Val M. Stalowir, Executive Partner

Mr. Stalowir has a distinguished record of leading branded businesses through accelerated growth, market expansion and sustainable category leadership. Mr. Stalowir has led varied initiatives ranging from start-ups, acquisitions and joint ventures to business turnarounds and divestitures. Businesses ranged from small regional players to large national category leaders generating over $500MM in new revenue and $60MM in new profit over the last 15 years.

Most recently, Mr. Stalowir was President of Tomra Systems North America, a high growth $220MM beverage container return system business with 1,100 employees, 22 processing plants and an 80% market share for its category. Prior to that, he spent 5 years with The Coca-Cola Company as a General Manager driving the aggressive expansion of its Eastern European business. He oversaw the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in capital, the building of three production facilities and 20 distribution centers all of which drove retail sales in his region from $5MM to over $250MM and secured clear market leadership.

Mr. Stalowir also held various senior marketing, brand management and new product development roles at The Quaker Oats Company, growing brands such as Cap'n Crunch, Rice-A-Roni and Near East Foods. Mr. Stalowir received an MBA in Marketing and Finance from the University of Michigan, and a BA in Economics and Art History from the College of William and Mary. He currently serves as Chairman of the Boylan Bottling Co., was the former Vice Chairman of Latex Foam Int'l and served on several boards in connection with his Presidency of Tomra Systems North America.