Bio

Mr. Edwards worked for 25 years as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley, Bear Stearns, and Macquarie, closing hundreds of leveraged buyout transactions totaling more than $40 billion, including the $1.1 billion buyout of Dresser, Inc., Euromoney Magazine’s 2001 Deal of the Year. Mr. Edwards has significant deal structuring and restructuring proficiency and extensive experience negotiating and syndicating transactions across a range of industries with numerous capital markets counterparties. More recently, Mr. Edwards served as CFO of CommonBond, a leading FinTech in the student lending space and Head of Capital Markets for Orchard.com, a leader in single-family home acquisitions. He has raised more than $3.5 billion in committed debt and equity over six years. Mr. Edwards is a partner in the management group that recently acquired Burnley FC in the English Premier League. He is a former board member of the Loan Sales and Trading Association and sits on the National Advisory Council for the Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University, where he earned an MBA with Highest Distinction.