Founder & Managing Partner
Joined: 2006
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Greg has been a principal in three private equity funds and two series LLC investment structures over the past 25 years and has been included in the investment, acquisition, and oversight of over 40 PE and VC investments, focused on both control-oriented buyout transactions and mezzanine style growth financings. Prior to co-founding B12 Capital Partners (2006) and B12 Real Estate Advisors, LLC (2015), Greg spent several years with the Commerce Bancshares organization, the last seven as Kansas City office manager for its private equity arm, Capital For Business, Inc. (2000). The prior 10 years were spent serving in various management roles for Commerce Bank both in Kansas City and the South-central Kansas market, serving last as EVP and Commercial Group Manager, Executive Committee and Senior Loan Committee member for Commerce Bank in Wichita, following the acquisition of the Union National Bank (1995). Prior to returning to school for his MBA from the University of Kansas (1989), Greg also held various sales and marketing positions in the manufactured housing and alternative energy industries. In addition to his operating roles and investment experience, Greg has served on the boards of numerous manufacturing, distribution, financial services and non-profit entities. Greg currently serves on the boards of Equity Bancshares, Inc. (Wichita, KS); Great Plains Ventures, Inc. (Wichita, KS); and, on several portfolio company boards for B12 Equity Investments I, Series LLC and B12 Equity Investments II, Series LLC. Greg's non-profit roles include having served on the board of Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA - Waterloo, ON), its Impact Investment Board and Mauritius Foundation Council. Greg is a graduate of Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas where he majored in Economics and Business Administration (1983).
