IZAR CAPITAL WELCOMES SENIOR INDUSTRY OPERATIONAL EXPERT
RICHARD GRANT
AS IZAR OPERATING PARTNER
Izar Capital Welcomes Senior Industry Expert Richard Grant as Izar Operating Partner
(Senior Operations, Strategy, Business Development, Marketing, Profitability and Cost Analysis, Strategic Alliance Management, Budgeting and Forecasting, Mergers and Acquisitions, Team Building and Mentorship)
Industry Sectors = Business Services, Engineering Services, Federal Government (DOD, Intelligence, DHS), Energy, State and Local Government Municipalities.
Geographies = USA, Asia Pacific (China, Japan, Korea), Europe (Germany, England)
(July, 2017)
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Izar Capital Group (“Izar Capital”), a leading specialized middle-market corporate finance advisory firm, is pleased to announce that Richard Grant has joined the firm as an Operating Partner. Mr. Grant is an accomplished business builder and entrepreneur, senior executive and business development strategist who brings a wealth of operational business building experience to Izar Capital, as well as a diverse collection of implemented best-practices within the middle-market.
Mr. Grant is a dynamic, results-oriented leader with a strong executive track record managing high-paced growth organizations, who has diverse and proven abilities to build business. Mr. Grant led a large services practice area ($100mm+) as Partner for PwC/IBM Global Business Services. In addition, he was CEO/Owner of highly-specialized engineering services firm, which he purchased, re-invigorated, grew, and merged into a larger organization (15x larger), of which he subsequently became a board member and for which led the overall business development efforts. Mr. Grant has superior interpersonal skills, capable of resolving multiple and complex issues and motivating staff to peak performance.
Mr. Grant’s areas of expertise include: Strategy, Sales and Business Development, Marketing, Vision & Mission Planning, Profitability & Cost Analysis, Contract Negotiations & Strategic Alliances, Finance, Budgeting & Forecasting, Cost Management, Systems Implementations, Mergers and Acquisitions, Team Building & Rapid Scaling. Experience delivering and managing international projects having lead project teams and client relationships in Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean. He is an entrepreneur-at-heart, having led two companies to successful acquisitions and positive liquidity events. Mr. Grant ha a proven capability in shaping, leading, influencing, and motivating staff and clients towards achievement of common goals.
In the 5 years prior to the sale and under his stewardship, Russell Corrosion Consultants, Mr. Grant generated 600% revenue growth and 900% EBITDA growth, grew staff from 8 to 50 FTE’s and led the expansion of the services business through rapid growth and the ultimately sale to a leading private equity firm.
At IBM, Mr. Grant was named partner at age 32, and he delivered $300mm+ in new projects with global firms, achieved an 87% practice utilization rate, while overseeing IBM’s leading Customer Relationship Management practice for federal, state and local markets.
Mr. Grant has an MBA in Marketing and Finance at Loyola College, Sellinger School of Management and a BA in Economics at Dickinson College. Mr. Grant has lived in Hong Kong, London and delivered projects and managed client relationships across China, Japan & Europe.
About Izar Capital Group (www.izarcapital.com)
Izar Capital Group, LLC is a middle-market focused, strategic advisory investment bank with expertise in Mergers and Acquisitions (buyside and sellside), Joint-Ventures and Partnerships, Private Debt and Equity Capital Advisory, as well as Corporate Strategic Advisory services. The firm operates globally, and has particular expertise within the U.S., as well as cross-border deals with Spain, Europe and Latin America.
Izar Capital’s hallmarks of excellence are grounded in critical-thinking, creative problem solving, intellectual rigor, value-added insight and deal-based expertise in solving a wide variety of corporate finance and strategic growth challenges for middle-market enterprises.
Izar Capital professionals have completed over $18bn of transactions.
(Senior Operations, Strategy, Business Development, Marketing, Profitability and Cost Analysis, Strategic Alliance Management, Budgeting and Forecasting, Mergers and Acquisitions, Team Building and Mentorship)
Industry Sectors = Business Services, Engineering Services, Federal Government (DOD, Intelligence, DHS), Energy, State and Local Government Municipalities.
Geographies = USA, Asia Pacific (China, Japan, Korea), Europe (Germany, England)
(July, 2017)
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Izar Capital Group (“Izar Capital”), a leading specialized middle-market corporate finance advisory firm, is pleased to announce that Richard Grant has joined the firm as an Operating Partner. Mr. Grant is an accomplished business builder and entrepreneur, senior executive and business development strategist who brings a wealth of operational business building experience to Izar Capital, as well as a diverse collection of implemented best-practices within the middle-market.
Mr. Grant is a dynamic, results-oriented leader with a strong executive track record managing high-paced growth organizations, who has diverse and proven abilities to build business. Mr. Grant led a large services practice area ($100mm+) as Partner for PwC/IBM Global Business Services. In addition, he was CEO/Owner of highly-specialized engineering services firm, which he purchased, re-invigorated, grew, and merged into a larger organization (15x larger), of which he subsequently became a board member and for which led the overall business development efforts. Mr. Grant has superior interpersonal skills, capable of resolving multiple and complex issues and motivating staff to peak performance.
Mr. Grant’s areas of expertise include: Strategy, Sales and Business Development, Marketing, Vision & Mission Planning, Profitability & Cost Analysis, Contract Negotiations & Strategic Alliances, Finance, Budgeting & Forecasting, Cost Management, Systems Implementations, Mergers and Acquisitions, Team Building & Rapid Scaling. Experience delivering and managing international projects having lead project teams and client relationships in Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean. He is an entrepreneur-at-heart, having led two companies to successful acquisitions and positive liquidity events. Mr. Grant ha a proven capability in shaping, leading, influencing, and motivating staff and clients towards achievement of common goals.
In the 5 years prior to the sale and under his stewardship, Russell Corrosion Consultants, Mr. Grant generated 600% revenue growth and 900% EBITDA growth, grew staff from 8 to 50 FTE’s and led the expansion of the services business through rapid growth and the ultimately sale to a leading private equity firm.
At IBM, Mr. Grant was named partner at age 32, and he delivered $300mm+ in new projects with global firms, achieved an 87% practice utilization rate, while overseeing IBM’s leading Customer Relationship Management practice for federal, state and local markets.
Mr. Grant has an MBA in Marketing and Finance at Loyola College, Sellinger School of Management and a BA in Economics at Dickinson College. Mr. Grant has lived in Hong Kong, London and delivered projects and managed client relationships across China, Japan & Europe.
About Izar Capital Group (www.izarcapital.com)
Izar Capital Group, LLC is a middle-market focused, strategic advisory investment bank with expertise in Mergers and Acquisitions (buyside and sellside), Joint-Ventures and Partnerships, Private Debt and Equity Capital Advisory, as well as Corporate Strategic Advisory services. The firm operates globally, and has particular expertise within the U.S., as well as cross-border deals with Spain, Europe and Latin America.
Izar Capital’s hallmarks of excellence are grounded in critical-thinking, creative problem solving, intellectual rigor, value-added insight and deal-based expertise in solving a wide variety of corporate finance and strategic growth challenges for middle-market enterprises.
Izar Capital professionals have completed over $18bn of transactions.