Craig Sakin is a senior advisor to Catterton Partners, a leading private equity firm. He was most recently a managing partner of Catterton. In 1996, the operations of Nantucket Holding Company ("NHC") were merged into Catterton, and Craig became one of the three original partners. In 1990, he co-founded NHC, a merchant bank specializing in the acquisition and management of troubled companies and the consolidation of fragmented sectors within the consumer products and services industry. While at NHC, he led and was chairman and chief executive officer of one of its portfolio companies, Gold Coast Beverage Distributors, Inc., the second-largest beer and beverage distributor in the United States. Prior to NHC, Craig was senior vice president at an affiliate of Bear Stearns & Co., Inc.  From 1986 to 1991, he was a vice president of Crimson Capital Corporation, a merchant-banking firm. He has also served as a director of various public and private companies. Craig received a Bachelor’s of Science from St. Lawrence University.