Nelson Miller Group

A high mix, low- to medium-volume manufacturer for Aerospace / Defense, Networking & Communications, Life Sciences and Industrial sectors

Investment Date

October 2021

Status

Active

Fund

NWC Fund II

Sector

Industrial Manufacturing

Headquarters

Los Angeles, CA

Footprint

USA & Asia

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Nelson Miller Group

Nelson Miller Group, is a full-service provider of custom, engineered components and assemblies going into critical applications across Medical, Aerospace & Defense and Industrial Markets.

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Deal Team

Brian McGee

Managing Partner

Brian McGee is a Managing Partner at New Water Capital with 25 years of private equity and investment banking experience. Before joining New Water, Brian was a senior member of the Transaction team at Sun Capital Partners, where he most recently served as a Principal. During his tenure at Sun Capital, Brian worked on 13 platform and add-on acquisitions. He executed a variety of transaction types, including, IPOs, bond exchanges, buy-side investment banking processes and bankruptcy auctions. In addition, Brian executed several financings, including asset-based loans, institutional and club term loans, unitranche structures, and mezzanine financings.

Prior to joining Sun Capital in 2007, Brian was a Senior Associate at Chanin Capital Partners, a boutique investment bank focused on debt restructurings, special situations and bankruptcy advisory. Brian began his finance career with Banc of America Securities Investment Banking as an Analyst (promoted to Associate in 2003) in the Industrials Group.

Brian earned a BA in both Economics and Political Science from Davidson College.

Brian McGee

Managing Partner

Matthew Carlos

Principal

Matt Carlos is a Principal at New Water Capital with 14 years of private equity and banking experience. Before joining New Water in 2017, Matt was an Associate at Mangrove Equity Partners, a Florida-based private equity fund focused on lower-middle market buyouts in the manufacturing, industrial services, and consumer products space.

Prior to joining Mangrove Equity in 2015, Matt was an Analyst for BB&T Debt Capital Markets, working in underwriting and portfolio management for BB&T’s middle market industrials vertical. Matt began his finance career with Deutsche Bank Securities as an Analyst in the derivatives trading and risk group.

Matt earned a BS in Finance and a minor in Entrepreneurship from the University of Florida.

Matthew Carlos

Principal

Sandy Fleming

Vice President

Sandy Fleming is a Vice President who joined New Water in 2017 from JM Family Enterprises where he was an Investment Analyst. Prior to JM, Sandy held Investment Analyst roles at Dimension Capital Management, a wealth management firm, and Brighton House Associates, a middle market placement agent and advisory firm.

Sandy holds a BA in Economics from Wake Forest University.

Sandy Fleming

Vice President

Gabrielle Neuman

Associate

Gabrielle Neuman joined New Water Capital as an Associate in 2024. Prior to joining the firm, she was an analyst and associate at Wells Fargo Securities in the Leveraged Finance group, primarily focused on the execution of debt capital raises across industries for a variety of transactions, including LBO and M&A deals.

Gabrielle graduated Magna Cum Laude with a dual BA in Finance and Accounting from Muhlenberg College.