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Eric R. Andrew
Vice President
(617) 896-0202
eandrew@colchesterpartners.com

Eric R. Andrew, Vice President of Colchester Partners LLC, has 21 years of industry experience, with nine of those years directly related to transactions in the investment management industry. At Colchester, Mr. Andrew has been actively involved in a wide range of activities, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, re-equitizations, MBO’s, business valuations and other strategic advisory activities. He also coordinates the Company’s private and public company valuation work. Mr. Andrew also serves as the Financial and Operations Principal for Colchester Partners.

Prior to the formation of Colchester Partners, he was a Corporate Development Associate for the United Asset Management division of Old Mutual plc, an international financial services firm headquartered in London, England. Following the sale of UAM to Old Mutual plc, he became a member of the team responsible for the development and execution of strategies with respect to over 30 investment management subsidiaries. During this period, he assisted in the successful divestiture of 12 investment management subsidiaries and, as a result, developed extensive working relationships with investment bankers, lawyers, and management of buyers and sellers.

UAM was a NYSE company and one of the largest independent investment management organizations in the world with over $200 billion in assets under management. UAM provided diverse investment management services to institutions, mutual funds and high net worth investors through the more than 45 operating affiliates it acquired or established in the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan.

From 1997 through to the acquisition of UAM by Old Mutual, Mr. Andrew held a variety of positions within the Finance Group at UAM. Most recently he held the position of Manager of Financial Analysis. In this role he had direct responsibility for the preparation of financial models and analysis of affiliate level financial information, key operating data and other business indicators. Other activities included working closely with senior management of subsidiaries to provide oversight related to business management and marketing, product development and client and key employee retention.

Prior to joining UAM, Mr. Andrew worked for seven years as a Director of Business Analysis and Senior Financial Analyst at Chase Global Funds Services, a division of JP Morgan Chase.

Mr. Andrew received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire in 1988 and a Masters of Business Administration from Bentley College in 1995.

 

 

 

 

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