GTCR Announces Board Changes

GTCR announced the promotion of Luke Marker, Stephen Master, and KJ McConnell to Managing Director. Additionally, GTCR announced the promotions of two investment professionals, Christopher Smith and Geoffrey Tresley, to Principal, as well as the hiring of Ashwin Krishnan as a Principal.

Luke Marker joined GTCR in 2009. He currently serves as a Director of Corza Health, Maravai LifeSciences, and Regatta Medical. In addition, he played an instrumental role in GTCR’s past investment in Devicor Medical Products.

Stephen Master joined GTCR in 2008. He is currently a Director of Dreamscape, Lexipol, and Simpli.fi and played an instrumental role in GTCR’s investment in Landmark Aviation. He was previously a Director of Beeline, Cision, Inteliquent, Protection 1 and Park Place.

KJ McConnell joined GTCR in 2014. He is currently a Director of Cisive, Paya, RevSpring, and UltimusFund Solutions and works closely with CAPTRUST. He was previously a Director of GTCRinvestmentsConvergex and Dash Financial Technology.

Christopher Smith joined GTCR in 2013. He is a Director of Antylia Scientific and PathGroup and works closely with Cedar Gate Technologies, Ceba-Tech, and TerSera Therapeutics. He previously played an integral role in GTCR’s investments in Cole-Parmer, Crealta Pharmaceuticals, Curo, Maravai Life Sciences, and Riverchase Dermatology.

Geoffrey Tresley joined GTCR in 2018. He currently serves as a Director of Harpula and AQUA Dermatology and works closely with Curia.

Ashwin Krishnan joined GTCR in 2022. Prior to joining GTCR, Mr. Krishnan was a Principal at Advent International, where he focused on investments in software and information services.

GTCR LLC is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout, leveraged recapitalization, growth capital and rollup transactions.