NEW YORK | LOS ANGELES | GENEVA | July 20, 2015 – Redwood Capital Group – a leading investment banking firm serving the technology, communications, media, business services and other growth industries -- announced today that it has expanded its senior leadership team with the addition of Kathleen Thomas as a Partner, who will be based in the firm’s New York office.
Ms. Thomas brings to Redwood over 20 years of experience specializing in mergers and acquisitions advisory in the business-to-business and consumer media, communications and marketing services segment, with expertise in content and information, trade shows, conferences, digital media and marketing services and the outsourced services that support these businesses.
Throughout her career, Kathleen has been instrumental in the successful completion of over 100 transactions, including such representative transactions as the sale of 1105 Media’s portfolio of EdTech Events to LRP Conferences, Vendome Group’s design tradeshow portfolio to Emerald Expositions, Robb Report to Rockbridge Growth Equity, Money20/20 to Top Right Group, Harris Publications’ Music & Lifestyle Assets to Townsquare Media, Euromoney’s MIS Training Institute to Boathouse Capital, Sheshunoff Information Services to LexisNexis, BioWorld to Thomson Reuters, the Internet Retailer conference and tradeshow to Providence/GLM, ENK International to Advanstar, the acquisition of CSP Business Media by Redwood Acquisitions, the sales of The New York Times’ Baseline/Studio Systems division, Material Connexions to Sandow Media, Medtech Media to HIMSS, LRP information assets to Thomson Reuters, Modern Luxury Media to Cumulus, Singlesnet to IAC, the New England Boat show to the NMMA, Investcorp’s acquisition of Randall-Reilly, BNP Media’s acquisition of Stagnito, GovSec events and Fawcette Technical Publications & Conferences to 1105 Media, McGraw-Hill's Healthcare Information Group, Boucher Communications to Wolters Kluwer Health, National Roofing Contractors annual tradeshow, MedQuest Communications, Expoexchange tradeshow services, Asset Alternatives publications & conferences, Mealey's Publications & Conferences, among many others.
Redwood Capital Group’s CEO & Managing Partner, Gregory Bedrosian, said, “We are delighted to have Kathleen join Redwood Capital as a Partner in our growing firm.” Mr. Bedrosian continued, “The business-to-business and consumer media, communications and marketing services industries are core areas of expertise for Redwood’s sector-focused investment banking coverage. Kathleen’s track-record and relationships in these key industries across the U.S. and globally allow Redwood to broaden and deepen our firm’s offering to our clients worldwide.”
Prior to joining Redwood Capital, Kathleen led the B2B and consumer media & marketing services practice at Berkery Noyes and previously served nine years at Veronis Suhler Stevenson specializing in mergers and acquisitions advisory.
Ms. Thomas commented, “I look forward to leveraging Redwood’s international platform and the deep technology expertise of my colleagues to offer my clients even broader capabilities to maximize outcomes for them. I am thrilled to join this team of seasoned deal professionals.”