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<p>Dan joined North Highland in 1997 and served as CEO from 2005 to 2021; transitioning to Chair in 2022. He led the growth of the firm from its Atlanta headquarters to become the leading change and transformation firm. Dan also serves on the board of directors for ICR, Coastal Cloud and the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, and he is a member of the Truist Member Advisory Board for Atlanta.</p> <quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

<p>Geoff Bird is Managing Director, Head of Business Services for OMERS Private Equity. He has over 15 years of private equity experience, before which he worked for several years with Ernst &amp; Young’s Corporate Finance group in Toronto, where he was involved in a variety of transaction-related advisory services. Geoff has been actively involved with, or on the board of, several companies including Medical Knowledge Group, Paradigm, Inmar, Epiq, CHG Healthcare, Nordco, and Marketwired. Geoff has a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University, is a CPA and a CFA® charterholder.</p>

<p>North Highland CEO Alex Bombeck has dedicated his career to helping enterprises transform their organizational and operational processes to support new ways of working, greater enterprise agility, and cultures rooted in collaboration and co-creation. He brings more than 25 years of experience including serving as Chief Digital Officer at Havas Worldwide, and playing pivotal roles in steering digital consulting practices at several agencies. Since joining North Highland in 2014, Bombeck has led a variety of areas, including digital and experience design, data and analytics, agile transformation, and the firm’s revenue and growth strategy. He has served on North Highland’s board since 2018, and the Metro Atlanta Chamber’s board of directors since 2022.</p>

<p>Joseph Conte is Chief Operating Officer at Standish.&nbsp;Prior to joining Standish, Joe&nbsp;spent over twenty years as a&nbsp;Managing Director at Lazard&nbsp;in New York&nbsp;focused on&nbsp;financial, business and&nbsp;tech-enabled services. Before Lazard, Joe was a partner&nbsp;of&nbsp;a middle-market focused investment bank&nbsp;which he and his partners grew to 130 people and sold to&nbsp;Lazard. Early in his career,&nbsp;Joe was a corporate attorney and represented public companies and private companies in public and private market transactions. Throughout his&nbsp;professional life&nbsp;Joe has advised privately owned companies, venture capital and buyout firms across a broad range of&nbsp;financing, public markets, buyout and&nbsp;corporate finance transactions.</p>

<p>Eric is Senior Managing Director, Head of North America for OMERS Private Equity. Eric currently serves on the boards of AMS, Community Veterinary Partners, EPIQ (formerly DTI), Inmar, Paradigm Outcomes, and TurnPoint. Eric received a BA from Bowdoin College in Mathematics and Economics, and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Natalie is a seasoned operating executive with deep expertise in enterprise go-to-market strategy, category creation, and operational scaling. She has worked with CEOs for over 25 years, first as a consultant at McKinsey &amp; Co. specializing in growth strategy and organizational design, then as an operating executive partnering with four 1st- time CEOs of technology companies. Natalie holds a Bachelors of Science degree from Stanford University and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard University.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>Barbara has more than 25 years of experience leading profitable strategies for clients across industries. Her growth and leadership initiatives have been instrumental in generating greater client value and inspiring ingenuity and integrity within the firm and with clients.</p>

<p>Keith currently serves as Managing Director for Major, Lindsey &amp; Africa, the world’s largest legal search firm. &nbsp;He retired from his former role as Chair Emeritus of the law firm Morrison &amp; Foerster, LLP at the close of 2017. &nbsp;Previously, while at Morrison &amp; Foerster, Keith served as Chair of the Firm and Chief Executive Partner from 2000 to 2012. Elected to four successive terms as CEO of the global firm, Keith is credited with doubling the revenue of the firm and tripling profitability within his 12-year tenure as CEO.</p> <p>Before his current role, Keith led the firm's 50-lawyer Finance and Infrastructure practice, bringing to his engagements 20 years' experience in debt and lease finance, both domestic and international. Keith has represented money center banks as agent in syndicated credit facilities, including multi-billion dollar working capital and acquisition financings, as well as smaller transactions, with particular emphasis in the technology and forest products sectors.</p> <p>While at the University of Michigan Law School, Keith served as Articles Editor for the Michigan Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.</p>