Riverside’s Hendrickson wins PEI Leadership Award

Riverside’s Hendrickson wins PEI award

By Nicholas Donato

Private Equity International

Pam Hendrickson receives PEI’s Leadership Award for her work as an industry advocate in Washington DC and for her crucial contributions to Riverside as its chief operating officer.

Pam Hendrickson, chief operating officer of global mid-market firm The Riverside Company, was last week awarded the 2012 Leadership Award by Private Equity International sister title Private Equity Manager.

“I am proud of our industry and especially of what my colleagues at Riverside have accomplished in making a significant impact on the worldwide economy”, said Hendrickson upon receiving her award at the Private Equity International CFOs and COOs Forum in New York.

William Hupp, chief financial officer of Adams Street Partners, was last year’s winner.

Hendrickson went on to say the industry’s most important work still lay ahead, citing recent media scrutiny of the private equity model as cause for greater advocacy on the part of industry professionals

True to her word, Hendrickson plays an active role with industry trade bodies, including sitting on the board of the Private Equity Growth Capital Counsel’s (PEGCC) growth capital committee

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