Chris Kampe

Serving as an investment banker sourcing and executing merger & acquisitions, private placements, and financing transactions for middle market clients in the consumer sector.

Served as an investment banker at Tully & Holland for 9 years. Responsibilities included sourcing and executing merger & acquisitions, private placement, and financing transactions for middle market clients in the consumer sector. Select Transactions • Acquisition of NV Healthcare, LLC, a personal care products company, by Global Protection Corp. • Sale of Coast of Maine Organic Products, a garden products company, to Gemini Investors • Sale of Global Protection Corp., a manufacturer of personal care products, to Karex Berhad • Sale of EBL, Inc. d/b/a EbLens, a 34-store footwear and apparel retailer, to KarpReilly • Sale of Brady Enterprises, Inc., a manufacturer of dry food products, to Sequel Holdings • Sale of Catalog Marketplace, a niche multi-channel retailer, to Capital Resource Partners • Divestiture of MovieStop, a 50-store division of GameStop (NYSE:GME) • Divestiture of Prankplace.com and related internet storefronts, to iStores • Sale of Independent Brewers United, owner of Magic Hat brand, to North American Breweries • Sale of Westminster Cracker Company, a manufacturer of crackers, to LaSalle Capital • Financing for Patrick James, a multi-channel retailer of better branded men's apparel

Served as an investment banker with Grant Thornton Corporate Finance LLC for nearly nine years, most recently in the position of Director. At Grant Thornton, Chris was responsible for originating and executing numerous merger & acquisition transactions for middle market clients. Select Transactions • Sale of DTLR, a 40-store specialty retail chain, to Bruckmann Rosser Sherrill • Sale of Priscilla of Boston, an apparel brand with its own stores, to May Department Stores • Acquisition advisory services for New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. • Sale of Studebaker-Worthington Leasing Corp. to State Bank of Long Island • Sale of Oxford Funding to CIB Marine Bancshares • Sale of P&P Transport, Inc. to New Century Transportation, Inc. • Acquisition of Mathsoft Engineering & Education, Inc. by Edison Ventures • Sale of Oxy-Dry Corporation to Baldwin Technology

Served as a Commercial Banker at Fleet Bank most recently as a Vice President in Fleet’s Retail Group (then the 3rd largest debt arranger for the retail sector in the U.S.) where he spent five years covering the sector. Responsibilities included sourcing new business opportunities (loan syndications, high yield debt offerings, interest rate derivatives, and cash management) from large US-based retailers. His representative clients at Fleet included: American Stores, A&P, Bon-Ton Stores, Boscov’s, Casual Male, Costco Wholesale, DeMoulas, Disney Stores, Ethan Allen Interiors, Federated Department Stores, GNC, RiteAid, Supervalu, and Wawa.