Tami L. Benanav

Partner

Mattias M. Graff

Partner

Mr. Graff is a Partner at Tricap Partners & Co. and works with the firm’s clients with respect to real estate investments.  Mr. Graff has extensive experience in commercial real estate, particularly in asset management, ground-up development, and redevelopment.

Mr. Graff previously served as a Managing Director at The Patrinely Group, a private real estate developer, advisor and owner. As the managing director of the southwest region, Mr. Graff participated in the due diligence, acquisition, and management of institutional quality assets for a $500 million fund with USAA Real Estate, and the ground up development and redevelopment of commercial real estate projects. Prior to Patrinely, Mr. Graff was a principal at Irongate Land Company, a real estate investment and development company focused on luxury residential real estate in downtown Chicago and suburbs. Previously, Mr. Graff was an Asset and Development Manager for The John Buck Company in Chicago, where he was responsible for the oversight, identification, analysis, structuring and development of institutional quality real estate projects. Mr. Graff began his career in New York City as an Asset and Property Manager of real estate for LaSalle Partners, now Jones Lang LaSalle.

Mr. Graff holds a BA in Architecture from The University of Virginia, and an MBA from the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business.

Richard D. Jacobson

Partner

Mr. Jacobson is a Partner at Tricap Partners & Co. and has extensive experience in both investment banking and private equity investments.  He has significant experience in the execution of numerous private equity and debt investments throughout his career.

Mr. Jacobson most recently served as a Senior Managing Director at Stern Capital LLC, a private investment firm based in New York, where he led the firm's expansion into private equity transactions.  In this capacity, Mr. Jacobson was in charge of sourcing and structuring senior debt and mezzanine investments, private equity co-investments and private equity fund investments for the firm.  Prior to Stern Capital, Mr. Jacobson served as Managing Director and Co-Head of Indosuez Capital Merchant Banking, where he led the group's direct investments and participation in senior loans, mezzanine debt, direct private equity investments and limited partnership commitments.  In addition, he was previously a Vice President in the Leveraged Finance Group of SG Cowen Securities, where he was actively involved in building the firm?s high yield and mezzanine debt capabilities.  Prior to that, Mr. Jacobson was an Associate in the Global Syndicated Finance group at Chase Securities, Inc., now JP Morgan Chase & Co.  In this capacity, he was responsible for the structuring, pricing and syndication of leveraged and investment-grade senior debt financings.  Mr. Jacobson began his career as an attorney in the law firm of Jacobs, Persinger & Parker LLP.

Mr. Jacobson holds a BA in English and Sociology from Tulane University, an MBA from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and a JD from the American University Washington College of Law.  He currently serves on the board of Op-Tech  Environmental Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: OTES), a company which provides transportation of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes from customer sites to customer-designated landfills and disposal facilities, and he also serves on the board of Vital Theater in New York City.

Eric Saucedo
Partner

Mr. Saucedo is a Partner at Tricap Partners & Co.  He has extensive experience in both investment banking and private equity investments and has many years of experience in the due diligence and execution of numerous public and private transactions, including many private equity investments in the United States, Europe and Latin America.

Mr. Saucedo previously served as Director of Business Development at UBS, where he was responsible for business development of institutional and corporate clients in asset management and investment banking.  Prior to UBS, Mr. Saucedo served as a Principal with Compass Capital LLC in New York, a private equity fund and affiliate of JP Morgan Partners, where he led private equity investments in start-up and early-stage companies in Latin America.  In addition, he was previously a Vice President in the Emerging Markets Group at Apax Partners & Co., a private equity and merchant banking firm, where he was one of the original professionals in the firm's Latin America group.  Prior to Apax Partners, Mr. Saucedo was an Associate in the Emerging Markets Investment Banking and Mergers & Acquisitions groups at JP Morgan Chase & Co.  Mr. Saucedo also served as an Associate with Kroll Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm with a specialization in due diligence research and corporate intelligence.  Mr. Saucedo has experience in a wide range of transactions, including private equity, mergers and acquisitions and leveraged finance.  He has completed numerous transactions both domestically and throughout Latin America in such industries as biotechnology, education, media, telecom, technology, retail, and manufacturing.

