Bill has over 30 years experience as a financial advisor, advising on divestitures, acquisitions, mergers, strategic alternative reviews, fairness opinions and both debt and equity capital raises. For the past fifteen years, his clients have primarily included mid- and small-cap public and privately owned businesses. Bill began his professional career with The Northern Trust Company, ultimately managing a commercial lending division before moving to Lehman Brothers. During his thirteen year tenure, Bill worked as a managing director in its capital markets and investment banking divisions, focusing primarily on Fortune 500 and large-cap clients. Following Lehman Brothers, Bill held managing director positions with the investment banking groups of Price Waterhouse LLP, Ernst & Young Corporate Finance and Guiliani Capital Advisors. He was actively involved with establishing and growing the automotive and aerospace and defense practices within those firms. In 2006 Bill co-founded InterOcean Advisors LLC to exclusively focus on the manufacturing and industrial sectors. In 2022 InterOcean merged with Origin Merchant Partners.
Bill holds a B.A. from DePauw University (Finance) and an M.B.A. from DePaul University (Finance). He also served three years in the U.S. Navy as a line officer.
He is based in Origin’s Chicago office and currently holds the Series 7, 24, 63 and 79 Registrations with FINRA.
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