Altas Partners Welcomes Robin Washington to Advisory Board

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Altas Partners (“Altas”), a long-term oriented private equity investment firm, today announced the appointment of Robin Washington to the firm’s Advisory Board. A seasoned executive with deep leadership and financial experience across the healthcare and technology sectors, Ms. Washington joins a distinguished group of investors and executives who help Altas identify and invest in high-quality businesses across a range of industries.

“We are excited to welcome Robin to the Altas Advisory Board,” said Andrew Sheiner, Founder and Managing Partner of Altas Partners. “Robin has more than two decades of experience driving the strategic and financial growth of global industry leaders. Her expertise, judgement and insight on a wide array of topics will be immensely valuable for our team and the executives who lead our businesses."

In addition to her role at Altas as an Advisory Board member, Ms. Washington is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Alphabet, Inc., Honeywell International, Inc., and Salesforce.com. She serves as Chair of the leadership development and compensation committees for Alphabet, Inc. and Chair of the audit committee for Salesforce.com. Previously, Ms. Washington served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Gilead Sciences, Inc., from 2008 to 2019, where she oversaw Global Finance, Facilities and Operations, Investor Relations and the Information Technology organizations. Prior to Gilead, she served as Chief Financial Officer of Hyperion Solutions Inc., which was sold to Oracle Corporation in 2007. For additional background please visit www.altas.com/people.

“I have great admiration for Altas’ talented team of investment professionals and its experience investing in and thoughtfully building great businesses as a true long-term partner,” said Ms. Washington. “I look forward to supporting the firm and working alongside portfolio company management teams as they develop and execute their most important strategic initiatives.”

ABOUT ALTAS

Altas Partners is an investment firm with a long-term orientation focused on acquiring significant interests in high-quality, market-leading businesses in partnership with outstanding management teams. Key elements of our approach include responsible capital structures, active ownership through strategic and operational support and an emphasis on sustainable value creation. We strive to deliver outstanding investment returns for our investing partners. Altas invests on behalf of endowments, foundations, public pension funds and other institutional investors.

For more information, please visit www.altas.com.