Bio

Stuart Rose is a recognized expert in direct marketing and retail investment banking, with over 15 years of deal making experience completing sell-side and buy-side transactions for clients such as Cuddledown, Victorian Trading Company, Imaginova, S&S Worldwide, AmeriMark, and the Thompson Group. Stuart previously led retail and direct marketing businesses for over 20 years. He started his career as a senior executive at Edison Brothers Stores, a St. Louis-based specialty store retailer. Stuart then went on to the catalog and e-commerce industries as a senior executive at Specialty Catalog Company and Legal Sea Foods. Immediately prior to his investment banking career, Stuart was CEO of Oriac Design, a multichannel retailer of home furnishings. Stuart taught direct marketing and advertising at Bentley College. Stuart holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, in Economics and Philosophy from Brandeis University and an MBA from Harvard University. He is a FINRA-registered investment banking principal and holds Series 24, 79, 62 and 63 securities licenses.