Primary Job Title Co-Head of Mergers & Acquisitions Primary Organization 
Robert W. Baird & Co.
Gender Male
Brian is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Baird's overall M&A practice. In addition, he plays a senior banker role with many of Baird's key industrial clients and is Chairperson of the firm's Fairness Opinion Committee. Brian has over 25 years of experience in the global M&A market, through which he has developed extensive
experience in originating and executing a broad range of strategic transactions for publicly-traded, sponsor-owned and privately-owned middle market companies across a wide variety of industries.
Prior to joining Baird in 2008, Brian spent almost 13 years at Wachovia Securities in Charlotte, NC serving as Head of the Industrial Growth M&A Group and a member of the firm's Fairness Opinion Committee. He also spent over a decade in New York in the Global Mergers & Acquisitions Group of a predecessor firm to JPMorgan Chase, ultimately leading the origination and execution of domestic and cross-border advisory transactions with the firm's key industrial clients in his role as Co-Head of the Global Industrial M&A effort.
Brian received his undergraduate degree from Haverford College.
