Investment Team
Kevin Madden
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Mr. Madden is an experienced and successful turnaround professional with over 15 years of experience investing in and building businesses. Prior to co-founding Saothair, Mr. Madden spent nearly a decade with KPS Capital Partners where he took an active role in 15 acquisitions across 5 platform investments that collectively resulted in over $1.7 billion in profits to investors and won back-to-back Buyouts magazine “Turnaround of the Year” and “Overall Deal of the Year” awards.
Mr. Madden began his career in the Global Industrials and Services group of Credit Suisse First Boston where he worked on a variety of capital markets and M&A transactions across a range of business sectors. Mr. Madden received a B.E. in Civil Engineering and Mathematics at Vanderbilt University.
Richard Lozyniak
Co-Founder and Operating Partner
Mr. Lozyniak has over two decades of experience transforming manufacturing businesses across a diverse range of end markets, serving as Chief Executive Officer of three highly successful portfolio companies under the ownership of KPS Capital Partners. Prior to co-founding Saothair, Mr. Lozyniak was CEO of North American Breweries, which received “Turnaround of the Year” and “Overall Deal of the Year” awards from Buyouts magazine.
Previously, Mr. Lozyniak was CEO of Bristol Compressors International and Blue Ridge Paper Products. Mr. Lozyniak began his career with GE Capital, serving in a variety of positions including Senior Vice President. Mr. Lozyniak received an MBA from the William E Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester.
Pam Samuels
Vice President
Ms. Samuels is a Vice President at Saothair, having joined in 2023. Prior to joining Saothair, she was a Vice President at B. Riley Securities, where she worked in the Restructuring Investment Banking Group, focusing on distressed M&A, capital raising and bankruptcy advisory across a variety of sectors. Ms. Samuels began her career as an Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Business Recovery Services Group.
Ms. Samuels holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Lehigh University.
Huy Nguyen
Senior Associate
Mr. Nguyen is a Senior Associate at Saothair, having joined in 2021. Prior to joining Saothair, Mr. Nguyen was an Investment Banking Associate at RBC Capital Markets in New York within the Industrial & Diversified Services coverage group, where he worked on mergers and acquisitions and capital raise transactions.
Mr. Nguyen holds a B.A. degree in Economics from Middlebury College.
Sabina Vohra
Associate
Ms. Vohra is an Associate at Saothair, having joined in 2023. Prior to joining Saothair, she was an Investment Banking Analyst at Stifel Financial Corp. within the Aerospace & Defense coverage group, where she worked on M&A and capital raise transactions.
Ms. Vohra holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond.
