Charles F. Baird, Jr., North Castle's founder, has spent the last 25 years as an investor and consultant partnering with Chief Executive Officers to improve their companies' operating performance and shareholder returns. Mr. Baird began studying the emerging Healthy Living & Aging trends more than 10 years ago with strategic partners at Bain & Company, Adams, Harkness & Hill and Age Wave. Read more...

Louis E. Marinaccio has been with North Castle since 1999. Mr. Marinaccio leads the firm's initiatives in Nutrition, Weight Management, Personal Care, and the Home, Leisure & Sustainability markets. In the Nutrition area, he has been involved in more than a dozen food & beverage brand investments, including most recently leading the acquisitions of Atkins Nutritionals, Bora-Bora Organic Foods, and the Flatout flatbread company. Read more...