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our clients with superior customer service through lending teams led
by proven industry professionals averaging 15-20 years of financing
experience, across a broad range of industry
and transaction types. Our senior professionals are "equity owners"
in HighPoint, and therefore are committed to the highest standards
of integrity and professionalism in each of our client engagements.
Our Mission is to be the "go to" provider of highly flexible capital
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John S. Bowman
Managing Director
(617) 854-1501
jbowman@highpoint-capital.com
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John Bowman is a founding Managing Director of HighPoint Capital.
Previously, Mr. Bowman was a Managing Director of Leveraged Finance
at FleetBoston Financial from 1998-2003, where he was a senior member
of Fleet’s preliminary structuring and loan screening committees.
Mr. Bowman also had primary leveraged finance responsibility for covering
New England middle market companies, including Fleet’s mezzanine loan
origination business based in Boston. Prior to joining FleetBoston,
Mr. Bowman was a Senior Vice President in Leveraged Finance with Donaldson,
Lufkin & Jenrette, and was involved in DLJ’s start-up of its Senior
Loan business in 1997 as a member of the Leveraged Finance Group.
Mr. Bowman also worked at Kidder, Peabody, State Street Bank, Drexel
Burnham and Lehman Brothers. Mr. Bowman earned an M.B.A. from Harvard
Business School and a B.S. in Business Administration from Northeastern
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Scott E. Carpenter
Managing Director
(617) 854-1502
scarpenter@highpoint-capital.com
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Scott Carpenter is a founding Managing Director of HighPoint Capital.
Previously, Mr. Carpenter was North East Business Development Manager
for Bank of America Business Capital and prior thereto, was Senior
Vice President and Senior Marketing Officer for Fleet Capital. Mr.
Carpenter has over 15 years of corporate lending experience to New
England middle market companies. Prior to joining Fleet Capital, he
successfully opened and grew the Boston office of PNC Business Credit.
Mr. Carpenter was also previously Vice President of Finance for Joan
Fabrics, where he managed the company’s finance and accounting departments
and internal credit function. Mr. Carpenter holds a B.A. in Economics
from Tufts University. He is also a member of numerous local business
associations including the Association for Corporate Growth, The Turnaround
Management Association and has been a Board member of the Commercial
Finance Association and the Upstate New York Turnaround Management
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Jake Garmey
Director
(617) 854-1510
jgarmey@highpoint-capital.com
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Jake Garmey is a Director of HighPoint Capital. From 1999-2005, Mr. Garmey was a Vice President for MCG Capital Corporation, a leading provider of senior and subordinated debt financing to middle market companies. Mr. Garmey helped grow MCG’s middle market lending business from a $200 million investment portfolio to $900 million, sourcing, underwriting, and completing more than 30 transactions. Additionally, Mr. Garmey served as MCG's representative on the board for several investments. Prior to MCG, Mr. Garmey was a credit analyst for Lehman Brothers. He received an M.B.A. from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University and a B.A. in Economics from Hobart College. |
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Ernest (Ernie) J. Panos
Director
(617) 854-1512
epanos@highpoint-capital.com
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Ernie Panos is a Director of HighPoint Capital. Previously, Mr. Panos was a Managing Director at NewStar Financial, Inc. where he was a direct originator of middle market leveraged finance transactions. Mr. Panos’ responsibilities included transaction origination, due diligence, and the negotiation and structuring of financing agreements. Prior to joining NewStar, Mr. Panos spent four years with Bariston Partners, a private equity firm in Boston, where he founded and led the firm’s healthcare services group and worked on a number of management-led buyouts in the healthcare, media and communications, and business service industries. Prior to Bariston, Mr. Panos worked at Wachovia Securities, A.G. Edwards & Sons, J.P. Morgan Securities and Salomon Brothers in capital markets and M&A capacities, completing transactions that totaled approximately $7.0 billion. Mr. Panos earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a BS in finance, investments and economics from Babson College. |
