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When we acquire a company the transition is seamless and employees are reassured about the future.
Longacre has a team of world class operators to assist our companies in the pursuit of their goals. The quality of our management teams is our greatest differentiator and we strive to be the best owners of the companies we work with.
Stani is the CEO of Longacre Group, which he co-founded. The business has grown into a group of B2B companies delivering technical products and services across the UK, Europe, the US and Asia, now employing over 1,000 people. Stani drives the acquisitive growth strategy that continues to shape the group, while working closely with the management teams across the businesses to help them realise their own growth ambitions.
Before Longacre Group, he worked at H.I.G. Capital and Apax Partners, and began his career at Lehman Brothers. He holds a degree in Economics from UCL and an MBA from INSEAD. He is a native German speaker, fluent in English and French.
Perhaps his proudest achievement has been the quality of the leadership he’s hired at HQ and across the businesses, and the fast-moving, transparent culture he’s built around them. Building and growing businesses, surrounded by a great group of people, is what drives him.
Gabriele joined Longacre Group in January 2026 as Group Chief Financial Officer. She has extensive international experience in listed, private equity and privately owned businesses, and held leadership roles across sectors with a focus on Industrial (manufacturing and distribution) and Consumer.
Most recently, Gabriele was Chief Strategy Officer at Essentra plc, a FTSE 250 global components business, where she was a member of the Executive Committee. Prior to this, she served as Divisional Finance Director for Essentra’s Components division.
Earlier, Gabriele held leadership roles at GfK Group, SIG plc, Mars Inc, EMI Group and the Oetker Group. Her experience includes performance improvement, complex transformations, turnarounds, M&A and integrations, and building high-performing finance organisations in the UK and at scale internationally.
Gabriele holds a Degree in Management and Economics (‘Wirtschaftswissenschaften’) from the University of Hohenheim, Germany, and a Professional Certificate in Coaching from Henley Business School. She is a fluent German and English speaker, with additional European language capability, and is known for her pragmatic, people-focused leadership style and strong commercial mindset.
James is part of the Longacre investment team and a board member or observer of Inuvi, Polyblend and Versiv. He is particularly focused on working across the Longacre Group of companies to assist them with add-on acquisitions.
Before joining Longacre, James was a Director at Pitt Capital Partners the investment arm of Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Co Ltd (SOL.ASX), an Australian diversified investment house. In this role, James led several private market investment strategies with a focus on financial and business services.
James’s earlier career involved working in the financial institution’s investment banking division of J.P. Morgan in Sydney and at PricewaterhouseCoopers in London where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
James holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Nottingham.
Catherine is part of the Longacre investment team and a board member of Power Adhesives.
Before joining Longacre Group, Catherine was in the Principal Investments team at Investec Bank plc. She was involved in executing and managing numerous equity investments for the bank’s proprietary portfolio which spanned multiple sectors.
Catherine holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
Martin is a member of the Longacre Investment Team.
Prior to joining Longacre Group, Martin was a Private Equity Associate at Southern Cross Group, a LatAm-based PE fund. He began his career at Econsult Capital, a boutique investment bank specialising in M&A across various industries in the LatAm region.
He graduated as an Industrial Engineer from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and holds an MBA from London Business School.
Bee is a Business Executive at Longacre and is responsible for operational aspects of the business.
After an early career working in the USA and Europe for Dow Chemical and General Electric, Joe became Managing Director of Bespak and Nolato both of whom are leading medical device manufacturers. Joe joined Longacre in 2021 as CEO of Prowrap Group and lead the business to significant growth in both the haircare and catering market sectors. Joe is currently the CEO of Dycem and Chairman of Prowrap.
Jonathan leads Healthcare Services for the Longacre Group. He joined the group through Longacre Group’s investment into Medical Screening Solutions (MSS) which he founded. He helped Longacre Group expand its Healthcare services offerings through extremely fast organic growth and several strategic acquisitions.
He is an entrepreneurial, strategic, and analytical business leader with over 25 years of experience in growing and running successful companies in the Health Services market. With strong commercial acumen and attention to detail, he is a results-orientated business leader.
Previously Jonathan founded Medicals Direct Group (MDG) where he led the business to become the largest provider of medical screening services to both UK and Irish Life Assurance companies. In 2012, he managed the sale of MDG to Capita, where he was appointed Managing Director of Tascor Medical Services as well as Capita’s Clinic business, while remaining Managing Director of MDG. Here, he was responsible for multi-site operations with over 400 employees across three business units within Capita’s Health and Wellbeing division.
Ross spent eight years with Diploma PLC, a FTSE 100 international group, serving as Managing Director for businesses in the fluid power sector. During this time, he delivered significant growth and operational improvements, earning a reputation for driving results in complex, technical markets.
Previously, Ross was Director of Sales at ATA Group, an Irish cutting tool manufacturer, where he was part of the senior management team that delivered substantial scale—both organically and through targeted, private equity-backed bolt-on acquisitions.
With a career spanning senior leadership roles across manufacturing and technical engineering sectors, Ross brings deep expertise in business development, organizational restructuring, and long-term value creation. He joined Longacre in summer 2025 and currently serves as CEO of Power Adhesives.
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