SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, July 9, 2009 – Insight Equity Holdings LLC (“Insight”), the Dallas, Texas-area private equity firm is proud to announce effective July 1st Eliot Kerlin has been promoted to Principal. Eliot joined Insight Equity in 2005 and has been an instrumental member of the firm. Eliot overseas the firm’s investment in Atwood Mobile Products, one of the nation’s largest recreational vehicle component manufacturers.
Victor Vescovo, COO and Managing Partner at Insight, commented, “Eliot has been a great member of our team, and we are delighted to be making promotions and growing our team at a time when most private equity firms are scaling back. Eliot will be critical to our commitment to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in this attractive environment for special situation investors like Insight Equity.”
About Insight Equity
Insight Equity makes controlling investments in strategically viable, middle market, asset intensive companies across a wide range of industries. Insight specializes in partnering with companies experiencing some level of underperformance. Insight also seeks complex and challenging situations, including corporate divestitures, bankruptcies, restructurings, and private family ownership. The firm leverages a proven collaborative value creation model to facilitate operational enhancements and growth.