David Eagle

David A. Eagle is a Senior Managing Director at Brynwood Partners, a Greenwich, Connecticut-based private equity firm focused on control investments in consumer products companies. Brynwood’s team page lists him as part of the senior investment team, and the firm announced in October 2023 that Eagle and John LeBoutillier had been promoted to Senior Managing Directors for Brynwood Partners IX.

Eagle joined Brynwood in 2011. His responsibilities include sourcing, negotiating, and structuring new transactions as well as portfolio company oversight. Before Brynwood, he worked in private equity and investment banking at Emigrant Capital, G.C. Andersen Partners, Stifel Financial Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities, and Fortress Investment Group.

He holds a B.S. in Commerce with concentrations in Finance and Accounting from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Public director-network data also links him to board roles at Brynwood-related portfolio companies including Carolina Beverage Group, Joseph’s Gourmet Pasta, Harvest Hill Beverage, Buitoni Food Company, and West Madison Foods.

• Brynwood is not a seed or angel investor; its publicly stated strategy is consumer private equity, with control-oriented acquisitions in lower middle-market and middle-market companies.
• The firm’s stated positioning is “A specialist in consumer private equity,” combining operating and investing skills to accelerate performance and create value.
• Brynwood targets consumer companies with $25 million to $1 billion+ enterprise value and $0 million to $100 million+ EBITDA.
• Sector focus is food, beverage, personal care, and other consumer products, across branded, private-label, and contract-manufacturing business models.
• Preferred transaction types include corporate carveouts, family businesses, standalone businesses, control buyouts, and structured joint ventures.
• The firm emphasizes operational improvement: functional experts in sales, marketing, procurement, manufacturing, freight/logistics, finance, risk management, and IT work with portfolio companies to drive sales growth and operating performance.
• Brynwood has a long-running niche in non-core consumer brands and corporate carveouts, stating that it has acquired more than 60 brands from more than 25 corporate sellers since inception.