Robert Brown, Co-founder and Managing Director
Robert co-founded Encore Consumer Capital in 2005. Robert is Chairman of Encore portfolio companies Aidells, Atlantic Aqua Farms Partnership, The Isopure Company and PhillySwirl. Prior to ECC, Robert was a partner at Swander Pace Capital, a private equity fund focused on investments in the consumer products industry. Robert was previously Director of New Business Development at Foster Farms where his responsibilities included the general management of Foster's $75MM Prepared Foods Division and corporate development. Robert began his professional career in the consumer products industry in 1991 as a consultant at Swander Pace & Company, where over time he became a Principal. He advised consumer products companies and private equity firms on matters of corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions and competitive assessment. Robert received a B.S. and an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.
