Tri-Artisan Partners is a privately held merchant bank engaged in principal investment and corporate finance advisory activities with offices in New York and London.  Tri-Artisan differentiates itself by complementing the expertise of its senior merchant banking professionals with the skill set of over 60 highly successful, current and former senior operating executives of leading companies, each of whom is an investor in the Firm.  These executives represent a cross section of major industry sectors including consumer/retailing, media and communications, industrial, healthcare, technology and financial and business services.  Tri-Artisan also counts among its investors some of the leading U.S. and international private equity firms and financial institutions worldwide.