Dave Wahrhaftig

Senior Advisory Partner, Kelso & Company

Dave has been with Kelso & Company, a private equity firm, since 1987. Kelso has invested $13 billion in 135 companies and is currently investing from their eleventh fund. Prior to Kelso, Dave was an Associate Director of Mergers and Acquisitions with Arthur Young & Company. Dave is currently a director of Augusta Sportswear Group. He has previously served on the boards of other Kelso portfolio companies, including BWAY (BWY), DS Waters, Endo Pharmaceuticals (ENDP), KAR Auction Services (KAR), Nivel, Renfro, TransDigm (TDG) and Unilab (ULAB). Dave has a MBA from Wake Forest and a B.A. in Economics from Western Maryland College. He is currently a Trustee of Wake Forest University and is a member of the Wake Forest University School of Business Board of Visitors. Dave is a Founding Partner of the HV3 Foundation, established by golfer Harold Varner.