George Kollitides


George K. Kollitides II is a U.S. private equity and operations executive with a focus on government and business services, light industrial and consumer industries. He has served as the chairman, CEO and president or lead director of public, private and non-profit companies and organizations, including as a member or chair of compensation and audit committees.

Education

Kollitides received an MBA in Finance and Management of Organizations from Columbia Business School in 1998 and a BA in Economics with a minor in Government and Law from Lafayette College in 1991.

Professional career

Kollitides started his career at General Electric Capital, where he worked in Corporate Finance, Restructuring and Private Equity. After business school, he became a principal at Catterton Partners, a global consumer and retail-focused private equity fund, then co-founded TenX Capital Management, a private equity firm. Kollitides and the TenX team eventually joined Cerberus Capital Management LP, a global institutional investment management firm. He then went on to serve as chairman and CEO of Remington Outdoor – a private equity-owned outdoor sporting goods company.
Kollitides is currently a managing director and co-head of A&M Capital Opportunities, a middle-market private equity firm, where he sits on the Investment and Conflicts committees. He also sits on the boards of Dutchland Plastics, LLC, one of the largest contract rotational molders in the U.S., Frontier Dermatology, LLC, the largest dermatology practice in the Pacific Northwest and the fifth largest in the U.S., adMarketplace, a search advertiser, Champion ONE Optical Networking, LLC, an electro-optical components business, and Precision Aero Gear Group, LLC, a manufacturer of critical gears for aerospace and defense. Kollitides is also on the Advisory Board of Tomahawk Strategic Solutions.

Clubs and associations

Kollitides is an active member of the Young Presidents Gold Organization and is one of 100 regular members of the Boone and Crockett Club, a conservation organization founded by Teddy Roosevelt. Kollitides also serves on the Advancement Committee of the Institute for the Study of War.
Kollitides previously served on the Lafayette College Trustees’ Financial Policy Committee, as the vice chairman of the Orthopedic Foundation for Active Lifestyles, various NRA committees, as a director of the Safari Club International New York Tri-State and Connecticut chapters, a director of the Mzuri Wildlife Foundation, a director of Good Sports New York Advisory Board, a Trustee of the Bridgeport Hospital Foundation, a director of the National Wild Turkey Federation Foundation, a board member of DOMUS, a residential program for vulnerable Connecticut youth, and as a volunteer fireman for 10 years.

Awards and recognitions

Kollitides was ranked by Sports One Source as one of 40 under 40 in the sporting goods industry. Kollitides was also honored with the Orthopedic Foundation for Active Lifestyles 2010 Philanthropy Leadership Award.