WPCA

Failed

Warburg Pincus Capital Corp I-A

Raised
$250M
CIK
1836075
SPAC Ticker
WPCA.U
External link: SEC Filings

SPAC Team

Leadership

Christopher H. Turner, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer , is a Managing Director at Warburg Pincus and leads the firm’s U.S. Investment Support Group comprising Capital Markets, Marketing and Communications, Public Policy/ESG, Digital Strategy and Innovation, Shared Services, and Leadership/Organizational Effectiveness. Mr. Turner is also a member of Warburg Pincus’ Executive Management Group. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus in 2005 to lead the firm’s Capital Markets group, Mr. Turner was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs. Mr. Turner is a member of the JDRF International Board of Directors, where he serves as Chair of the Investment Committee, and of the Council on Foreign Relations, where he serves on the Committee on Corporate Affairs. Mr. Turner has lectured at Columbia Business School and the Wharton School on Private Equity and Corporate Finance. Mr. Turner received a B.S. from Cornell University and an M.B.A. in Finance from The Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.

Tara O’Neill, our Chief Financial Officer , will be appointed to our board of directors in connection with this offering. Mrs. O’Neill has served as a Senior Vice President in the Finance and Legal Department at Warburg Pincus since 2015 and is responsible for the firm’s global special purpose entity operations. Mrs. O’Neill has 26 years of experience in the field of accounting and finance. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus in 1999, Mrs. O’Neill was a Tax Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers specializing in Financial Services Clients. Mrs. O’Neill holds a B.S. from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh.

Mark Colodny will be appointed to our board of directors in connection with this offering. Mr. Colodny is currently Managing Director, Co-Head of U.S. Private Equity at Warburg Pincus, and has held various positions at Warburg Pincus beginning in 2001, including Managing Director and Head of the Technology Group. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus in 2001, Mr. Colodny served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Primedia from 1995 to 2000 where he ran the Mergers and Acquisitions Group. Mr. Colodny began his career at Fortune Magazine where he was a journalist from 1989 to 1991. Mr. Colodny has served as member of the board of directors of Helix OpCo, LLC since 2016, ProPublica since 2012 and The City since 2019, and is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Colodny received a B.A. from Harvard College, an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

James Neary will be appointed to our board of directors in connection with this offering. Mr. Neary is currently Managing Director, Co-Head of U.S. Private Equity at Warburg Pincus. During his career at Warburg Pincus, which began in 2000, Mr. Neary has led Industrials and Business Services; Late Stage Technology-enabled Services; Technology, Media & Telecommunications and Capital Markets. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus in 2000, Mr. Neary was a Managing Director at Chase Securities. Mr. Neary is currently the Chairman or serves as a member of the board of directors of several companies including Allied Universal since 2018, Consolidated Precision Products since 2019, Duravant since 2017, Endurance International Group since 2011, Hygiena since 2016, Sotera Health (NASDAQ:SHC) since 2015 and Wex (NYSE:WEX) since 2016. Among other public and private companies, Mr. Neary has previously served as a member of the board of directors of the Boards of Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., Interactive Data Corporation, InComm Holdings, Coyote Logistics, EFS (Electronic Funds Source) and Alert Global Media Holdings. Mr. Neary has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of The Mount Sinai Health System since and The Eaglebrook School. In addition, Mr. Neary has served as the Co-Chair of the President’s Council at Tufts University since 2016. Mr. Neary received a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Tufts University and an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, where he was the Eugene Lerner Finance Scholar.

Anesa Chaibi will be appointed to our board of directors in connection with this offering. Ms. Chaibi has served as an Industry Advisor to the Industrial and Business Services Group of Warburg Pincus since 2019. Ms. Chaibi served as the Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of directors of Optimas Solutions, a global distributor and manufacturer of custom highly-engineered OEM designed fasteners, from 2016 to 2019. Prior to her tenure with Optimas Solutions, Ms. Chaibi served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of HD Supply Facilities Maintenance from 2005 to 2015. Ms. Chaibi began her career in 1989 with General Electric on the Chemical and Materials Leadership Program and held roles with increasing responsibilities across numerous GE businesses and industries for over sixteen years. Ms. Chaibi currently serves on the board of directors of a number of companies, including Regal Beloit Corporation (NYSE:RBC) and Advanced Drainage Systems (NYSE:WMS) and serves as a member of the Advanced Drainage Systems audit committee. Additionally, Ms. Chaibi is a NACD Board Leadership Fellow. Ms. Chaibi received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from West Virginia University and an M.B.A. from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.