Mr. Christophe is best known for engineering the largest leveraged buyout of offshore assets in history, the purchase of Beatrice International Food Company by TLC Group in 1987. He also co-founded private equity investment firm TSG Capital Group, where he served as Managing Partner from 1994 to 2008.  Prior to his retirement in 2013, Mr. Christophe was President and Chief Financial Officer of US&S, Inc., a supplier of services and materials to United States government agencies.