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Altas Partners is delighted to welcome Kathleen (Katie) Taylor to the firm’s Advisory Board.

Imagine studying at a university located on a lush Caribbean island. You attend classes and mingle with the other students on a campus nestled in a sun-drenched peninsula overlooking an expanse of brilliant blue sea.

ST. GEORGE UNIVERSITY RECEIVES EQUITY INVESTMENT FROM ALTAS PARTNERS AND BARING PRIVATE EQUITY ASIA Investment Will Support Continued Expansion and Enhanced Services for Students St. George’s University today announced that it has received a substantial equity investment from a group led by Canadian investor Altas Partners and a fund advised by Baring Private Equity Asia. The Altas-led investment group and the fund advised by Baring Private Equity Asia are investing in partnership with St. George’s current management team, led by Chancellor Charles R. Modica, who co-founded the University in 1976.

After 17 years at Onex Corp. – where he was a managing director who oversaw some key investing platforms – Andrew Sheiner hung out a shingle in 2012 to create Altas Partners. Since then, he has assembled a team that includes former colleagues as well as industry experts from firms such as KKR & Co. and Providence Equity Partners.

Altas welcomes Anthony Bowe as the newest member of its Advisory Board. Tony retired at the end of 2013 as Co-Head of Credit Suisse’s Private Fund Group, having been with PFG, and its predecessor at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, since 1998.

Altas, together with its partners and senior management, has acquired NSC Minerals. Founded in 1988 and based in Saskatchewan, Canada, NSC Minerals is the leading provider of salt for road safety, industrial and agricultural applications, serving customers including municipal, provincial and state governments in Western Canada and the North Central United States.