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Scott M. Bugbee
Vice President
(617) 854-1508
sbugbee@highpoint-capital.com
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Scott Bugbee is a Vice President at HighPoint Capital. Previously, Mr. Bugbee was a Vice President at GE Antares Capital, a leading provider of cash flow loans to sponsor-owned middle market companies. Prior to joining GE Antares Capital, Mr. Bugbee spent two years with the GE Investment Analyst Group performing due diligence on current and prospective borrowers. Mr. Bugbee received a B.S. in Finance from Boston College and a M.B.A. from New York University. |
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Jonathan K. Cignetti
Vice President
(617) 854-1505
jcignetti@highpoint-capital.com
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Jonathan Cignetti is a Vice President at HighPoint Capital. Previously, Mr. Cignetti was a Research Associate at Fidelity Research & Management Company, where he covered a diverse portfolio of small capitalization companies making buy/sell recommendations on public bank debt, high yield bonds and equity. Prior to joining Fidelity, Mr. Cignetti was an Associate in the Leveraged Finance Group at FleetBoston Financial, where he structured and executed second lien, mezzanine, high yield and bridge loans for public and private companies. Mr. Cignetti received a B.S. in Finance from Babson College where he earned Magna Cum Laude distinction. |
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Christopher F. Matheson
Vice President
(617) 854-1511
cmatheson@highpoint-capital.com
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Christopher Matheson is a Vice President at HighPoint Capital. Prior to joining HighPoint Capital, Mr. Matheson was a Vice President in the Leveraged Syndicated Capital Markets Group at Banc of America Securities LLC, where he structured and syndicated senior debt for companies in the business services and consumer and retail sectors. Mr. Matheson received a B.A. (Hons) in Business Studies from the Robert Gordon University (U.K.) and a M.B.A from the University of Rochester. |
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Dana L. Niles
Vice President, Finance
(617) 854-1503
dniles@highpoint-capital.com
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Dana Niles is the Vice President of Finance for HighPoint Capital. Previously, Mr. Niles was the Controller of HLM Venture Partners, a $500 million venture capital firm focused on the healthcare industry, where he was responsible for financial operations and investor reporting. Prior to HLM, Mr. Niles was the Controller of YankeeTek Ventures, a $60 million venture capital firm. At YankeeTek, he developed the firm’s financial operations, managed the closing process for deals and provided financial guidance and support to their portfolio companies. Previously, Mr. Niles was a Senior Auditor at Arthur Andersen focusing on audits of middle market companies. Mr. Niles received a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from the University of Vermont where he earned Magna Cum Laude distinction and is a C.P.A. |
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Jacquelyn M. Marchand
Marketing Assistant
(617) 854-1507
jmarchand@highpoint-capital.com
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Jacquelyn Marchand is a Marketing Assistant at HighPoint Capital. Previously, Ms. Marchand has held Marketing Internship positions at Beacon Power Corporation as well as AptSoft Corporation. Ms. Marchand is a recent graduate from the Francis E. Girard School of Business and International Commerce at Merrimack College where she earned a B.S. in Business Administration with concentrations in Marketing and Economics.
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John S. Bowman
HighPoint Capital
John Bowman is a founding Managing Director of HighPoint Capital. Previously,
Mr. Bowman was a Managing Director of Leveraged Finance at FleetBoston
Financial from 1998-2003, where he was a senior member of Fleet’s preliminary
structuring and loan screening committees. Mr. Bowman also had primary
leveraged finance responsibility for covering New England middle market
companies, including Fleet’s mezzanine loan origination business based
in Boston. Prior to joining FleetBoston, Mr. Bowman was a Senior Vice
President in Leveraged Finance with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and
was involved in DLJ’s start-up of its Senior Loan business in 1997 as
a member of the Leveraged Finance Group. Mr. Bowman also worked at Kidder,
Peabody, State Street Bank, Drexel Burnham and Lehman Brothers. Mr.
