Chino Hills, CA, August 8, 2016 – FlemingMartin, LLC is pleased to announce that Liquid Technologies, Inc., a contract formulator and manufacturer of personal care products recently acquired by Frontenac, a Chicago-based Private Equity firm, has hired Courtney Sanen, to be their new Vice President, Finance & Accounting.
Ms. Sanen brings strategic and hands-on accounting and finance experience from a diverse set of manufacturing companies, mostly in aerospace. Her most recent position was at Meggitt where she worked as VP Finance in the Sensing Systems division. Prior to that, she worked as Group Controller/VP Finance at CIRCOR Aerospace & Defense. With Liquid Technologies’ recent acquisition by Frontenac, Courtney is set to bring her leadership, technical skills and work ethic to drive and achieve their aggressive growth goals. Courtney is an active CPA and also holds an MBA from Arizona State University and a BS degree in Accounting from Florida Gulf Coast University.
Liquid Technologies (liquidtek.com) is a leading contract formulator and contract manufacturer of personal care products. With over 700 customers, including professional salons and midsized brands, Liquid Technologies provides full service capabilities including formulation, development, blend manufacturing, filling and packaging design. Their distribution channels include professional salon chains, eCommerce, big box retailers, drug chains, specialty grocery chains, and direct-to-customer and televised shopping channels.
Frontenac Company (frontenac.com) is a leading private equity firm, based in Chicago. Frontenac Company was founded in 1971 with the belief that people are the driving factor behind successful businesses. Frontenac invests in high quality companies, primarily in the food, industrial and services categories. Focusing on lower middle-market businesses and target platform investments with $3M to $20M of EBITDA, Frontenac offers the experience and capital solutions that balance owner liquidity with accelerated growth objectives. Nearly 20 years ago Frontenac developed a “CEO1ST® Investing” strategy to partner with outstanding business leaders and together identify, acquire and build leading businesses. All CEO1ST® partners are leaders in their fields and provide strategic and operational insight to Frontenac’s portfolio companies. Together with CEO1ST® partners, Frontenac provides the capital, network and resources to enable portfolio companies to respond to opportunities, grow and succeed.
FlemingMartin, LLC, (flemingmartin.com) is a leading retained executive search firm with offices in Northern and Southern California. FlemingMartin partners with Boards and CEOs of companies nationwide to build successful execution-focused management teams. FlemingMartin focuses in the Technology, Manufacturing, Consumer Products & Services, and Energy industries. The Firm’s principals are trusted advisors and business partners who enable companies to gain powerful, far-reaching, and lasting contributions from their executive-level human capital.