Senior Management

The experienced team at k1 comes from diverse backgrounds combining strengths to surface and assess investments, provide sound advice on transaction structuring, craft effective solutions for capital needs and help entrepreneurs and managers build successful companies.

STEVEN JAY GREEN
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

JEFFREY A. SAFCHIK
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer

 

CARY MEADOW
Head of Mergers and Acquisitions

STEVEN JAY GREEN Chairman & CEO
US Ambassador to Singapore from November 1997 to March 2001. Mr Green spearheaded a number of strategic programmes that greatly enhanced US-Singapore relations in economic development, intellectual property, immigration and national security. He is currently a Special Advisor to the Singapore Government, and is also a director of Vistage International, Inc., Knowledge Schools Inc., Cardean Learning Group, Greenstreet Capital Management, Inc. and Long Haul Holdings Corp.

Mr Green is the founder of merchant bank Greenstreet Partners, and the founding partner of a real estate investment company with real estate holdings throughout the United States. Mr Green has had 25 years of experience as an international industrialist leading major corporate restructurings and expansions in a host of manufacturing, housing, consumer products, retail and real estate enterprises. He served as Chairman and CEO of Samsonite Corporation from 1988 to 1996 where he oversaw the recapitalisation and subsequent turnaround of the company to a highly profitable business.

In addition to his corporate responsibilities, Mr Green is also active in national civic affairs. He serves as a contributing trustee for a number of community and national charities, including the Children’s Health Fund and the University of Miami Advisory Board. He is also the Chairman of the Green Family Foundation.

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JEFFREY A. SAFCHIK CFO, COO
Mr Jeffrey Safchik is a Certified Public Accountant and graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Business Administration (majoring in Accountancy) from Pace University, New York, and obtained a Masters degree in Taxation from St John’s University, New York. During the course of his career, he attended advanced finance and real estate courses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and New York University.

Mr Safchik is also the Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Greenstreet Partners. He is also a founder of Greenstreet Real Estate Partners, a company engaged in the business of real estate investment, and is the Chairman of their Investment and Advisory Committees. He is an active member of a number of civic and charitable institutions in Miami, Florida, and is the Chairman of the University of Miami Department of Pediatrics Children’s Council. He is also a board member of Knowledge Schools, Inc., Cardean Learning Group and Long Haul Holdings Corp.

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CARY MEADOW Head of Mergers and Acquisitions
Mr. Cary Meadow has served as Head of Mergers and Acquisitions for k1 since 2001. In that capacity, he oversees the strategic growth initiatives for the Company. Prior to joining k1, Mr. Meadow served as Senior Vice President of Pacific Capital Group, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, from 1999-2001. Mr Meadow previously was the Head of Strategic Planning and Business Affairs for The Telemundo Network Group, a Spanish-language television network, prior to its acquisition by NBC, a division of General Electric. Mr. Meadow graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BBA in finance, and received a Law Degree from the University of Southern California.

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