 countries throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. Under Mr. Murphy’s leadership, clients experienced high-impact management consulting resulting in achievement of superior organizational performance through alignment of strategy, process and human capital in both public and private sectors.

As a founder and President of ODI International, his firm was named to INC Magazine’s List of 500 Fastest Growing Companies in the US for two years running. ODI was acclaimed for its ability to cascade client strategies through rapid deployment and alignment of strategy at all organizational levels. During this time, he lived and worked in Singapore expanding the firm’s footprint across Asia Pacific and the Middle East. The firm’s clients included broad industry representation across healthcare and life sciences, financial services, technology, professional services, industrial, consumer. Prior to his consulting career, Mr. Murphy held executive positions with CBS, and Control Data.

Mr. Murphy has served on numerous advisory boards, including; Fellowship for Christian Athletes, RSR Partners, and Princeton University’s Faith and Work Initiative, and is a founding member of the Instructional Systems Association and the Greenwich Leadership Forum.

Local and international business journals have included Mr. Murphy’s client work, as well as presentations at many industry specific associations.

Mr. Murphy received his Bachelor’s degree in English Literature with a minor in Science from Windham College, and served active duty in the United States Marine Corps.

ssiddal@grantchestergroup.com

Office: 858-264-1212

Steven Siddal

President, Grantchester Energy Group

Senior Business Development Manager Energy Systems Group (ESG)
Vice President of Energy and Institutional Markets for EMCOR Services Fluidics. Received National Top 20 Performer developing $320M+ in new business
Managed $2B national key accounts at Johnson Controls (JCI)
Five Consecutive JCI Silver Eagle Award, JCI Gold Eagle Award and 2016 JCI Masters Award recipient
Former President of the “Greater Philadelphia Association of Energy Engineers (GPAEE)” Chapter

jim.green@grantchestergroup.com

Office: 858-264-1212

Jim Green

Senior Advisor – Healthcare Services and Medical Devices

Mr. Green has three decades of global executive leadership experience across healthcare devices and services.

President Spacelabs Healthcare
President and CEO Anagogic Corporation (NASDAQ: ALOG)
Senior leadership roles at: Quest Diagnostics, Koninklijke, Philips Electronics NV, and St. Jude Medical Inc.

tom.stanton@grantchestergroup.com

Office: 858-264-1212

Tom Stanton

Senior Advisor

Mr. Stanton is a managing director in JLL’s New Jersey office. In his current role, he represents the firm’s corporate clients and other users in all their real estate matters.

Mr. Stanton has managed projects for some of America’s best-known companies including Lockheed Martin, ExxonMobil, Wyeth, Mitsubishi International Corp., Merck, Loral Space & Communications and Sanofi-Aventis.

Mr. Stanton began his career at JLL in July 2008 due to the merger of The Staubach Company.

Prior to joining JLL, Mr. Stanton was one of the two managing principals of The Staubach Company’s New Jersey corporate services division. Mr. Stanton joined Staubach in November 1998. In 1997,he was a principal of Loughlin Stanton, LLC, a commercial real estate firm he founded with his partner, Daniel J. Loughlin. Prior to the formation of Loughlin Stanton, LLC, Mr. Stanton was vice president for George Mintz & Company, Inc., a corporate real estate company where he specialized in tenant representation.

Mr. Stanton is a cum laude graduate of Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York. He is a Leadership New Jersey Fellow and is active in several civic leadership roles including membership on boards for Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars in Washington, D.C., the Regional Plan Association, the Hudson County Chamber of Commerce and New Jersey City University. Mr. Stanton is also active in several industry trade groups on a local and national level including Industrial Asset Management Council (IAMC) and Biotechnology Council of New Jersey (BioNJ).

pjankowski@grantchestergroup.com

Office: 858-264-1212

Peter Jankowski

Industry Operating Executive – Technology

Mr. Jankowski’s ability to combine new ideas with enabling technology and bring that technology to market enhances all sectors of Grantchester’s target verticals.

CEO and CTO of Drov Technologies
Chairman, Founder and CEO of Next Level Security Systems
CEO and CTO of Sypixx Networks. Sold to Cisco Systems.
Co-Founder of Loronix Information Systems. Sold to Comverse Technology.

jthompson@grantchestergroup.com

Office: 858-264-1212

Jay Thompson

Industry Operating Executive – Transportation & Energy

Mr. Thompson brings 40 years of transportation & energy related senior leadership and investment experience to Grantchester’s related verticals.

Managing Partner of Yasawa Group Ltd., a global energy and logistics firm.
Partner Platinum at Data Products
Advisor & Investor, WindPipe Corporation
General Manager, Cummins Engine Company

mcooper@grantchestergroup.com

Office: 858-264-1212

Mark Cooper, M.D.

Operating Partner

Diplomat of the American College of Radiology

Dr. Cooper brings his deep expertise in Radiology, Medicine and strong business perspectives to the Grantchester Team. After receiving an M.B.A , he combined his expertise in Radiology and Interventional procedures with his business acumen to provide a myriad of services for many health care related ventures. He has performed due diligence for various private equity firms as well as participating in many healthcare related round tables.

Mark was the president of the Physician Advisory Board of a national medical malpractice company. His expertise in operations management was utilized as a physician consultant for Radiology Business Solutions, a national company that managed numerous Radiology practices in the U.S. His roll was to act as mentor to large practices and provide guidance in leadership as well as the business of medicine. His roll was also integral in contract negotiations, always looking to create a “win-win” result for the Hospital and practicing Radiologists.

He has lectured for the American College of Radiology on topics such as practice management, retirement planning and investment strategies. As a member of the Managed Care committee of the American College of Radiology, he has been involved in national contract negotiations for reimbursement and appropriate utilization as well as coding. This committee has been on the cutting edge of the evolution of medicine and its progress during these challenging times.

His expertise as a consultant for a National Utilization review company entailed interacting with various CMO’s in the U.S. His depth of knowledge of all aspects of medicine was integral in this roll.

As Chief Medical Officer of Next Image Medical, his roll was to develop best practices for thousands of imaging centers . This created an efficient model to have the most appropriate studies performed ,thus enabling the patient/employee to be able to return to work in a timely manner without negatively impacting their performance. The need to have all specialties of medicine work together seamlessly to provide the most appropriate medical care as the primary goal was the primary focus.

Mark was Chief Resident at Thomas Jefferson University for two consecutive years. He received a fellowship in Interventional Radiology at Thomas Jefferson University and was an Assistant Professor. He was also Chief of Body Imaging.

One of Mark’s passions is baseball, where he was one of only three people to have their collection exhibited in the Baseball Hall of Fame n Cooperstown N.Y. He authored, Baseball Games: Home Versions of the National Pastime and is considered the world’s expert on this topic.The Smithsonian Institute has acknowledged Mark as having one of the top twenty baseball memorabilia collections in the world. He is highly respected as a baseball historian and has sat on many panels related to his expertise and love of the game. He is currently employed by the Cincinnati Reds and was inducted into their Baseball Fantasy Camp Hall of Fame.

joe.remke@grantchestergroup.com

Office: 858-264-1212

Dr. Joe Remke

Senior Advisor – Physicians Practice and Healthcare Services

Dr. Remke is nationally known physician and eye care practice leader.

CEO and Managing Director Remke Eye Clinic
Founder of The Remke Group, healthcare management services, and education business
Past Director First Farmers Merchants Bank