John R Costantino

Bio

Mr Costantino has been a principal in Walden Partners Ltd, a merchant bank, since 1992 and, more recently, a founder of Walden Capital Partners. John serves as director to several companies including Clayton Acquisition Corporation, Bemiss-Jason Corp, Vox Radio Group LP, Plymouth Acquisition Corp, and Ameriscape Inc. He also serves on the board of the General Electric Mutual Funds and has served on the boards of a number of public companies including Conair Corp, Brooklyn Bank Corp and Lancit Media Entertainment LTD. He was formerly a member of the Advisory Board of Republic National Bank. He was a partner in Costantino, Melamede & Greenberg, an investment partnership that acquired and managed a number of companies in manufacturing, distribution and service industries from 1987 through 1992. In 1985 he became the chief operating officer of Conair Corporation where he was involved in the company's LBO. Previously, he was a managing director of the buyout division of Integrated Resources Inc, a large financial services company where he was responsible for acquiring a number of companies including Wells Fargo Mortgage Company, the Linde Welding Division of Union Carbide and Brown-Jordan Company. He was also a founding shareholder of European Home Products plc. began his professional career in 1970 at Touche Ross & Co. where he became a Senior Tax Partner active in mergers, acquisitions, and venture capital. He also was Managing Partner of the New York office tax practice. Mr Costantino is both an attorney and Certified Public Accountant earning both his BS and JD from Fordham University.