Mr. Parzick joined The Cypress Group as Managing Director in June 2003. He spent the previous four years as a Managing Director in Morgan Stanley's financial sponsor group where he led client teams for a number of the largest U.S. private equity funds. Immediately prior to this he was a Managing Director of EXOR America Inc. a merchant banking affiliate of the Agnelli Group. In this capacity he worked on new acquisitions monitored existing portfolio companies and served on several boards including Riverwood International. Mr. Parzick spent the first 12 years of his career at Lehman Brothers where he was named a Managing Director and the co-head of the financial sponsor group. He holds a BS from The University of Virginia and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. Mr. Parzick is also a Director of the Meow Mix Company Republic National Cabinet Corporation and Stone Canyon Entertainment Corporation. |