Andrew A Thomas

Bio

Andy joined Stonebridge as a Principal in 1998 and became a Partner in December 1999. Andy is involved in all aspects of our business. He is responsible for initiating and evaluating investment opportunities, arranging financing, and closing acquisitions. After closing, he works closely with Stonebridge’s Operating Partner and the portfolio company management team to implement the growth and productivity improvement plans for the company. Prior to Stonebridge, Andy was a partner with Hawthorne Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm, where he was responsible for all aspects of management buyout transactions, including negotiation of purchase agreements, due diligence, arrangement of financing and investment monitoring. Earlier in his career, Andy was a senior member in Bank America’s Structured Finance practice, where he provided acquisition financing for management buyouts. He has also held several managerial and engineering positions in industry, first with Inland Steel Company and later with Airco Industrial Gases. Andy graduated from Purdue University with a B.S. in Engineering, the Illinois Institute of Technology with a M.S. in Engineering and received his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Business School.