Mr. Benning is a career middle market investment banker with over 25 years of client advisory and transactional experience. He has managed and executed over 300 M&A, divestiture and financing transactions, with proceeds totaling over $15B.
Previously, Greg was Head of Mergers and Acquisitions for the emerging growth investment bank, Adams Harkness, and a partner-level banker at the regional investment bank, Tucker Anthony. Most recently, he launched the Northeast US middle market M&A practices for Barrington Associates and A.G. Edwards & Sons, both now parts of Wells Fargo Bank.
Greg is an acknowledged expert on M&A transaction markets, deal structures and acquisition finance, and has presented, spoken and written for organizations including ACG Boston, the Angel Capital Association, Babson College, Boston University, Corporate Board Member, Ernst & Young, IBF’s Venture Capital Summit, the Nantucket Conference, the National Association of Corporate Directors, Thomson Financial and YCombinator. He has also regularly participated in the professional development programs of several regional and national law firms, covering topics such as imbedded derivatives in M&A deal structures, earnouts and contingent payment structure and fairness opinion best practices.
Greg has an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and a BA in Public Policy Analysis from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was captain of the heavyweight crew team. He is a Series 24 Registered Securities Principal with BML Securities LLC.
Greg is married with two children. He is a competitive master-level rower and an avid saltwater fly fisherman.