Heartwood Partners
Tiernan Foster-Smith currently serves as a Private Equity Associate at Heartwood Partners since January 2024. Previously, Tiernan held positions as an Investment Banking Associate and Investment Banking Analyst at Northborne Partners from June 2021 to December 2023. Prior to Northborne Partners, Tiernan worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at Hammond Hanlon Camp LLC from October 2019 to May 2021 and completed an Analyst Intern role at RED CAPITAL GROUP during the summer of 2018. Tiernan began the career journey as a Wealth Management Intern at Merrill Lynch in the summer of 2017. Tiernan Foster-Smith earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and History from Denison University, studied at Carleton College from 2015 to 2016, and graduated from The Blake School in 2015.
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Heartwood Partners
Heartwood Partners, a middle market private equity firm founded in 1982, is differentiated by a unique lower-leverage, current cash yield approach designed to create partnership with continuing management. Our approach combines a conservative capital structure with strategic execution to support long-term growth, including organic and acquisition-driven expansion into new products, services, and end markets. In addition, we support each management team with our in-house Value Creation Specialists who provide deep, subject-matter expertise in strategic areas such as eCommerce and digital marketing, human capital and organizational design, and IT improvement and acquisition integration. We currently manage over $1.7 billion in investments and commitments, and our principals have invested in more than 100 platform and add-on acquisitions. Heartwood is currently investing from Heartwood Partners IV, LP, and is focused on founder, family and management-held businesses serving the food, agriculture, specialty chemicals, niche manufacturing, packaging, and industrial & consumer services markets. For additional information about Heartwood, please visit www.heartwoodpartners.com.