Demetrios Dounis on Blogger: October 2020

About Demetrios Dounis

A Managing Director of Heartwood Partners, Demetrios Dounis is a Connecticut investor with 14 plus years of lower and middle market private equity experience.

Before joining Heartwood Partners, Demetrios spent 13 years at a CT based private equity firm which he joined as Vice President on its investment team in 2007, Demetrios Dounis was involved in transactions such as the $245 million buyout of CamelBak, an outdoor-enthusiast brand. Responsible for business diligence, execution, and legal documentation related to the initial purchase of Camelbak, he successfully oversaw a transaction that generated a $165 million gain.

Promoted to Partner on its investment team in 2015, Mr. Dounis led the buyouts of companies such as Velocity Outdoors, Ravin Crossbows and Arnold Magnetic Technologies. Among his most significant accomplishments was the acquisition of Clean Earth, an environmental services business. He also oversaw several proprietary add-on acquisitions on behalf of Clean Earth and then guided an auction sales process that netted a substantial return-on-invested capital and a $220 million gain. Mr. Dounis also acquired Liberty Safe and was a board member for a number of years.

Mr. Dounis started his career in the early 2000s as a Senior Accountant with Deloitte's assurance and business advisory services. He subsequently was an investment banking Analyst with UBS Investment Bank’s Global Industrials Group. In that role, Demetrios Dounis worked with clients such as United Technologies in its $3.1 billion acquisition of Kidde, plc.

Demetrios Dounis on Blogger

Friday, October 2, 2020

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