Bio

P.J. Martin is a Managing Director of BlackArch. He has more than 16 years of experience advising on privately-held and sponsor-backed middle-market investment banking transactions, including sellside and buyside mergers and acquisitions, strategic advisory and financings, with a particular focus on the industrials sector. P.J. co-heads BlackArch's Industrial Products group, with a particular focus on manufactured and distributed products. More broadly, P.J. has experience working with engineered products companies serving several sectors, including: flow control & filtration, industrial connection solutions, HVAC products, sensors & automation, life sciences and energy & industrial services. P.J. joined BlackArch in 2014 following three years in New York City in Barclays' M&A group, where he focused on larger middle-market sellside transactions. Prior to his time at Barclays, P.J. spent four years as an analyst and associate with Edgeview Partners (acquired by Piper Sandler), a middle-market investment bank based in Charlotte, where he worked with many of BlackArch's senior bankers. P.J. earned his undergraduate degree from Davidson College where he received a bachelor of arts in political science. While at Davidson, P.J. was a four-year member and Captain of the varsity golf team. He holds a master's degree in business administration with distinction from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina, where he was the Tiger Management MBA Fellow and a recipient of the Falls Prize. P.J. lives in Charlotte with his wife, son and daughter.