Mark W. Kehaya
Chairman
food and beverages industry
Alliance
India
Biography
A founding partner of Meriturn Partners, LLC, an investment firm specializing in restructurings and turnarounds of middle-market companies, since January 2002. Mr. Kehaya has served as Chairman of Madvapes Holdings, LLC, an owner and operator of retail vape shops and manufacturer and wholesaler of related products, since August 2015. Previously, Mr. Kehaya served as Alliance One’s Interim Chief Executive Officer from December 14, 2010 through February 28, 2013; as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Eturn Communications, Inc., a software solutions provider, from November 2000 to October 2001; and from April 1993 until March 2000, was employed by Standard Commercial Corporation (“Standard Commercial”), serving variously as Assistant to the President, Finance Director of the Tobacco Division, Vice President - Planning, and as Chief Executive Officer of Standard Commercial’s tobacco processing facility in St. Petersburg, Russia. Mr. Kehaya currently serves on the board of directors of Wayne Farms, Inc.
Research Interest
A founding partner of Meriturn Partners, LLC, an investment firm specializing in restructurings and turnarounds of middle-market companies, since January 2002. Mr. Kehaya has served as Chairman of Madvapes Holdings, LLC, an owner and operator of retail vape shops and manufacturer and wholesaler of related products, since August 2015. Previously, Mr. Kehaya served as Alliance One’s Interim Chief Executive Officer from December 14, 2010 through February 28, 2013; as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Eturn Communications, Inc., a software solutions provider, from November 2000 to October 2001; and from April 1993 until March 2000, was employed by Standard Commercial Corporation (“Standard Commercial”), serving variously as Assistant to the President, Finance Director of the Tobacco Division, Vice President - Planning, and as Chief Executive Officer of Standard Commercial’s tobacco processing facility in St. Petersburg, Russia. Mr. Kehaya currently serves on the board of directors of Wayne Farms, Inc.
