Location East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Male
Investor Type Investor Stage Number of Exits
Ilan Kaufthal is the Advisory Board of ThetaRay. Ilan Kaufthal is the Chairman of the Board at East Wind Advisors. He served as a Senior Advisor at Irving Place Capital from July 2008 to July 2013. Mr. Kaufthal has over 30 years of experience as an investment banker and senior corporate executive. He joined Irving Place Capital in 2008 and focused
on retail and consumer products. He joined Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. in May 2000 and served eight years there as the Vice Chairman of Investment Banking from May 2000 to July 2008. Mr. Kaufthal served as the Head of Mergers and Acquisitions as the Vice Chairman of Schroder & Co. for 13 years and a Managing Director from February 1987 to March 1997. He served as the Vice Chairman of Schroder & Co. Inc. from April 1997 to May 2000. He served at Schroder, and PROTEAM.com, Inc. He served as the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President at NL Industries Inc. from May 1971 to February 1987. He served as the Chairman of East Wind Advisors, LLC since May 2011. Mr. Kaufthal has been a Director of Cambrex Corporation since 1983; and Blyth, Inc. since February 24, 2012. He serves as a Director of Edmunds.com, Inc. He serves as the Chairman of the American Friends of Bezalel. He serves as a Member of the Board of Visitors of Columbia University Medical Center. He serves as a Member of the Trustee Council of The Jewish Museum, Ramaz School in New York City and The Russell Berrie Foundation. He serves as a Non-Management Director of Fairfield Resorts, Inc. and Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc. He serves as a Director of Cambrex Profarmaco Landen N.V. He has been a Director of Bio-Reference Laboratories Inc. since March 3, 2015. He has been Director of Quinpario Acquisition Corp. 2 since November 2014. He has been a Director of Tronox Limited since June 15, 2012. He served as an Independent Director of Jason Industries, Inc. from August 2013 to June 30, 2014. He served as Director of PROTEAM.com, Inc. He served as a Director of Phytomedics, Inc. since August 2006, ASI Solutions, Inc. since joining in 1996, United Retail Group, Inc. from December 1992 to November 8, 2007, and Kid Brands, Inc. (alternate name, Russ Berrie & Co. Inc.) from 1995 to August 2006. He served as a Member of the Advisory Board of Gemini Israel Funds and Jerusalem Venture Partners Media Fund. Mr. Kaufthal holds an M.B.A. Degree from the New York University Graduate School of Business Administration and a B.A. from Columbia University.