Bowman earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Business
Administration from Northeastern University.
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Scott E. Carpenter
HighPoint Capital
Scott Carpenter is a founding Managing Director of HighPoint Capital.
Previously, Mr. Carpenter was North East Business Development Manager
for Bank of America Business Capital and prior thereto, was Senior
Vice President and Senior Marketing Officer for Fleet Capital. Mr.
Carpenter has over 15 years of corporate lending experience to New
England middle market companies. Prior to joining Fleet Capital, he
successfully opened and grew the Boston office of PNC Business Credit.
Mr. Carpenter was also previously Vice President of Finance for Joan
Fabrics, where he managed the company’s finance and accounting departments
and internal credit function. Mr. Carpenter holds a B.A. in Economics
from Tufts University. He is also a member of numerous local business
associations including the Association for Corporate Growth, The Turnaround
Management Association and has been a Board member of the Commercial
Finance Association and the Upstate New York Turnaround Management
Association.
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Jonathan A. Kraft
The Kraft Group
Jonathan Kraft is President & Chief Operating Officer of The Kraft Group.
Jonathan Kraft graduated from Williams College in 1986 with a BA in
History and went on to work as a Consultant for Bain & Company. After
two years at Bain he attended Harvard Business School and received his
MBA in 1990 at which time he joined The Kraft Group. Jonathan is on
the board of directors for several organizations including Citizens
Bank of Massachusetts and the Children’s Hospital Trust. He is also
on the board of trustees for Williams College, the Belmont Hill School,
and the Park School.
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Robert K. Kraft
The Kraft Group
Robert Kraft is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of The Kraft Group.
A native of Brookline, Massachusetts, Robert Kraft graduated from Columbia
University in 1963 where he earned his B.A. He then received a fellowship
to the Harvard School of Business and completed his M.B.A. in 1965.
Robert Kraft is Founder and Chairman of The Kraft Group of companies
based in Foxborough, Mass. In addition to his role at The Kraft Group
Mr. Kraft sits on numerous boards including the Boston College Board
of Trustees, the executive committees of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Boston and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and is also a Trustee Emeritus
of Columbia University.
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Geoffrey S. Rehnert
Audax Group
Mr. Rehnert, is Co-Chief Executive Officer of Audax Group. Prior to
founding Audax Group, Mr. Rehnert helped to start Bain Capital, Inc.
("Bain Capital") in 1984 and to initiate Bain Capital’s entrance into
the buyout market in 1986. During his tenure at Bain Capital, Mr. Rehnert
was integral to the firm’s growth and evolution, participated in the
firm’s investment decisions, and served on the boards of over 25 Bain
Capital companies. In addition, Mr. Rehnert was instrumental in helping
to establish Bain Capital’s middle market deal generation and relationship
development efforts. Prior to working at Bain Capital, Mr. Rehnert worked
at Bain & Company and J. P. Morgan and Company, Inc. Mr. Rehnert received
a J.D. from the Stanford Law School where he was a member of the Stanford
Law Review. He received an A.B. from Duke University.
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Marc. B. Wolpow
Audax Group
Mr. Wolpow, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Audax Group. Prior to founding
Audax Group, Mr. Wolpow was a Managing Director of Bain Capital, where
he focused on middle market private equity opportunities, playing a
key role in numerous leveraged acquisitions, management buyouts, and
recapitalization transactions. In 1995, he took shared responsibility
for Bain Capital’s mezzanine fund, and in 1997, he co-founded the firm’s
structured debt business, Sankaty Advisors. Prior to joining Bain Capital
in 1990, Mr. Wolpow worked as a leveraged finance professional at Drexel
Burnham Lambert, Inc. and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc. Mr. Wolpow
received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a J.D. from Harvard
Law School. He received a B.S. (Economics) from the Wharton School of
the University of Pennsylvania.
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