Mr. Saucedo holds a BA in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, where he served as President of the student body and was recipient of the Dean's Citation Award.  He is a Director at Granite Intelligence, a due diligence and investigations firm based in New York, and a Director at The KidSmart Company, a supplemental learning and education company based in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Scott B. Sucher

Partner

Mr. Sucher is a Partner at Tricap Partners & Co. and brings years of experience in both investment banking and private equity investments both in the United States and Latin America. He has extensive experience in corporate finance, having worked for over 15 years in investment banking and asset management.

Most recently, Mr. Sucher has served as Chief Financial Officer for Condor Exploration Inc, a private oil and gas exploration company with assets in Oklahoma and Colombia. Condor Exploration is a portfolio company of Medley Capital LLC. Prior to joining the management team at Condor Exploration, Mr. Sucher was a senior member of Medley Capital LLC in New York, a US$1 billion alternative investment hedge fund based in New York, where he originated and executed senior secured loans to early-stage Latin American corporate clients. Prior to joining Medley Capital, Mr. Sucher was a Managing Director in charge of Latin America Asset Backed Securitization for WestLB, a German wholesale bank, where he was responsible for originating, structuring and executing securitization transactions for Latin American clients, including medium and small corporations. In addition, he previously served in a similar capacity at Deutsche Bank Securities. In these roles, he has completed numerous debt transactions across Latin America in a wide variety of industries.   Mr. Sucher started his career in Latin American investment banking at Nomura Securities, executing equity and M&A deals as part of the Latin America Corporate Finance Group.

Mr. Sucher holds a BA in Economics with Honors from Swarthmore College and holds an MBA with Honors from the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business.

Jack A. Smith
Operating Partner
 

Mr. Smith is an Operating Partner at Tricap Partners & Co., working closely with client companies on management and strategic issues. He previously served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of The Sports Authority, Inc., a company that he founded in 1987 and led through its initial public offering in 1994. In 1998 Mr. Smith relinquished his responsibilities as CEO, but continued as Chairman of the Board until his resignation in 1999. He formerly served as Chief Operating Officer of Herman's Sporting Goods, a W.R. Grace company. Prior to Herman's, he served in executive management positions with other major retailers, including Sears & Roebuck, Montgomery Ward and Jefferson Stores. He was also President and Chief Executive Officer of Diana Shops, a national chain of women's apparel.

Mr. Smith is active in community affairs and during his tenure, he and The Sports Authority have been recognized with industry awards which include the 1998 Team Licensing Business Retailer of the Year; the Sporting Goods Dealer 1996 Leadership Award to a National Chain; the 1996 Award for management Excellence in Sporting Goods presented by Kurt Salmon Associates; "Trendsetter of the Year", Sports Trend Magazine (1996); Rawlings Sporting Goods Award as Industry Executive of the Year (1992) and Discount Store News' "Specialty Retailer of the Year" (1991 and 1995); and "Best New Retail Concept", Inc. Magazine (1989). SportStyle Magazine voted him among the 100 Most Influential People in the Sporting Goods Industry. In addition, Mr. Smith was invited by former President Bush for a White House briefing launching the President's Drug Advisory Council's "Drugs Don't Work" program, in recognition of The Sports Authority's drug-free workplace initiative.

Mr. Smith serves on the Board of Governors of Nova Southeastern University, where was inducted into Nova's Entrepreneur Hall of Fame in 1995, and he currently serves on the Board of Directors of Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TAST), an operator of regional restaurant companies, including numerous a Burger King franchisees, and Pangea Brands, a consumer products company. He previously served as a Director of Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) for fifteen years, also serving as chairman of the audit committee, and of Compex Technologies Inc., (NASDAQ: CMPX) a medical device manufacturer. Mr. Smith holds a BA from Temple University.

