Metapoint Partners - Investment Team

Metapoint was founded in 1988 by Paul Casey, the former CEO of Ex-Cell-O Corporation, and Keith Shaughnessy, who previously was head of the acquisition finance division of Bank of Boston. In 1989 Shaughnessy recruited Stuart Mathews, also from Bank of Boston, to complete the team.

email Keith Shaughnessy

(978) 531-4444

Shaughnessy graduated from Boston College in 1979, with a B.S. from the School of Management. He then joined the Bank of Boston and was named a Vice President in 1985. In 1987, Shaughnessy was promoted to Division Executive/Managing Director of the Acquisition Finance Division, where he was responsible for managing 17 professionals and approximately $1 billion in assets. During these years, Shaughnessy generated and closed 34 leveraged acquisition transactions, which in aggregate represented over $2 billion in credit commitments. He resigned in 1988 to found Metapoint Partners.

In addition to serving on the boards of directors of Metapoint's portfolio companies, Shaughnessy sits on the executive committee of the New England Chapter of Young Presidents' Organization, and the board of Children's Friend and Family Services.

email Stuart Mathews

(978) 531-1398 ext 4

Mathews spent most of his early years overseas in Germany, Turkey, and Italy. He graduated from Tufts University in 1984 with a B.A. in Political Science. He joined the Bank of Boston in 1984, became an Assistant Vice President in 1987, and worked in the Acquisition Finance Division until 1989, when he joined Metapoint Partners.