Bio

Philip Bowers began his career at MERRILL LYNCH in 1982 and spent 22 years in the Investment Banking Department including assignments in Corporate Finance, M&A, High Yield and Restructuring. In 1994, he was asked to join the firm’s Asia Pacific Investment Banking Group to lead the development of the Asia Pacific Corporate Finance Team. Spending two years working in Hong Kong and two years in Singapore, he was able to grow the Asia Pacific based team from 12 to well over 100 bankers in seven offices. Mr. Bowers moved to Tokyo in 1998 and led the growth of the Japan-based operations from 20 to 90 bankers while earning the coveted “Best Foreign Investment Bank in Japan” award for 1999. Returning to New York in 2002, he gained middle market merger & acquisition experience working in the Exclusive Sales and Divestiture Group. In 2004, Mr. Bowers became Head of US M&A for NOMURA SECURITIES before starting his own investment banking boutique, LINKWELL CAPITAL. He joined Bentley in 2008. Mr. Bowers earned his B.S. from UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA McINTIRE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE and his M.B.A. from COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL.