Shawn Thompson

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Mr. Thompson has 18 years of investment banking, consulting and corporate finance experience providing merger and acquisition, valuation, financial advisory, and restructuring services for a wide variety of companies.  Mr. Thompson has executed transactions in a diverse range of industries including consumer products, technology, manufacturing, distribution, retail, and businesses services.

Prior to joining TCG, Mr. Thompson served as Managing Director at Holbrook & Company, a boutique investment banking firm providing strategic financial advisory services for growth companies in the green economy, including cleantech, consumer products and green building materials. Prior to Holbrook & Company, Mr. Thompson served as Director at Mosaic Capital, a boutique mergers and acquisitions advisory firm in Los Angeles serving entrepreneurs and privately-held companies and as Vice President at Barrington Associates, a regional investment bank.

Mr. Thompson's investment banking career began in the leveraged finance group at JP Morgan Chase, then the top ranked arranger of syndicated loans for leveraged buyouts, initial public offerings, and commercial borrowers.  He also worked in the asset-based lending segment of JP Morgan's middle market structured finance group.

In addition to his extensive investment banking background, Mr. Thompson brings significant consulting and operations experience to the firm, having served as acting CFO and restructuring advisor for Opal Concepts, operator of hair care operations including Jose Eber and Carlton Hair International and franchisor of Fantastic Sams with $100 million in revenue.  He also served as Director at XRoads Solutions group, a turnaround management, restructuring, and corporate advisory services firm.

Mr. Thompson graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Economics.

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