Darren McKenzie Chaffee

I am responsible for leading all business development and investment activities for the firm on a global basis, including deal origination, investment valuations and structuring, due diligence, execution and portfolio operational strategy. I spend much of my time traveling to evaluate new transactions, working with corporate development teams to execute new transactions, guiding management teams at our operating companies and networking internationally to create new opportunities for CoBe Capital.

A private investment firm based in New York, Pegasus Blue Star Fund is focused on acquiring and managing a portfolio of small to mid-sized service oriented companies. I oversaw the evaluation and execution of transactions and managed the performance and strategy for all of the portfolio companies. While at Pegasus, I led transactions in media & entertainment, healthcare, aviation, consumer goods, business services and retail.

Platinum Equity is a $3.5 billion global buyout fund located in Beverly Hills, California that specializes in corporate divestitures, public-to-private deals and transactions with private sellers. As the lead finance executive on the M&A team for a given deal, I performed financial due diligence and developed the financial models to evaluate the transaction.

Based in Deloitte's New York office located in the World Financial Center, I was a Manager in their Mergers & Acquisition Services group. I provided accounting and advisory services for M&A due diligence, transaction execution, integration and divestitures in a variety of industries, including biotech, radio, manufacturing, telecom and financial services.