Phil Collins is Founder, Managing Director and CEO of Orchard Holdings Group. Previously, he was a Managing Director of McCown De Leeuw & Co., a $1.2 billion middle-market private equity investment firm in New York City and Menlo Park, CA where he served on the investment committee and was involved in leading numerous growth company investments, including three companies that grew to over $1 billion in revenue. He started his career working for private investment pioneer Carl H. Lindner, Jr., then Chairman, CEO and Founder of American Financial Group, a $50 billion diversified financial services and investment company, and as a consultant at McKinsey & Co. He is Chairman