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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 23 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), formerly known
as Allmerica Financial Corporation. The Hanover offers a wide range of
property and casualty products and services to individuals, families and
businesses through an extensive network of independent agents, and has been
meeting its obligations to its agent parents and their customers for more than
150 years. Taken as a group, The Hanover ranks among the top 35 of more
than 950 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.
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