Bio

Greg is a career middle market investment banker with over 20 years of client advisory and transactional experience. He has managed and executed over 150 M&A, divestiture and financing transactions, with proceeds totaling over $15B. Previously, Mr. Benning was Head of Mergers and Acquisitions for the emerging growth investment bank, Adams Harkness, and a partner-level banker at the regional investment bank, Tucker Anthony. Most recently, he launched the Northeast US middle market M&A practices for Barrington Associates and A.G.Edwards & Sons, both now parts of Wells Fargo Bank. Mr. Benning is an acknowledged expert on M&A transaction markets, deal structures and acquisition finance, and has presented, spoken and written for organizations including ACG Boston, the Angel Capital Association, Babson College, Boston University, Corporate Board Member, Ernst & Young, IBF's Venture Capital Summit, the Nantucket Conference, the National Association of Corporate Directors, Thomson Financial and YCombinator. He has also regularly participated in the professional development programs of several regional and national law firms, covering topics including imbedded derivatives in M&A deal structures, earnouts and contingent payment structures, and fairness opinion best practices. Mr. Benning has an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, and a B.A. in Public Policy Analysis from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was Captain of the Heavyweight Crew. He is a Series 24 Registered Securities Principal and Registered Securities Representative (Series 7, 63, 79) with BML Securities LLC. Greg is married with two children, a competitive master-level rower, and an avid salt water fly fisherman.