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Steven W. Barnes

Director

Steve is a Senior Advisor at Bain Capital, LLC (“Bain”) and has been affiliated with Bain since 1988. Bain is a leading global private investment firm with approximately $215 billion of assets under management. Previously Steve was Chairman of Bain’s Global Private Equity Business, Head of Bain’s North American Private Equity Business, Co-Head of Bain’s European Private Equity Business, and founded and led Bain’s Global Portfolio Group. He also served in various leadership positions within Bain’s portfolio companies, including CEO of Dade Bahring, a global diagnostic company, President of Executone Business Solutions, a telecommunications company and President of The Holson Burnes Group, a publicly traded consumer products company. Steve serves on the Board of the Boys & Girls Club of Palm Beach, The Park at West Palm Beach, the Boston Celtics, MV Youth and Syracuse University, where he previously served as Chairman. He previously served on the Board of Boston Children’s Hospital, New Profit, the United Way of Massachusetts Bay, Boston City Year and was the former Chairman of the Board of The Make-A-Wish® Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families. Steve earned a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University in 1982 and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Syracuse University in 2019.

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