CHICAGO, IL – October 23, 2020  |  Tilia Holdings (“Tilia”), a Chicago-based private investment firm focused on business-to-business services for the food supply chain, is delighted to announce that Kathleen Quinn, former CFO of Ornua North America, has joined the team as an Operating Partner. 

Kathleen Quinn has more than two decades of experience as a Finance and Accounting professional specializing in the food industry.  Starting out in public accounting at various firms within the Chicagoland area, Kathleen served as CFO for Ornua North America (Kerrygold) for eight years before more recently working primarily as a consultant for growing food companies.  Kathleen has prior experience consulting with Tilia, offering guidance across various accounting and financial areas, and played a role in Eric Larson and Johannes Burlin’s prior investment in Safe Foods International Holdings, LLC.  Kathleen brings deep accounting and finance experience that will continue to benefit Tilia’s portfolio companies and their management teams.

Kathleen Quinn says, “I’m looking forward to continuing to work with Tilia and deepening my role to support financial stewardship in pursuit of continually improving results across all dimensions of capital.”

“We’ve worked with Kathleen for many years, and her focus on getting things right, down to the last detail, makes bringing her on to the Tilia team a natural fit. She is diligent in making sure each angle is accurately explored, has deep experience across the food industry, and is a great talent to work with,” expressed Johannes Burlin, Co-Founder of Tilia.

ABOUT TILIA HOLDINGS

Tilia is a Chicago-based private investment firm focused exclusively on making control investments in the evolving “farm-to-fork” segment of the global food supply chain. Tilia partners with growing, middle market companies who provide business services across the food supply chain and support leading, emerging and private-label CPG brands. The firm’s sector focused strategy is a successful approach to investments that spans three decades. Tilia believes its deep understanding of operations, its subject matter expertise in the food chain, and its disciplined approach to value creation uniquely position the firm to scale business services companies in the lower middle market. Through a value creation & governance model emphasizing stewardship, Tilia builds distinctive growth companies that enhance safety, nutrition & sustainability in the food supply chain.  For more information, please visit www.tiliallc.com.