LEADERSHIP
Andrew Galante | Principal and Founder
Andrew Galante founded Sunlake Capital to invest in lower-middle market companies and partner with their management teams. Since 2009, Mr. Galante has specialized in direct, lead-sponsor, private equity investing. He is currently the lead Director of Panrimo LLC, an education services company; Chairman of Patrol Protect Secure, Inc., a platform investment in the contract security industry; Chairman of JBM Patrol and Protection, Corp., a Midwest security company; and a Director of American Heritage Protective Services, a provider of off-duty law enforcement and private security.
Prior to Sunlake, Mr. Galante was an investment professional with Boyne Capital Partners in Miami and with Glencoe Capital in Detroit and Chicago. At these firms Mr. Galante had multi-faceted responsibilities for sourcing, evaluating and managing private equity investments and helping enhance the operations of closely-held businesses. Earlier in his career, Mr. Galante worked in investment banking at W.Y. Campbell & Co., and in investment management at UBS.
Mr. Galante earned his BBA from Loyola University of Chicago and his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.