Jeff Case

Jeff is Managing Director and Head of the company’s Services team. Jeff focuses on expanding Cranemere’s capabilities in the services, consumer, and retail sectors and working with Cranemere’s current companies.

Jeff brings extensive experience to Cranemere, having served as a Managing Director at global private equity firm Advent International, where he has worked since 2001. He began his career with Bowles Hollowell Connor, a leading M&A advisory firm, and Danaher Corporation, a firm with a model similar to that of Cranemere. He has developed specialized expertise across many sectors and has been instrumental in building high-performing teams in the United States and globally.

Jeff has over two decades of experience in partnering with management teams and corporate development. During his tenure at Advent International, one of the largest private equity firms, which he joined in 2001, he advised on 18 investments across a range of industries. Before Advent, Mr. Case worked at Bowles Hollowell Conner, a leading middle-market M&A advisory firm, and in the corporate development group at Danaher Corporation, where he focused on transaction execution.

Mr. Case earned a BA in Economics from Davidson College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

The qualities I admire most in others… are empathy and transparency. These are the foundations of trust and what enable long-term relationships to thrive. You can find talent in many places, but these qualities are what really matter.

I like working with founders/entrepreneurs because… they really, deeply care. They care about their business, their people, and their legacy in ways that cannot be fabricated artificially. Their business is a part of their identity and needs to be appreciated and respected as such by us, as their partner.

I am a big fan of… healthy debates. This is much easier said than done for many companies. With a firm foundation of trust like we have at Cranemere, talking through complex, complicated, and difficult subjects is what leads to great decision-making.

I define success as… being proud of what has been accomplished. As a team, pride is incredibly powerful and ties long-lasting bonds. As an individual, pride is a feeling you can have forever.

When I’m not working, I’m… with my wife and three girls, following sports, or playing a game of Scrabble.