Bio

Derek, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder, has over ten years of experience in corporate finance, investment management and advisory experience, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, growth equity, recapitalizations, and portfolio company management. He has deep experience in the industrials, consumer products and technology sectors. Prior to joining High Street Capital, Derek was a Senior Associate with Corporate Partners, a middle-market private equity firm, where he was responsible for identifying, executing, and managing investments made from the firm’s $550 million fund. Prior to Corporate Partners, Derek was an Associate with Aramar Capital Group, a boutique investment bank, where he supported the firm’s sell-side advisory and strategic capital raising services for privately held, middle-market companies. Derek is a 2010 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a B.S. in Economics with a concentration in Statistics from the Wharton School, as well as a B.A. with distinction in Philosophy, Politics & Economics from the College of Arts & Sciences, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.