Matthew J. Tucker

Operating Partner

Mr. Tucker is an Operating Partner at Tricap Partners & Co., working closely with client companies on management, strategic, technology, marketing and general operational issues. He has over twenty years of experience in technology, media, and technology-enabled service companies, and he has particular expertise in managing development and growth-stage companies, including numerous private equity portfolio companies.

Mr. Tucker is currently the Chief Operating Officer at PayFone, a leading mobile payment processing service company and a portfolio company of American Express, Verizon Ventures, Rogers Ventures, BlackBerry Partners Fund, Opus Capital and RRE Ventures. Prior to PayFone, Mr. Tucker served as President of RecycleBank, Inc., a portfolio company of RRE Ventures, Sigma Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. He previously served as President of ISC Software, the leading provider of workforce management applications to call centers. He was co-founder, CEO, and Chairman of the Board, of Rely Software, a leading provider of transportation management software to the chemical and process manufacturing industries. Under Mr. Tucker's leadership, the company attracted a world-class client base and in 1999 was named one of the Top 100 private companies in the world by Upside magazine. Rely was acquired by Odyssey Logistics & Technology, a spin-off of Dow Chemical. He subsequently served on the Board of Odyssey and was the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, where he helped acquire a number of ancillary companies for Odyssey. Prior to Rely and ISC, Mr. Tucker was part of the founding management team of LendingTree, the leading online lending and realty services exchange. At LendingTree, Mr. Tucker was Vice President of Sales & Marketing and was one of the original six members of this company, where he ultimately helped grow the company from under US$1.0 million in revenue to the public markets and the subsequent acquisition by InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI).

Mr. Tucker holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business.

Claudio Chamorro

Senior Advisor

Mr. Chamorro has served as a Senior Advisor to Tricap Partners & Co. since 2009.  He currently serves as Special Advisor to Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, advising on economic and managerial issues. 

Prior to joining Piñera Administration, Mr. Chamorro served as Head of Corporate Development for CorpGroup Interhold, the parent company of CorpBanca (NYSE: BCA), the fourth largest Chilean financial institution by assets.  In addition to its interest in CorpBanca, CorpGroup holds interests in various Chilean companies in media, supermarkets and other operating companies, and it holds over US$2.0 billion in real estate assets in Chile and throughout Latin America.  At CorpGroup, Mr. Chamorro was responsible for the identification, analysis and execution of investments on behalf of the firm.  In addition, he held numerous operating roles and responsibilities within CorpBanca, establishing the bank's U.S. operations through registration and regulatory approval with the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.  In addition, Mr. Chamorro served as a member of the Board of Directors of many of the bank's affiliates, including Combanc, Corpbanca Financial Advisory and Corpbanca Mutual Funds. 

Before joining CorpGroup, Mr. Chamorro served as the Chief Financial Officer and Director of Risk Management at the bank, leading an aggressive turnaround of the bank's internal controls, accounting and financial systems, risk management and financial reporting processes.  Prior to joining CorpBanca, Mr. Chamorro spent over five years at the Superintendencia de Bancos, the Chilean Federal Reserve system, as Director of Research and Financial Analysis.  In addition, he served as Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at Santander Financial Group and as Chief Economist and Fixed Income Research Analyst at A.F.P. Habitat, S.A., one of Chile's largest pension funds.

Patrick Oliver-Kelley, PhD

Senior Advisor

Patrick Oliver-Kelley, PhD has served as a Senior Advisor to Tricap Partners & Co. since 2009.  Dr. Patrick Oliver-Kelley has extensive investment banking and management experience with major investment institutions such as Paine Webber, Merrill Lynch, and The First Boston Corporation.  Dr. Oliver-Kelley is currently the Managing Partner at Falcon Financial Advisors, a boutique investment banking firm with operations worldwide.

