FRANK R.

ATKINSON
Tel. +1 650 400 2805
Email: fratkinson3@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/frank-r-atkinson54320

Denver, CO
Menlo Park, CA

I am an experienced and successful Private Equity and Venture Capital fund manager and
business development professional, with a U.S. and international background. I possess indepth experience in fundraising, the due diligence process, exit strategies, portfolio
management, rescues, M&A work, liquidations and distributions.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Co-Founded six private equity funds and raised $150m for investments in sectors as
diverse as technology in Silicon Valley, real estate in Asia, Latin America and the U.S.
and agriculture and technology in the Middle East

Co-Managed a Silicon Valley venture portfolio which grew by 12.5X. Since the portfolio
was leveraged the equity return was 25X, to well over $100m

Helped launch the $200m Sudan Development Corporation, targeted at financing

industrial development in the Sudan

Currently advising a London based team that has raised over $6b in Europe and the
Middle East to date for Alternative Asset investment managers

CURRENT POSITIONS (2001-present)

Strategic Advisor, The Perreault Birmingham Group (www.thepbgrp.com) a
merchant bank providing capital market services to a select group of middle
market clients with growth potential and young technology companies with strong
growth prospects. (Palo Alto, CA).
Senior Strategic Advisor, The Trinity Group (www.trinity-group.co.uk), a firm
providing corporate advisory and fundraising services in Europe and the Middle
East for venture capital and private equity entities. Trinity has raised over $6b in
capital and provided advisory services for such clients as the Carlyle Group, Lexington Partners, KKR, Pacific Corporate Group, Macquarie Bank, Evercore
Capital Partners, Gartmore Investment Management and Deutsche Bank, among
others. (London, UK).
Board of Directors, MACH Energy (www.machenergy.com), a private company
providing SaaS-based energy management systems to the commercial real estate
market. MACH Energys nationwide client base includes ING Clarion, Equity Office
Properties, Tishman Speyer, GE Asset Management and other large commercial
office owners and operators. (Oakland, CA).
Owner and Manager, Atkinson Associates, angel investments and consulting for
seed and start-up technology companies. (Palo Alto, CA).

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EARLY CAREER
Managing Director, InterArab Investment Fund. Raised $45m for equity investments in the agriculture, automation and technology sectors in the Middle East
(Amman, Jordan and Muscat, Oman).
Managing Director, HMS Group. Raised and managed a $40m series of venture
funds which focused on seed and start-up investments in the U.S. telecommunications
industry. (Menlo Park, CA).
Managing Director, Investment Management Group, Imperial Bank. Raised $60m
for real estate developments on behalf of Middle Eastern institutions in Hong Kong,
Mexico City and the U.S. (Kuwait and San Francisco, CA).
Vice President, Triad Group. Managed Triad Venture Capital Corporation which
made investments in Silicon Valley valued at $50m. Initiated industrial projects valued
in excess of $100m in Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Egypt and Tunisia. (Los Altos, CA, Beirut,
Dsseldorf, and London).
Vice President, Continental Capital Corporation. Managed venture capital investments valued at $125m in technology firms in Silicon Valley. (San Francisco, CA).

EDUCATION
BA, Stanford University (History and Political Science).
MBA, Anderson School of Business, UCLA (Finance and Business
Economics). Member, Beta Gamma Sigma honorary society.
Played professional football for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Denver
Broncos for two seasons while completing MBA degree. Member, NFL Alumni
Association and NFL Players Association..

PROFESSIONAL
Founder and first President, Western Association of Venture Capitalists
(www.wavc.org). The WAVC was the first venture capital trade organization in
the industry, worldwide. Membership today in this premier organization includes
100 Silicon Valley venture firms and 1,000 venture capitalists, including such
groups as Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital, Draper Fisher Jurverson, Intel
Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, New Enterprise Associates, Sequoia
Capital, U.S. Venture Partners, Venrock, among others. (Menlo Park, CA).