Investment Committee member, Demetrios Dounis, has an extensive background in private equity and investment banking. Demetrios Dounis currently serves as a managing director of Heartwood Partners, a middle market private equity firm based in Norwalk, Connecticut.
Heartwood Partners specifically targets investments in small and medium-sized businesses looking to expand their assets and services. Heartwood Partners specifically helps companies grow through a high-equity, low-debt approach. This tactic allows companies to have extra cash flow, as they are not making interest payments on large amounts of expensive debt. This gives companies financial flexibility and enables them to acquire new assets, expand services, and continue to thrive even in difficult economic circumstances. Cash flow also allows company owners and managers share in quarterly distributions which is remarkably different than traditional private equity.
Heartwood Partners currently invests in more than 16 companies, ranging from specialty chemicals and engineered materials to environmental and industrial services.