Dr. Oliver-Kelley most recently served as Managing Director and Head of the Investment Banking Division for the First Boston Corporation (now a division of Credit Suisse) in London.  Prior to joining First Boston, he served in a similar capacity at Merrill Lynch (now Bank of America), helping to establish that firm's presence in Germany.  Dr. Oliver-Kelley began his career with Paine Webber (now UBS) after two years of service in the American Peace Corps in Turkey.  Throughout his career Dr. Oliver-Kelley has acted as financial advisor to a wide variety of major international corporations such as Heineken, British American Tobacco, SAMA, McDonalds Corporation, Southern Railways and Holiday Inn, and he has been a longtime adviser to a number of prominent individuals, including J. Paul Getty Sr.

Dr. Oliver-Kelley received a BS with Honors in Economics from the University of Tennessee where he was a scholarship athlete in football and track, and he was awarded a PhD in International Finance from Buxton University.  He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, Industry and Commerce, and was made a member of the Institute of Directors in the United Kingdom.  He was selected Businessman of the Year for the State of New York in 2006, and he received the Congressional Order of Merit in 2007.  He is a member of the Dante Society of America; the John Clare Society, and the Carnegie Council for Ethic in Business.  Dr. Oliver-Kelley speaks Turkish, German, Italian and Spanish.

Thomas P. Wicky

Senior Advisor

Mr. Wicky has served as a Senior Advisor to Tricap Partners & Co. since the firm's inception in 2004.  Specifically, he has worked with the firm's clients in various real estate matters worldwide.  He currently serves as CEO of Wicky & Associates in Palm Beach, Florida, where he leads an organization that manages real estate investments on behalf of numerous investor groups worldwide.  Wicky & Associates is involved in the development and operation of luxury hotels, resorts, clubs and residential communities in the United States, Europe and Latin America.

Educated at several Swiss hotel schools, Mr. Wicky's career began in Europe where he gained valuable experience training at premier resorts and luxury urban hotels.  His time spent catering to affluent international clientele laid the groundwork for success and credibility in the upscale market.  Throughout his career, Mr. Wicky's dedication to excellence and operational efficiency has earned him a reputation as one of the premier troubleshooters in the industry.  At four separate properties he was presented with the challenge of earning the coveted "Mobil Five-Star" or "AAA Five-Diamond" awards.  Specifically, Mr. Wicky has led investor groups in the turnaround of numerous high-profile resorts, including The Boca Raton Hotel & Club, The Breakers Palm Beach, The Cloister at Sea Island, Georgia and Hotel Intercontinental in Hilton Head, South Carolina.  Through Mr. Wicky's leadership, these and other high-profile properties successfully gained or regained the prestigious awards.  In addition to his work in hotel management, Mr. Wicky has represented investors' interests in other real estate assets, also spearheading operational aspects of recreational facilities such as golf, tennis, spas, marinas and retail outlets.

Mr. Wicky holds a Certified Hotel Administrator degree from Michigan State University, and he has completed and taught the Executive Management programs at the Cornell University School of Hotel Management and the University of Miami.

Orietta Ramirez
Chief Administrative Officer

Ms. Ramirez is the Chief Administrative Officer at Tricap Partners & Co., bringing extensive operational and administrative experience within the investment banking, private equity and asset management industries.

Ms. Ramirez previously served as the Business Manager at Citi Alternative Investments and its predecessor firm, Carlton Hill Capital LLC.  As the firm’s Business Manager, Ms. Ramirez was responsible for overall management and oversight of all administrative activities, including client administration, accounting, and compliance.  In addition, Ms. Ramirez previously served as Chief Administrative Officer at Apax Partners & Co., a private equity and merchant banking firm, and with CFC Capital LLC, an investment banking and litigation support services firm.   Ms. Ramirez began her career with the M&A and Corporate Finance divisions at Goldman Sachs, serving as Chief Administrative Officer of the firm’s Latin America Group.

Ms. Ramirez holds a BA in Political Science with minors in Psychology and Spanish from Fordham University, and obtained her Juris Doctorate from Brooklyn Law School.  Ms. Ramirez is fluent in Spanish and conversant in Portuguese.