Matt Perelman
Managing Partner & Co-Founder

Matt is a Managing Partner and Co-founder of Garnett Station Partners. Prior to GSP, he worked at L Catterton Partners, a leading consumer and retail focused private equity firm with over $15 billion of capital under management. Before L Catterton, Matt worked in the Investment Banking Division of Citigroup where he executed a number of M&A and Leveraged Finance transactions. He received an MBA with honors from Harvard Business School where he was selected as an Arthur Rock Center Fellow and a B.S.B.A. in Finance from Washington University in St. Louis. Matt is a Trustee of the Heckscher Foundation for Children and a Board Member of Reading Partners, New York. Matt lives with his wife Annabel and their 2 children in New York City.

Matt Perelman

Managing Partner & Co-Founder

Alex Sloane
Managing Partner & Co-Founder

Alex is a Managing Partner and Co-founder of Garnett Station Partners. Prior to GSP, Alex worked in private equity at Apollo Global Management, where he focused on transactions in the industrials, business services, gaming and real estate sectors. Prior to Apollo, Alex worked at Goldman Sachs in the firm’s Industrials Investment Banking Group. He is a Trustee of the Heckscher Foundation for Children and America Needs You. Alex received an MBA with Honors from Harvard Business School and an A.B. with Honors in Government and Economics from Harvard College.

Alex Sloane

Managing Partner & Co-Founder

Howard Norowitz
Partner & Head of Debt Capital Markets

Howard is a Partner and the Head of Debt Capital Markets of Garnett Station Partners. Prior to GSP, Howard was principal of HN Consulting where he served as a consultant and board member for companies going through operational and/or capital structure realignment. Prior to HN Consulting, Howard was a partner and founding member of Stone Lion Capital where he focused on investments in highly levered, distressed and special situations and helped grow the firm from its initial $200MM AUM to over $1.5BN. Prior to Stone Lion, Howard focused on proprietary debt and equity investments as a Managing Director in Bear Stearns’ distressed investment group, led a restructuring team at GE Capital and was a member of Citibank’s institutional recovery management group. Howard received his MBA from the University of Chicago and is a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point.

Howard Norowitz

Partner & Head of Debt Capital Markets

Alex Macedo
Partner 

Alex is a Partner at Garnett Station Partners and the Chairman & CEO of Fat Tuesday, the largest off-premise and take-away alcohol business in the US specializing in frozen drinks. Alex is a former Restaurant Brands International executive, where he served as global President of Tim Hortons, the largest Canadian restaurant company. Previously, he was the President for Burger King North America, where he led the turnaround of the Burger King business in the United States. Prior to joining Burger King, Alex was founder and partner of True Marketing, a Latin American sales & marketing consulting company. He also worked at AmBev, owned by AB Inbev, where he served as head of the Brahma Beer business unit.

Alex is also on the board of Brinker International (NYSE: EAT), one of the leading casual dining restaurant companies. He previously served on the board of Carrols Restaurant Group (Nasdaq: TAST), Burger King’s largest franchisee. He has a Bachelor from New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD.

Alex Macedo

Partner

Rob Espinosa
Chief Financial Officer

Rob is the Chief Financial Officer at Garnett Station Partners. Rob joined GSP in 2020. Prior to joining GSP, Rob was the Chief Financial Officer of Apriori Capital Partners where he was responsible for the accounting and reporting for the firm’s private equity funds. Prior to ACP, Rob was a Director at Credit Suisse in the asset management division and was responsible for the accounting and reporting for Credit Suisse’s direct private equity funds. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Rob was a Manager at Deloitte & Touche, LLP in the financial services practice. Rob is a Certified Public Accountant and received a B.S. degree from Rutgers University.

Rob Espinosa

Chief Financial Officer

Rachel Fleszar
Principal

Prior to GSP, Rachel worked at Apax Partners, where she covered Financial & Business Services. Prior to Apax, Rachel worked at Morgan Stanley in the firm’s Financial Institutions Group within Investment Banking. Rachel is an MBA candidate at Harvard Business School and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

Rachel Fleszar

Principal

Jordan Garay
Principal

Prior to GSP, Jordan worked in private equity at Consonance Capital, where he focused on transactions in the healthcare sector. Prior to Consonance, Jordan worked at J.P. Morgan in the firm's Healthcare Investment Banking Group. At GSP, Jordan focuses on sourcing and executing on acquisition opportunities and business development at GSP’s existing portfolio companies. Jordan holds a BBA in Finance from Emory University in Atlanta.

