Roger B. Kafker
|Senior Advisor
Boston
Roger focuses on investments in financial and business services companies with a focus on asset management and transaction processing. He joined TA in 1989 and has more than 33 years of experience in the private equity industry.
Experience
- Formerly served on TA's Executive, Core Investment and Portfolio Committees
- Had over a 30 year career at TA, sponsored more than 30 investments, 27 of which are fully or partially exited
- Significant experience investing in asset management companies having made eight investments in this sector
- Served on the board of seven investments in private companies that have gone public, raising well over a billion dollars of capital, including Affiliated Managers Group and ANSYS, both of which now have market capitalizations of more than $10 billion
- Experience investing in transaction processing companies, including Cardtronics, BluePay and Rectangle Health; helped source and close multiple acquisitions for these companies with an aim to accelerate growth by building scale
- Served on the Board of Directors of numerous public companies
- Former active partner at TA
Prior to TA
- Bankers Trust Company – focused on leveraged acquisitions
Education
- Harvard Business School – MBA, with Honors
- Haverford College – BA, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, History
Board Representation
Featured Investments
Acquired by American Sporting Goods Inc.
IPO: NASDAQ: CATM
IPO: NASDAQ; Acquired by Greenfield Partners
Acquired by EQT
Acquired by HP
Acquired by Blackstone Capital Partners and Corsair Capital
Acquired by Franklin Resources
Acquired by Fenway Partners
Acquired by Smart Pension Ltd.