Mr. Gates has over 20 years of corporate finance and middle market private equity investment experience across multiple industry sectors.  He was previously a Partner at Charterhouse Group Inc., a New York based middle market private equity firm, where for nearly ten years he lead the firm’s Business Services investment activities.  He joined the firm in 1994 and was a key member of the investment team and served on its Investment and Valuation Committees.  He has invested in a broad range of industries including waste and facilities services, logistics, business process outsourcing, healthcare services, general consumer products, cable TV, wireless towers, and specialty distribution.  Investments have taken many forms including traditional buyouts, builds-ups and growth capital infusions.   Mr. Gates currently serves as a Strategic Advisor to Charterhouse Equity Partners, LLC and is also Managing Partner of Townhill Capital Partners LLC, an independent private equity sponsor focused on acquiring business and healthcare services platform companies that generate between $1 million and $10 million of EBITDA. He was previously a member of the Corporate Advisory Services Group at Arthur Andersen.  He started his career at Bankers Trust Company where he was an Assistant Treasurer in the Government and Municipal Bond Services Group. He has served on a number of boards of directors including Oakleaf Waste Management, Inc., Logisticare Inc., MPTotalcare Inc., Harvard Custom Manufacturing LLC, and Towne Air Cargo Inc.  Mr. Gates received a B.A. in economics from Binghamton University and a M.B.A. in finance from the Leonard N. Stern Graduate School of Business at New York University.