Bio

Mr. Hull serves public and private companies with merger and acquisition advice, public offerings, private placements of debt and equity securities, and other financial advisory services. He has experience in evaluating and structuring merger and acquisition transactions, performing valuations of financial assets and related concerns, rendering fairness opinions and raising public and private capital. Mr. Hull is a founding member of Boenning & Scattergood's investment banking practice, which was created through Boenning & Scattergood's acquisition of Berwind Financial, L.P., in November 2001. Berwind Financial was the investment banking arm of Philadelphia-based Berwind Group, a large, diversified family-owned holding company. Boenning & Scattergood’s purchase of Berwind Group’s practice launched its expansion into investment banking. Prior to joining Berwind Financial in 1995, he held various management positions with First Fidelity Bank, a former New Jersey-based regional commercial bank. During his career, Mr. Hull has advised on more than 100 investment banking transactions representing in excess of $4 billion of transaction value. In addition, he has provided more than 60 fairness opinions to corporate boards and/or shareholders on transactions ranging from buy-side and sell-side mergers and acquisitions to capital restructurings. He has worked with clients in a multitude of industries including specialty chemical, retailing, consumer products and hospitality. A particular area of expertise is advising companies operating in the financial services industry, with emphasis on banks and thrifts. In addition to his work with banks and thrifts, Mr. Hull also has worked with companies in the asset management and insurance related sectors of the economy. Boenning & Scattergood’s broad-based financial services practice is consistently among the most active in the region by volume of advisory transactions. Mr. Hull earned his BA from Colgate University. He holds the Series 7 and 63 licenses.