RICK PERKAL

Managing Partner & CEO
Phone: (917) 331 1925
Email: rick@firelightcapital.com

Rick Perkal is the Chief Executive Officer and a Managing Partner of Firelight Capital Partners. Previously, Rick was a Senior Managing Director with IPC, where he focused on investments in the consumer & retail sectors. During his time at Irving Place, Rick was instrumental in the founding of Star Avenue Capital, a growth equity firm focused on investments in the consumer & retail sectors. Prior to joining Bear Stearns Merchant Banking (the predecessor to Irving Place Capital) in 2000, Rick headed the corporate practice of the Washington, D.C. office of Kirkland & Ellis, where he served on the finance and operations committees.

Rick is currently on the Boards of: Chalk Couture Holdings, LLC; RECW Holdings, LLC (Hobo); Three Dog Bakery Holdings, LLC; Pet Supplies Plus Holdings, LLC, the third-largest pet specialty retailer in the U.S.; It’Sugar, LLC, a 96-store chain of specialty candy and gift stores; and Maximum Human Performance, LLC, a marketer and manufacturer of sports nutrition products. He is also the Non-Executive Chairman of: Cartoon Cuts, L.P., the first chain of children’s hair salons in the U.S., which he co-founded in 1991. Rick previously served on the Boards of Aeropostale, Inc., Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. (NYSE:VSI), New York & Company, Inc. (NYSE: NWY), Camelbak, LLC, Stuart Weitzman, LLC, Cabi, LLC and Millennium Laser Eye Centers, LLC, a laser eye surgery center company that he co-founded and successfully sold in 2002. Rick also served as Lead Director at Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. as Chairman of Pet Supplies “Plus” and as Non-Executive Chairman of Willagirl, LLC, a teenage healthy skincare social selling company that he co-founded in 2014. Rick is a member of the Board of Overseers of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

PAT COLLINS

Managing Partner
Phone: (415) 793-7455
Email: pat@firelightcapital.com

Patrick Collins (“Pat”) is a Managing Partner of Firelight Capital Partners. Pat was most recently a Managing Partner at Grand Crossing Capital, a Chicago-based family investment office that invests in branded consumer & retail companies. At Grand Crossing, Pat was involved in the successful investment in Everglades, a manufacturer of premium offshore fishing boats. Previously, Pat was a Partner at JH Partners, a private equity firm that invests in consumer products and retail businesses with more than $900 million under management. Pat was responsible for, or played an active role in, eleven investments at JH, including high growth consumer products companies such as Bare Escentuals and Jurlique and successful retailers such as J. McLaughlin.

Pat’s experience spans most consumer sectors, but he has particular expertise in beauty and personal care, retail expansion, direct marketing, financial and operational restructurings, and both domestic and international consumer products distribution. Prior to JH, Pat was a private equity investment professional at Behrman Capital in San Francisco and an investment banker at Merrill Lynch & Co in New York. Pat previously served on the Board of Directors of Neutral, AmeriMark, Image Entertainment, Country Home Products, and Everglades.Pat is currently on the Boards of: FDHE Holdings. LLC (Fromm); Chalk Couture Holdings, LLC and RECW Holdings, LLC (Hobo).Pat received a B.A. in Economics from Yale University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

NACHO JUELLE

Senior Associate
Phone: (787) 587-0610
Email: nacho@firelightcapital.com

Nacho Juelle is a Senior Associate at Firelight Capital Partners. Prior to joining Firelight, Mr. Juelle was a manager at Ernst & Young within their financial practice. Mr. Juelle holds a B.S. in Finance and Accounting from Sacred Heart University and an M.B.A from Columbia Business School. Mr. Juelle has earned the CFA designation and is an active CPA.