Brookwood Financial Partners, a Massachusetts-based private equity real estate investment firm has appointed Tate Cutrer as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. This executive HR search was led and placed by Founder & CEO, Tom Christopher, and Recruiting Director, Jim Gorjup.
Cutrer will oversee all aspects of the Human Resources department for Brookwood and affiliate, Yesway, which owns and operates a national portfolio of gas stations and convenience stores.
“It was a sincere honor to place Mr. Cutrer with Brookwood Financial and Yesway,” said Tom Christopher. “This search has cemented TCG’s position as the preeminent HR executive search firm for private equity.”
Cutrer brings over 15+ years of human resources expertise to Brookwood and Yesway having previously held multiple HR roles at RaceTrac Petroleum, Inc.
About Brookwood Financial
Brookwood Financial Partners is a private equity real estate investment firm that specializes in acquiring and managing value-add commercial real estate and related operating businesses on behalf of a select group of institutional investors, including endowments, pension funds and foundations, family offices, and high net worth individuals. Since their founding in 1993, they have invested over $1.8 billion of equity to acquire a portfolio of 200 commercial real estate properties, seven operating companies, and 451 gas stations and convenience stores. Their $3.4 billion historical portfolio has spanned multiple asset classes, geographical markets, and industries across the United States.
About Yesway
Yesway, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, owns and operates 402 convenience stores located in Texas, New Mexico, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Nebraska, including the 304-store Allsup’s Convenience Stores chain, with plans to expand its portfolio to over 500 stores in selected regions of the United States over the next several years.
About TCG
Founded in 1998 by Thomas and Paula Christopher, The Christopher Group (TCG) is the nation’s premier specialized boutique for Agile HR Business Solutions and named America’s Best HR Executive Recruiting Firm by Forbes in 2019 and 2020. Staffed by former HR professionals and highly trained search practitioners, TCG’s Recruiting Services Division and Consulting Services Division provides customized HR Business Solutions for clients, across all industries, locations, company sizes, and verticals.
Our comprehensive understanding and deep relationships within HR have allowed us to become the firm of choice for many clients like Kraft, Whirlpool Corporation, Pepsi, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Welch’s, Nationwide, SC Johnson, Walgreens, USAA, Verizon, Penn State University, Honeywell, Hanes, Allstate, Delta Dental, BP, Capital One, Comcast, Dish, Exxon Mobil, First Energy, Goodyear, Johnson & Johnson, Goodyear, Parker Hannifin, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Lamb Weston, Meijer, Petco, Air Products and many more.