Pat Collins

Pat Collins is a partner at the firm and is responsible for originating, executing and monitoring private equity investments. Mr. Collins currently serves on the boards of AmeriMark Holdings and Image Entertainment. He is also actively engaged with Bell Automotive, Jurlique, Studio Moderna and was previously involved with Bare Escentuals (formerly NASDAQ: BARE).

Prior to joining JHP in 2002, Mr. Collins worked at Behrman Capital, a private equity firm with $1.8 billion under management. At Behrman, Mr. Collins helped to originate, structure, document and monitor private equity investments. He actively participated in the sale and initial public offering of two of these investments.

Mr. Collins' operating experience includes participating as a member of PeopleSoft, Inc.'s Portal Solutions product marketing team where he helped launch one of PeopleSoft's largest selling software products. In addition, Mr. Collins led the start-up efforts of one of Behrman Capital's portfolio investments. Prior to Behrman Capital and PeopleSoft, Mr. Collins was an investment banker at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. in New York.

Mr. Collins received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Yale University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.