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July 24, 2025
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Vijay Tirathrai as a Managing Director. A globally respected entrepreneur, investor, and strategic advisor, Vijay brings over 30 years of leadership exper…
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July 16, 2025
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Yasmine Roulleau as a Managing Director. A seasoned entrepreneur, investor, and strategic advisor, Yasmine brings over 18 years of global experience athtt…
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June 26, 2025
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Suzanne Harp as a Managing Director. A strategic advisor and sell-side M&A specialist, she brings over two decades of experience guiding mid-market compan…
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June 20, 2025
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Ross Toohey as a Managing Director. A founder-turned-M&A strategist with a track record of building, scaling, and successfully exiting businesses, Ross br…
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June 10, 2025
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Mauro Schnaidman as a Managing Director, based in Miami, Florida. He is a globally accomplished executive, M&A advisor, Board Member, and mentor with over…
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June 6, 2025
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Jay Tapp as a Managing Director based in British Columbia, Canada. With over 30 years of leadership in international business, having successfully built…
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October 31, 2024
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Ormsby to the position of Senior Vice President of Operations. Paul will be leading a growing Execution team to drive operational excellence and meet…
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June 28, 2024
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Slovick as a Managing Director in Puerto Rico. Throughout his 36-year career, Steve has demonstrated his expertise in pricing, commercial launch st…
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November 27, 2023
We are excited to announce the appointment of Diane Gray-Smith as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer at STS Capital Partners. Diane brings over 28 years of extensive experience a…
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November 16, 2023
We are pleased to announce Stephane Boisvert has joined STS Capital Partners as a Managing Director. With a remarkable career spanning over thirty years, Stephane’s expertise and leadership are set to…
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October 19, 2023
Following a successful series of events recently hosted in San Juan, Founder & Chairman Rob Follows and CEO Sean Friday warmly welcomed Puerto Rican private business owners and esteemed advisors. The…
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October 5, 2023
STS Capital Partners recently celebrated a pivotal movement into the Brazilian market with a series of events that brought together a diverse group of business leaders and owners. These events celebra…
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October 2, 2023
As STS Capital celebrates its 20th anniversary, we pause to reflect on the remarkable journey that has led us to this significant milestone. From our inception in 2003, when founder Rob Follows embark…
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September 14, 2023
STS Capital Partners is set to make its mark in Brazil during STS Brazil Week from September 19th to September 23rd. STS Managing Director Michael Smith and key team members will headline the week-lon…
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July 19, 2023
We are pleased to announce that Bill McCaig has joined our firm as a Managing Director. McCaig is a distinguished entrepreneur with a background in the service and hospitality industry who founded sev…
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June 27, 2023
STS Capital Partners is pleased to announce the appointment of Andy Harris, Managing Director, to the role of President, North American Strategies. In the position of President, North American Strat…
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April 27, 2023
We are pleased to announce that Tom Turner has joined STS Capital Partners as a Managing Director. Turner joins our firm after experiencing the successful sale of his own company through the STS strat…
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April 25, 2023
Kempten Schwab, Managing Director of STS Capital Partners, led an interactive workshop with KiwiTech on April 18, 2023. The virtual workshop was a part of KiwiTech’s Startup 808 Series, a group of vir…
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April 12, 2023
STS Capital Partners is pleased to announce that Brenda Jacobsen joins STS Capital Partners as a Managing Director. She has helped organizations achieve high growth ranging from $50M-$200M and navigat…
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April 6, 2023
Michael Smith, Managing Director of STS Capital Partners, was a featured speaker at the Summit Junto Immersion in Austin, Texas, on March 8, 2023. The experiential event is the first in a series of fo…
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March 29, 2023
We are pleased to announce that Sherry Orel has joined STS Capital Partners as a Managing Director. Orel is a business leader and decorated CEO with over 30 years of varied C-suite experience. As a Ma…
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March 23, 2023
STS Capital Partners is pleased to announce that Doug Brownridge joins us as a Managing Director. Over the course of his impressive career and through C-suite roles in organizations spanning from tech…
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March 7, 2023
STS Capital Partners is excited to announce its 20th anniversary. For more than two decades, STS has remained steadfast in its commitment to make Extraordinary Exits possible and to unlock legacy pote…
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January 24, 2023
STS Capital Partners is excited to announce the expansion of its leadership team. Sean Friday, former Senior Vice President, has been appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) while Rob F…
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November 22, 2022
Smoke Wallin, Partner and Managing Director of STS Capital Partners, joined five distinguished leaders at the Eclectic Convergence Cornell Entrepreneurship Summit in New York City on October 21st. The…
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June 1, 2022
Paul Ormsby Paul Ormsby, a just-retired two-star Canadian Air Force General, has been appointed Vice President for Operations Support at STS Capital Partners, the global mergers and acquisitions fir…
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April 13, 2022
STS Capital Partners Managing Director Shamil Hargovan led the team that assisted Wohlers Associates in its sale to ASTM International, announced at the recent Standards Forum at the Formnext conferen…
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October 27, 2021
Andy Harris, a serial CEO and Managing Director of STS Capital Partners, joined with STS Chairman and CEO Rob Follows lead a discussion at The Chief Executive Leadership Conference In Phoenix Nov. 5…
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September 8, 2021
Sean Friday Retired Canadian Air Force Major General Sean Friday, who led Canada’s Royal Military College and served in many other roles in the Royal Canadian Air Force, has been named Senior Vice P…




























