Peter T. Francis

Peter Francis is the Managing Director of MIMCO, LLC, an investment company formed to manage six investment partnerships, as well as direct ownership interests in real estate, leverage-buyout, natural gas royalty and private equity funds. Through the search fund model, he directly owns interests in more than sixty small businesses.

He retired as the Board Chair in 2008 and President/CEO in 2009 of J.M. Huber Corporation. With annual sales of approximately $2 billion, Huber is a family-owned global supplier of products used in a broad range of applications including personal care, agricultural nutrients and adjuvants, building materials, flame retardants and smoke suppressants, as well as sustainable forestry services. In 2013, Huber received the IMD-Lombard Odier Family Business Award for excellence in family business. Francis joined Huber in 1992 as vice chairman, before assuming operating roles in 1993.

In his previous career, Mr. Francis owned and operated three companies, including one leveraged buy-out sourced using the search fund model. He lived and worked outside the United States for eight years and held various positions in marketing, engineering, R&D, manufacturing, and general management with both large and small companies.

Mr. Francis has been on numerous for-profit Boards, including the Dover Corporation, a NYSE-listed diversified industrial manufacture; Cascade Cabinet Company; and AMS Acquisition Corporation. He has also been on the non-profit Boards of Tabor Academy; New Jersey Institute of Technology; Rumson Country Day School; and the Advisory Council of the Stanford GSB.