Henry M. Edmonds
President
Mr. Edmonds is the founder and President of The Edmonds Group (TEG). He has more than 35 years of capital markets and executive leadership experience. In addition to TEG, he has founded or co-founded and run five different businesses related to the security alarm industry and served on the board of directors of a number of private companies.
Prior to forming TEG, Edmonds was the co-founder and CEO of SLP Capital. Under Edmonds’ leadership, SLP Capital, founded in 1990, grew to become the largest specialty finance company serving the North American security alarm industry, having completed over $400 million in financings. SLP is a member of the Inc. Magazine Hall of Fame as one of only a handful of companies to make the Inc. 500 list five times. SLP was the largest specialized lender to the alarm industry at the time of its sale in 2004 to CapitalSource (NYSE: CSE).
Before founding SLP, Mr. Edmonds was a Vice President in the investment banking division of PaineWebber Incorporated in New York where he completed over $2 billion in transactions for the airline industry.
Other past business activities have included serving as a board member for Basin Innovation Group, LLC, the holding company for AvantGuard Monitoring Centers and Freeus, a leading PERS product manufacturer; co-founding and serving as Chairman of APB Services, LLC, a business process outsourcing business focused on alarm permitting and false alarm management; Chairman of the Board of Waste Remedies, LLC, an asset-light waste management firm; Board member of Reach Systems, LLC, a web-hosted managed access control provider.
Edmonds is currently involved in a number of professional and charitable organizations including being an active member of both Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and Chief Executives Organization (CEO); President of the William and Joan Edmonds Foundation; Central West End Special Business District Commissioner (appointed by the Mayor of St. Louis); CWE Neighborhood Security Initiative (NSI) Board member.
Past not-for-profit activities include serving as Chairman of the YPO Gold St. Louis Chapter; Board of Trustees member and Chairman of the finance committee of New City School; Central West End Association (CWEA) Executive Committee member and Chairman of its Security Committee; President of the Endowment Board of Trinity Presbyterian Church; St. Louis Children’s Hospital Development Board member.
Mr. Edmonds holds a BS in Civil Engineering, with distinction, from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Barbara Bosch
Vice President
Ms. Bosch joined The Edmonds Group as Vice President in 2004. Her responsibilities include business plan modeling, financial analysis, due diligence and data room management.
Prior to joining TEG, Ms. Bosch spent six years with SLP Capital as Vice President. Her responsibilities included customer relationship management, due diligence, transaction management, loan underwriting, portfolio risk management, and legal documentation management.
Her prior work experience includes six years at Edison Brother Stores where she was the Merchandise Controller for a chain of 150 mall-based menswear stores. While at Edison Brothers, she also led the implementation of major planning and allocation, data warehousing, and decision support systems.
Ms. Bosch holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baylor University and a Master of Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis.
