Bio

In his many roles, Mr. Johnston has worked as an outside advisor, an in-house team member, and an owner on both purchases and sales of different businesses. His education is similarly diverse, with a Bachelor of Science with High Honors in Government from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, a Master of Arts in Latin American Economics from New York University, a Juris Doctorate Cum Laude from Harvard Law School, and a Master of Science in Finance from the University of Tampa from which he graduated first in his class with a perfect grade point average. He started in mergers and acquisitions as an attorney on Wall Street, working on publicly traded and bulge bracket deals. He moved from larger to smaller markets and across continents, having lived and worked in Europe, Asia, South America and North America. The majority of his work has focused on cross-border transactions. Additionally, he has been a lecturer at three universities on subjects including negotiation, finance, and business law.