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Joseph R. Ramrath
Managing Director
(617) 896-0203
jramrath@colchesterpartners.com
Joseph R. Ramrath, Managing Director of Colchester Partners LLC, has 24 years of
experience in transactions in the investment management industry. At Colchester,
Mr. Ramrath is responsible for executing all aspects of client engagements,
including buy/sell assignments, assisting clients in the development and
execution of ownership restructurings and management succession plans, and
providing other types of strategic advice.
Prior to the formation of Colchester Partners, he was Executive Vice President
of the United Asset Management division of Old Mutual plc, an international
financial services firm headquartered in London, England. In that position, he
was responsible for the development and execution of strategies with respect to
over 30 investment management subsidiaries that were acquired by Old Mutual in
connection with its acquisition of United Asset Management Corporation ("UAM")
in September of 2000. During this period, he was responsible, together with
Messrs. Kettle and O'Brien, for the divestiture of 12 investment management
subsidiaries.
From 1996 through to the acquisition of UAM by Old Mutual, Mr. Ramrath was
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of UAM. 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. He was a member of
the firm's management committee and a leader of the team responsible for
acquisitions and subsidiary operations. He also had direct responsibility for
UAM's relationship with several of its larger subsidiaries. His activities
included business and strategic planning, acquisitions and transaction
structuring on behalf of both UAM and its subsidiaries. He was also responsible
for all of UAM's legal affairs.
Prior to joining UAM, Mr. Ramrath was a partner and member of the management
committee of Hill & Barlow, a Boston law firm. His corporate legal practice at
Hill & Barlow included leading the team responsible for all of UAM's
acquisitions.
Prior to entering law school in 1982, Mr. Ramrath was a manager in the
commercial audit division of Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Ramrath joined that firm
in 1977 and worked in their Boston and San Francisco offices.
Mr. Ramrath is also a director of The Hanover Group (NYSE: THG). The Hanover is
a leading regional provider of property and casualty products for individuals,
families and businesses through an extensive network of independent agents.
Taken as a group, The Hanover ranks among the top 35 property and casualty
insurers in the United States.
Mr. Ramrath received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration
with high honors from Babson College in 1977, and a Juris Doctor degree, summa
cum laude, from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in
1985. He is also an adjunct professor at Boston College Law School teaching
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