David is a founding Partner at Insignia. He is responsible for identifying and evaluating investment opportunities, deal execution, and working with Insignia’s portfolio companies on operational initiatives.

Prior to founding Insignia, David was a co-founder and Vice Chairman of Friedman Fleischer & Lowe, a San Francisco-based private equity firm with over $2.5 billion under management. During his 13 years at FFL, David was on the Investment Committee of FFL. Prior to co-founding FFL, David spent ten years at ADAC Laboratories, a world leader in nuclear medicine instrumentation. At ADAC, he served as CEO and Chairman of the Board. In 1996, ADAC was honored by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the President as the recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for overall business excellence – David was the youngest CEO of any company to win this award. Previously, he was a consultant at Bain and Company.

David received a B.A., with Honors, from the University of California at Davis, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Hometown

Orinda, CA

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Tony is a founding Partner at Insignia. He is responsible for identifying and evaluating investment opportunities, deal execution, and working with Insignia’s portfolio companies on operational initiatives.

Prior to co-founding Insignia in 2012, Tony was a Principal and member of the Executive Committee of Lake Capital, a Chicago-based private equity fund with over $1.3 billion under management. During his more than nine years with Lake, Tony played a leading role and served on the Boards of a large number of the firm’s successful investments. Prior to Lake, he spent five years in merchant and investment banking with two boutique firms executing mergers and acquisitions and private and public equity offerings across a number of industries.

Tony received a B.S. in Finance from the University of Colorado and an M.B.A. with Honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Hometown

Bristol, TN

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Mel is a founding Partner at Insignia. He is involved in portfolio company improvement initiatives, due diligence and sourcing of new investment opportunities.

Prior to Insignia, he was an Operating Partner at FFL from 2008 to 2011 and Operating Vice President from 2000 to 2008. At FFL, he concentrated his efforts on assisting multiple portfolio companies with operational and technical initiatives and by taking on interim management roles. Prior to joining FFL, Mel held various senior executive positions at ADAC Laboratories from 1993 to 2000. His most recent role at ADAC was the Senior Vice President of Operations & CIO. Before joining ADAC, Mel held various engineering management positions at General Electric.

Mel graduated with high distinction from Southall Tech with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Hometown

London, UK

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Nick joined Insignia in 2014. He is responsible for identifying and evaluating investment opportunities, deal execution, and working with Insignia’s portfolio companies on operational initiatives.

Prior to Insignia, Nick was an Associate at Baird Capital, a successful Chicago-based private equity firm. Prior to Baird, he was an Analyst at Credit Suisse in their investment banking group.

Nick received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance degree from the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated magna cum laude.

Hometown

Barrington, IL

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Aaron joined Insignia in 2016. He is responsible for identifying and evaluating investment opportunities, deal execution, and working with Insignia’s portfolio companies on operational initiatives.

Prior to Insignia, Aaron was in the Leveraged Finance Group at Deutsche Bank.

Aaron graduated summa cum laude from Georgetown University with a B.A. in Economics.

Hometown

Long Island, NY

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Sean joined Insignia in 2018. He is responsible for identifying and sourcing new investment opportunities and managing the firm’s relationships with key intermediaries.

Prior to joining Insignia, Sean was a Director of Business Development at Serent Capital, a San Francisco-based private equity firm focused on investing in high growth services and technology businesses. Prior to Serent, Sean worked at Bainbridge Capital, a capital advisory firm in San Diego.

Sean graduated from the University of San Diego with a B.A. in Business Administration and a minor in Finance.

Samaria joined Insignia in 2024. She is responsible for identifying and sourcing new investment opportunities and managing the firm’s relationships with key intermediaries.

Prior to joining Insignia, Samaria was Vice President of Investor Relations at Homestead Capital. Prior to Homestead, Samaria was an Investment Banking Associate at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Samaria began her career as a consultant at Accenture.

Samaria received an MBA with Honors from The Wharton School & The Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame, where she graduated magna cum laude.

Raleigh joined Insignia in 2020. He is responsible for identifying and evaluating investment opportunities, deal execution, and working with Insignia’s portfolio companies on operational initiatives.

Prior to joining Insignia, Raleigh was an Analyst at William Blair & Company in the Consumer and Retail group.

Raleigh graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a B.S. in Economics.

Thabo joined Insignia in 2021. He is responsible for identifying and evaluating investment opportunities, deal execution, and working with Insignia’s portfolio companies on operational initiatives.

Prior to joining Insignia, Thabo worked as an Associate at Carlyle Group based out of Johannesburg, South Africa. Before joining Carlyle, Thabo spent two years at Rand Merchant Bank as an Analyst in their investment banking group.

Thabo received an MBA with Honors from Harvard Business School, and received a Bachelor of Business Science degree in Financing and Accounting from the University of Cape Town, where he graduated with honors.

Devin joined Insignia in 2018. He is responsible for identifying and evaluating investment opportunities, deal execution, and working with Insignia’s portfolio companies on operational initiatives.

Prior to joining Insignia, Devin was an Analyst at Credit Suisse in the Leveraged Finance Origination & Restructuring group.

Devin graduated from Hamilton College in 2017 with a B.A. in Economics.

Ali joined Insignia in 2024. She is involved in identifying and evaluating investment opportunities and working with Insignia’s portfolio companies.

Prior to joining Insignia, Ali was an Investment Banking Analyst at Jefferies LLC, where she focused on opportunities in the Consumer and Retail sectors.

Ali graduated from Davidson College with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Hispanic Studies.

Neha joined Insignia in 2023. She is involved in identifying and evaluating investment opportunities and working with Insignia’s portfolio companies.

Prior to joining Insignia, Neha was on the New Ventures team at ODDITY, a beauty and wellness brand incubator that leverages its proprietary data and technology platform to develop new brands. Prior to ODDITY, she was an Investment Banking Analyst at Rothschild & Co.

Neha graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a B.B.A. in Finance, Business Honors Program, and a B.A. in Plan II Liberal Arts Honors Program.

Jeremy has worked with Insignia since its founding.

Jeremy previously served as a VP Finance at Vista Equity Partners. Before that, he was a Managing Director and CFO at Calera Capital. Prior to joining Calera, Jeremy was the Chief Financial Officer at FFL. Jeremy began his career in San Francisco working for Deloitte & Touche LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in their audit and advisory services groups.

Jeremy received a B.S. in Accounting from Brigham Young University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Carl joined Insignia in 2017.

Prior to joining Insignia, Carl worked in the Asset Management Tax Practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (PwC).  At PwC, Carl provided tax compliance and consulting services to partnerships, mutual funds and business development companies. Prior to PwC, Carl worked in account management at BlackRock, Inc.

Carl earned a Master of Professional Accountancy degree from the University of California at Davis and a B.A. from Temple University.