RCP - Thriving in 2 Decades of Investing

A resident of Hunting Valley, Ohio, Bassem Mansour is a frequent speaker on private equity, distress investing, and entrepreneurship forums. In June 2021, he was one of the principal speakers in the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) Speaker Series: “Founding a Private Equity Firm” held via Zoom. Bassem Mansour is the co-founder and co-CEO of the private equity firm Resilience Capital Partners.

Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Resilience Capital boasts a proven track record of investment successes. The firm leverages its network of over 50 executive advisors with varying industry expertise to help identify, evaluate, invest, and support its portfolio firms. Focusing on North American headquartered companies, with revenues in the $25 to $250 million range, Resilience Capital invests from $10 million to $75 million in a broad range of industries such as distribution, industrial manufacturing, transportation logistics, capital equipment, aviation, and aerospace, and metals.

The firm currently has 21 portfolio companies, $685 million assets under management, and 7,000 employees. Its portfolio companies include CR Brands, a consumer packaged goods firm with licensed cleaning products under the OxiClean and Arm & Hammer brand names.

Importance of Budgeting While Traveling

With an MBA in finance from Case Western Reserve University, Bassem Mansour serves as co-CEO of Resilience Capital Partners in Beachwood, Ohio. In his free time, Bassem Mansour of Hunting Valley, Ohio enjoys traveling.

Traveling on a budget is an important skill for you to learn. The last thing you want to do is end up stranded in a foreign country because you didn’t create a basic budgeting plan. One of the first steps you might take in traveling on a budget is creating a list of all the destinations you'd like to go to and see if you have the resources, assets, and cash to do so.

Keeping track of your cash flow for traveling purposes is one of the key components to ensure you have enough money to get through the entire trip from beginning to end. This includes budgeting for unexpected expenses, keeping track of your traveling expenses, and doing free things like walking along a foreign beach. With a goal-oriented mindset, you can learn the importance of budgeting while traveling too.

Resilience Capital Names Tim Seitter

An investment professional in Hunting Valley, Ohio, Bassem Mansour has served as co-CEO and managing partner of Resilience Capital Partners since 2001. Charged with overseeing investment decisions and investor relations for the firm, Bassem Mansour has helped Resilience earn the title of Private Equity Firm of the Year twice from the Cleveland chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth.

In February 2021, Resilience Capital Partners named Tim Seitter president and chief executive officer of CR Brands, one of the private equity firm’s portfolio companies. Mr. Seitter brings to the position more than 25 years of leadership in the consumer packaged-goods industry, most recently serving as president in the Europe and Americas division of ClinChoice, Inc., a global contract research organization.

Tim Seitter has also worked for Kraft Foods, Spalding Sports, and Pactiv Corporation, and he has served as vice president of marketing and head of the Oral Care Strategic Business Unit at Church and Dwight. In his leadership role with CR Brands, Mr. Seitter will provide strategic guidance for the firm’s licensed cleaning products, which include a new line of disinfecting wipes from Arm & Hammer.

 

Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship

For more than 20 years, Bassem Mansour has served as co-chief executive officer and managing partner of Resilience Capital Partners. A resident of Hunting Valley, Ohio, Bassem Mansour focuses on identifying investment potential in distressed companies and acquiring those involved in special situations, such as restructuring.

In June 2021, Mr. Mansour and Resilience co-CEO Steven Rosen led a roundtable discussion at the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship as part of Case Western Reserve University’s Entrepreneurship Speaker Series. The discussion focused on the pair’s co-founding of their private equity firm, which is headquartered in Cleveland.

Over the past two decades, Resilience Capital Partners has focused on investing in niche manufacturing and business service companies. The founders’ Zoom-based discussion was broadcast live on the Veale Institute’s LinkedIn profile page. Case Western Reserve University’s speaker series aims to cultivate a culture of entrepreneurial learning and venture creation at the school and in the community.