Robert Finch has over 25 years experience in M&A advisory services, turnarounds and operatations. Bob's career begain in financial management then evolved into turnaround consulating. He has owned, operated and sold several companies. Since 1980, he has served as advisor for over 200 acquisitions, divestitures and capitalization transactions. Bob attended the University of St. Thomas and SMU. He is a member of The Association of Corporate Growth and published articles in national publications on business advisory services. Bob serves on a number of corporate and non-profit boards and is active in his church.

Robb Hagestad has in-depth experience in corporate finance, financial analysis and mergers and acquisitions for middle market companies.  Since entering the field of mergers and acquisitions in 1994, Robb has been responsible for the completion of many acquisitions and is familiar with the issues surrounding complex deal structures.  Robb has worked on transactions involving money center banks, venture capital groups, and many other lending institutions.  Prior to joining Robert Finch, Robb was the Director of the Corporate Finance Group for Business Valuation Services, Inc.  Prior to BVS he was Vice President – Finance with Centex Corporation in Dallas.  While at Centex, Robb completed numerous acquisitions in service industries complimenting the home building side of the business.  Before that, he was a Senior Manager in the International Treasury Department at Blockbuster Entertainment, and Director of Finance for Pillowtex Corporation completing acquisitions worth over $1 billion dollars.

Robb earned a Master of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University. His Bachelor of Science in Finance is from Trinity University. He is a board member of The Partnership for Arts and Culture in Education and participates in other art and civic activities.

Robert has over 30 years of business management experience including the start up of a successful management consulting practice. In addition he is an investor/partner in several service and manufacturing businesses. His business experience includes Pettibone (heavy construction equipment manufacturing), Hyatt(hotels), Blount (construction and manufacturing) and Greyhound (transportation). Robert holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Lamar University and a Masters of Engineering from Texas A&M. Robert is a member of the Turnaround Management Association, Association for Corporate Growth, Society of Risk Management Consultants, and the American Society of Safety Engineers.  He has also served as church trustee, president of his homeowners association and president of the Lamar University IEDA committee.

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