Adam Gray
Purple Innovation Inc., Alpine, has appointed Adam Gray to its board of directors. Gray is co-founder and managing partner at Coliseum Capital Management LLC. His appointment follows Coliseum's previously announced $65 million of committed equity and debt investment. Gray has nearly 30 years of capital stewardship, private equity and operating experience. He was recently appointed to the board of directors of The Pas Group, an Australian apparel businesses, and currently serves as non-executive chairman and non-executive director of Redflex Holdings Limited. He is also a director of New Flyer Industries Inc. and a former director of Blue Bird Corp., Benihana Inc., and DEI Holdings Inc. Prior to founding Coliseum, Gray held senior positions at Burger King Holdings Inc. and Metromedia Restaurant Group. Mr. Gray began his career with the Merchant Banking Division at Morgan Stanley before joining Kluge & Co., the internal merchant bank of Metromedia Co.