Frederic V. Wakeman — Managing Partner and Head of Technology, Media and Telecom Team at Advent International

Mr. Frederic V. Wakeman, also known as Fred, serves as the Managing Partner and Head of Technology, Media and Telecom Team at Advent International Corporation. Mr. Wakeman joined the Advent International Corporation in 1998. He focuses on retail, technology, media and telecom sectors. Mr. Wakeman served as an Executive at General Electric Capital Corporation. Prior to Advent, Mr. Wakeman served as a Director of General Electric Capital's equity capital group, where he specialized in later-stage growth capital investments, primarily in the media and business services sectors. He has been a Non Executive Director of Unit4 N.V. since March 17, 2014 and a Director of KMD A/S since 2012. He serves as a Director of FinancialForce.com, inc., ILVA A/S; Advent International plc and Oberthur Technologies Group S.A.S. He served as a Director of IDEMIA( formerly known as Oberthur Technologies SA). He served as a Director of Eurozet Sp. z o.o. and DFS Furniture. He served as a Director of Fat Face Group Ltd; Poundland Group plc; Poundland Ltd; Radio 538 B.V.; and Venere Net S.r.l. (Venere Net S.p.A. (formerly, Venere.com)). Mr. Wakeman served as a Non Executive Director of HMV Group plc until April 23, 2002. He has 19 years of private equity experience. He holds an M.B.A. from the Georgetown University School of Business and joint B.A. in Economics and History from the University of California Berkeley.