Croft & Bender, an Atlanta-based investment banking firm, is pleased to announce that Matt Veal has joined the firm as a Vice President. Matt joins Croft & Bender with nearly 10 years of investment banking experience.
Prior to joining Croft & Bender, Matt was a Vice President at Lincoln International, a middle market investment bank headquartered in Chicago, IL. During his three years at Lincoln, Matt was involved in 20 M&A and capital raising transactions. Matt was a member of Lincoln’s Healthcare Group and also executed transactions across a variety of other industries, including business services, consumer and industrials. Prior to Lincoln, Matt was a member of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey’s Energy & Power Investment Banking Group in Atlanta, GA. Matt earned his MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a BS in Finance from Wake Forest University.
Ronnie Goldman, Managing Director with Croft & Bender, noted, “Matt will be a great addition to Croft & Bender. He brings a variety of advisory and capital raising experience with public, privately-held and sponsor-backed businesses. We expect Matt to play a key role in the firm’s continued growth.”
Matt Veal commented: “It’s a great time to be joining Croft & Bender as the growing firm has recently expanded to a new office and made several key hires. Croft & Bender’s three straight record years and continued robust deal activity, along with the firm’s outstanding reputation for client service, affirmed my decision to join the team. I am very excited to have the opportunity to support the firm’s continued growth and to build on my career at such a solid platform.”