Jordan Garay

Principal

Richard Reuter
Principal

Rich is a Principal of Garnett Station Partners. Prior to GSP, Rich worked at KarpReilly, a leading consumer and retail focused private equity firm. While at KarpReilly, Rich focused on the firm’s investments in Bob’s Discount Furniture, Sprinkles Cupcakes, Taylor Gourmet, Made In Cookware, Y7 Yoga, Burger Lounge, Stio, American Beauty, Superba, Pitfire Pizza and Tokyo Fried Chicken. Before KarpReilly, Rich worked in the Global Real Estate Group at Barclays Capital. Rich received a B.A. in economics from Williams College. Rich is a CFA charterholder and an advisor to the Seal Future Fund, a nonprofit organization that provides a comprehensive suite of lifetime resources to prepare active duty and veteran SEALs for success in the civilian world.

Richard Reuter

Principal

Rafi Haramati
Senior Associate

Prior to GSP, Rafi worked at TriArtisan Capital Advisors, a private equity firm focused on the consumer & retail, industrial services and business services sectors. While at TriArtisan, Rafi was involved in the firm’s investments in EnergySolutions and TGI Fridays. Prior to TriArtisan, Rafi was an investment banking analyst with Wells Fargo Securities covering capital goods and diversified industrial companies. Rafi received a B.A. in Finance and Statistics from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

Rafi Haramati

Senior Associate

Max Hoberman
Senior Associate

Prior to GSP, Max worked at H.I.G. Capital, where he was on the Direct Lending team focusing on investments in the consumer and business services space such as Orange Theory Fitness and Global Franchise Group (Round Table Pizza, Great American Cookies, Marble Slab Creamery, Pretzel Maker and Hot Dog on a Stick). Prior to H.I.G. Capital, Max worked at HSBC in the firm's Leveraged and Acquisition Financing group. Max holds a BBA in Finance from Emory University in Atlanta.

Max Hoberman

Senior Associate

Lisa Simmons
Staff Accountant

Lisa Simmons is the Staff Accountant of Garnett Station Partners. Prior to GSP, Lisa was an Finance Administrator for Cambridge Franchise Holdings (formerly Carolina Quality, Inc.) where past duties included accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, accounting, and insurance. Previous work experiences include Bank of America, Almay Cosmetics and Rose Stores. Lisa attended Louisburg College, graduating with honors with an Associate Degree in Business and Accounting.

Lisa Simmons

Staff Accountant

Sam Abbatacola
Associate

Sam joined GSP in 2021 as an Associate. Prior to GSP, Sam was an investment banking analyst at Stifel in the firm’s Consumer & Retail group. Sam received a B.S. in Civil Engineering with a minor in Structural Engineering from the University of Alabama.

Sam Abbatacola

Associate

Cole Rosenberg
Associate

Prior to GSP, Cole worked at Jefferies in the firm’s Healthcare Investment Banking group, where he focused primarily on multi-site healthcare services companies. Prior to Jefferies, Cole worked at CIBC in the firm’s Private Capital Group within Investment Banking. Cole holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance with Dean’s Honour List recognition from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

Cole Rosenberg

Associate

Alison Gregory
Executive Assistant

Alison joined Garnett Station Partners in 2019 as an Executive Assistant to the founders. Prior to GSP, she was an operations associate for a family office, where she provided executive support to a high-net-worth family and ran the day-to-day administration of the office. Prior to her family office role, Alison was an executive assistant at TPG Sixth Street Partners, where she supported the CFO, a VP and a team of analysts. Before TPG, Alison was a legal assistant for a senior partner at Fross, Zelnick, Lehrman & Zissu, an intellectual property firm. Alison received her M.F.A. from the Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University, and her B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin.

Alison Gregory

Executive Assistant