Glen Clarke Bio

Glen Clarke is a Managing Director and head of the Food and Beverage practice at North Point. Glen has 29 years of significant transaction and advisory experience providing general corporate finance and M&A advice primarily to food and beverage companies across a variety of industry verticals and formats. Prior to joining North Point, Glen was a Managing Director within Baird’s Consumer & Retail Group and led the firm's Food and Beverage practice. Glen joined Baird from KeyBanc Capital Markets where he was a Managing Director leading the firm's Food and Beverage Investment Banking practice. Before joining KeyBanc, Glen spent time at Duff and Phelps and with Brown Gibbons and Lang (BGL), where he was a Managing Director and Principal responsible for leading the firm's Food and Beverage investment banking practice. Prior to BGL, Glen spent 16 years at Bank of Montreal Harris Bank, where his last role was Managing Director and Head of the Diversified Food Group within their Investment Banking Group. Glen received his M.B.A. from DePaul University and his Bachelor of Arts from Villanova University. Glen and his wife Kathleen live in Winnetka, Illinois where they raised their five children, Elizabeth, Harry, William, James and Grace.