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Grant H. Beard

Chairman at Advanced Energy

Grant H. Beard currently serves as a senior executive operating partner for Blue Point Capital, a private equity firm, and as an executive in residence at Summit Partners, a global alternative investment firm.

Beard served as chairman and chief executive officer of Wynnchurch Industries, LLC, a diversified holding company investing in engineered product businesses, from January 2016 to June 2017. Beard also served as a senior advisor to Wynnchurch Capital Ltd. Prior to joining Wynnchurch, Beard served as the chairman and chief executive officer of Wolverine Advanced Materials, LLC, a Wynnchurch company, from July 2012 until October 2015. Beard served as president and chief executive officer of Constar International, Inc. from 2010 to 2012, where he led the financial and operational restructuring of Constar’s global packaging business that was later sold to Plastipak Corporation. Prior to that, Beard served as president and chief executive officer of TriMas Corporation, chairman and chief executive officer of Health Media, Inc., and global group president of fluid management products at Dana/Echlin Corporation. In addition, Beard served as a senior executive operating partner with Blue Point Capital from 2009 to 2014.

Beard also has experience at two private equity/merchant banking groups, Anderson Group and Oxford Investment Group, where he was actively involved in corporate development, strategy, and operations management.

Timeline

  • Chairman

    Current role