Bradford Williams is a partner and member of the Investment Committee. He is also co-head of the industrials strategy.
Bradford Williams re-joined Crestview in 2021 as a principal. He is currently a partner, co-head of the industrials strategy for the firm and chairman of the Responsible Investing Committee. Bradford serves as chairman of Emerald Technologies, OneMagnify and Smyth and as a member of the boards of directors of Convergix Automation Solutions, Journey Beyond and Tailwind Hospitality. He previously served on the board of directors of JR Automation. Before re-joining Crestview, Bradford was a principal at CC Capital, a private investment firm, where he helped lead the firm’s investing efforts in the technology-enabled services, consumer and financial services sectors. Prior to CC Capital, Bradford was a vice president and associate at Crestview where he focused on investments across a variety of industries. He started his career at Barclays in 2010 as an analyst in the firm’s mergers & acquisitions group. Bradford received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in political science from Yale University. He serves as chairman of the board of Dwight Hall at Yale, the University’s center for public service, and as a board member of the Center for Urban Community Services (CUCS).
Convergix is an automation systems integrator offering solutions to diverse industrial and consumer end-markets. It designs, engineers and integrates hardware and software to automate its customers’ manufacturing, production and distribution facilities.
Prior to the sale to Cott Corporation in 2014, DS was a direct-to-consumer beverage services company that was an industry-leader in home and office delivery of bottled water, and office coffee and filtration services.
Emerald is an electronics manufacturing services provider specializing in high-mix, low-volume engineering, design, prototyping, testing, assembly and lifecycle support services for blue-chip original equipment manufacturers across a range of end-markets.
Hornblower Holdings specializes in global experiences, attractions and transportation.
At the time of Crestview’s exit, Interoute was an integrated network and enterprise services company that owned and operated an extensive fiber network and cloud services platform across Europe.
JR provides customers with automated manufacturing solutions that solve key operational and productivity challenges. From front-end concept design to development and after-installation support, JR seamlessly integrates the necessary hardware and software.
NEP was among the largest global outsourced provider of comprehensive live and broadcast production solutions during Crestview’s ownership, with leading market positions in the U.S., Europe and Australia.
OneMagnify is a global provider of data-driven and integrated marketing, analytics and technology solutions to blue-chip clients across a range of industrial and other end-markets.
Smyth is a leading U.S. provider of innovative and sustainable prime label solutions to blue-chip global consumer product customers across the household, food, health & beauty and automotive aftermarket segments.
Founded in 2004, Tailwind is a leading airport concessionaire specializing in operating full-service restaurants, bars, retail and gift shops predominantly in non-hub, regional airports and transit stations located throughout the United States.
