KPS Capital Partners, LP

Jay Bernstein is a Partner of KPS Capital Partners. The KPS Funds are private equity funds with over $2.6 billion of committed capital focused on constructive investing in restructurings, turnarounds, bankruptcies and other special situations.

Mr. Bernstein serves on the Board of Directors of the following KPS portfolio companies:

WWRD Holdings Limited, Director
WWRD Holdings Limited is the leading provider of luxury home and lifestyle products worldwide, sold under a number of well-recognized brands, including Waterford, Wedgwood, Royal Doulton, Royal Albert, Minton and Johnson Brothers. WWRD Holdings maintains unique licensing arrangements with some of the most high-profile innovators in the home and lifestyle market, including Vera Wang, Jasper Conran, John Rocha, Monique Lhuillier, Barbara Barry, Gordon Ramsay, Martha Stewart and Michael Aram. The Company’s products are distributed through premium department stores and independent retailers and wholesalers around the world, including in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Australia and Ireland. WWRD Holdings employs more than 3,700 people worldwide.
http://www.waterfordwedgwood.com

Attends Healthcare Inc., Director
Headquartered in Greenville, North Carolina, Attends Healthcare, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and distributor of a complete line of adult incontinence products for the North American marketplace that are sold primarily under the Attends® brand name. The company operates two manufacturing facilities located in North Carolina and California.
www.attends.com
www.paperpak.com

Bristol Compressors International, Inc., Director
Headquartered in Bristol, Virginia, Bristol Compressors International, Inc. (“Bristol”) is a leading global manufacturer and designer of compression technology used in residential and commercial air conditioning and heat pump applications. Bristol supplies many of the world’s leading HVAC manufacturers, as well as wholesale distributors. Bristol products are marketed and sold on six continents and in more than 50 countries around the world.
www.bristolcompressors.com

Global Brass and Copper, Inc., Director
Headquartered in East Alton, Illinois, Global Brass and Copper, Inc. is the leading manufacturer and distributor of copper and copper-alloy sheet, strip, plate, foil, rod and fabricated components in the North America and one of the largest in the world. The company also operates A.J. Oster, the leading service center and distributor of brass and copper products in North America. GBC and its subsidiaries sell products under the Olin Metals, Olin Brass, and Chase Brass brand names.
www.gbcmetals.com

North American Breweries, Inc., Director
Headquartered in Rochester, NY, North American Breweries is a national platform for investments and growth in the beer and malt beverage industries. Formed in 2009, North American Breweries owns High Falls Brewing Company, one of the largest and oldest continually operating breweries in the United States, and is the exclusive marketer and seller of Labatt brand beer and Seagram's Coolers in the United States. The company’s brands include the complete line of Labatt beers, including the flagship pilsner Labatt Blue and Labatt Blue Light; the Genesee line and the Dundee Ales & Lagers family, which includes the Original Honey Brown Lager; and Seagram’s Cooler Escapes and Seagram’s Smooth.
www.highfalls.com
www.labatt.com

Mr. Bernstein previously served on the Board of Directors of Curtis Papers Inc., New Flyer Industries, Ltd., Ebro GmbH, Speedline Technologies, Inc., Ashcroft Inc., and Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc.

Prior to joining KPS in 1999, Mr. Bernstein was an investment banker in the M&A Group at Schroders. Mr. Bernstein received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan with High Honors and an MBA from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.