Bio

Andy Mutch joined Performance Trust in 2023 as a Managing Director in the Investment Banking group providing advisory services to community banks, thrifts, and specialty finance companies on mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and management, funding, and corporate strategies. Previously, Mutch was a Director in the Investment Banking group of Piper Sandler & Co. since 2020, and as a Director in the Investment Banking group of Sandler O'Neill + Partners, L.P., beginning in 2011. Before joining Sandler O'Neill, Mutch was a senior member of the consulting group at Aston Associates, a financial services strategy consulting firm. With over two decades in Investment Banking, Mutch has assisted clients with over $8 billion in merger & acquisition transactions and issued over $3.6 billion of debt and equity capital. He has advised on the execution of all forms of capital-raising transactions, including initial public offerings, public and private equity offerings, debt and preferred offerings, mutual-to-stock conversions, and recapitalizations. His M&A advisory background includes various merger transactions, including buy-side and sell-side whole-company acquisitions, branch and business line acquisitions, and divestitures. Mutch holds a bachelor's degree in managerial economics from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. He holds FINRA Series 62, 63, and 79, SIE licenses, and the NFA Swap AP certification.