TDR Capital is a private equity manager of funds invested primarily by UK & US pension funds and other financial institutions - with particular expertise in three sectors: leisure & hospitality, financial and business services
The company was formed in 2002 with a highly selective approach - focusing on sectors and companies requiring strategic change
Founding partners, Manjit Dale and Stephen Robertson, have extensive private equity experience having led or co-led over 25 investments with a combined value in excess of £7 billion in the past 10 years, including:
Gondola Holdings - the acquisition and combination of PizzaExpress and Ask Central to form one of the UK's leading casual dining groups serving over 30 million customers a year, before floating in 2005
LPR, Logistic Packaging Return - the acquisition and turnaround of Western Europe's second largest provider of pallet rental services, requiring restructuring, increased customer focus, enhanced inventory management programmes and reduced loss rates