Jeff leverages more than 26 years of experience providing corporate financial advisory services to clients on valuation matters related to fairness opinions, solvency opinions, mergers & acquisitions and private debt and equity securities.
Prior to joining Kroll in 1998, Jeff was a vice president with LaSalle Bank/ABN AMRO. Jeff’s expertise has been featured in Directors Monthly and Financier Worldwide, having published “Fairness Opinions in Corporate Directors Monthly Transactions: An Important Tool for 21st Century Corporate Boards” in the former publication, and “Corporate Valuations & Fairness Opinions Roundtable” in the latter.
Jeff received his MBA in finance and management strategy from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, where he graduated with distinction and was elected to the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. He also holds a BBA in finance from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Additionally, he is a National Association of Corporate Directors Governance Fellow. He holds the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Series 7 and 63 licenses.
He is former member of the board of directors of Loan Ecosystem, LLC, a cloud-based end-to-end syndicated loan fintech platform serving originators, institutional investors and agents (acquired by SS&C Technologies, Inc.). Jeff is also a former member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, where he served on the Advisory Committee for the Chicago chapter.