Navigating the Pandemic: Independent Sponsors

Grant is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of NCK Capital (“NCK”). He is a seasoned investment professional with years of both deal and operating experience. Over the last few years, NCK has built a growing portfolio of 5 companies in many different industries including environmental services, post-secondary education, and building services.

Prior to founding NCK, Grant was the Florida Development Partner for The Lane Company, one of the largest multifamily management and development companies in the Southeast acquiring and developing between $1B and $2B of assets per year. In addition, Grant founded several companies and was profiled on CNBC’s The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch. He was also the Director of Business Development at Isadra, an enterprise software company acquired by VertcialNet (NASDAQ: VERT), and began his career as an associate at Sterling Partners, a private equity firm with over $4B AUM.

Grant has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Finance from Georgetown University and a member of the Lone Star Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO).

Faraz joined Centerfield in 2001. He is responsible for investor relations, overseeing due diligence, structuring and negotiating transactions and portfolio management. Faraz is a member of the Partnership’s Investment Committee.

Prior to joining Centerfield, Faraz held sales and product development roles at Praxair and Rodel, where he was the lead researcher and developer of next generation consumables for the microelectronics industry and was awarded a patent. Faraz has been recognized as one of the “Forty under Forty” young leaders in Indianapolis, “Who’s Who in Finance” by the Indiana Business Journal and was the winner of Junior Achievement’s “Indy’s Best and Brightest” award.

Following eight years in sales and marketing for a different factoring company—where she developed her skills in negotiating and structuring tailored transactions—Lilies joined Accord in 2000. At Accord, Lilies is responsible for spearheading the company’s business development activities with particular emphasis on the private equity/M&A market place. Within this space, she has worked with countless independent sponsors, developed a deep understanding of this industry niche, and structured numerous transactions to the unique needs of these entrepreneurs. She was educated in Indonesia and Singapore before attending the University of Nebraska to study business.