John G. Raos

Mr. John G.
Raos, CPA, is Limited Partner at Carlisle Enterprises LLC.
He is the current President/Chief Executive Officer of Precision Partners, a former Carlisle Enterprises portfolio company.
He spent most of his business career with Hanson Industries, Inc. (Hanson), the U.S.
arm of the multinational conglomerate Hanson PLC, served as President and Chief Operating Officer.
Previously, Mr. Raos also held positions as Senior Vice President of Operations, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Hanson and a Director, President and Chief Operating Officer of U.S.
Industries ("USI"), a tax free spin-off to Hanson PLC shareholders, with annual revenues of $3.4 billion and leading market positions in bath & plumbing products, lighting and hardware & tools.
He became President and Chief Operating Officer of Strategic Industries, Inc. which was formed by USI to be a tax free leveraged micro-cap spin-off to its shareholders and consisted of their consumer, precision engineered products and automotive interior operations.
At both Hanson and USI, he participated in all aspects of merger and acquisition activity including origination, finance and the negotiation of over $10 billion of acquisitions and disposals.
Some of the better-known acquisitions include SCM Corporation, Kidde, Inc., Peabody Coal, Consolidated Goldfields, Quantum Chemical, Odyssey Golf and Zurn Industries.