Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Location: The Georgian Club
Time: Networking from 5:15 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Program speaker from 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Cost: FREE for members / $50.00 for non-members
Speaker: Don Bravaldo, CPA, Bravaldo Capital Advisors
Topic: “Why is My Phone Ringing [With M&A Inquiries]?”
(Selling your business in a hot M&A market- An M&A Case Study and Market Update)
Don founded Bravaldo Capital Advisors in 2006 to provide full-service investment banking to middle market clients, a segment underserved by larger advisory firms. As managing partner, Don has led BCA through successful transactions across a wide variety of industries.
Prior to founding Bravaldo Capital Advisors, Don led the middle market group at a Southeastern M&A advisory firm and oversaw all North American mergers and acquisition activity for Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc., a large, publicly traded, consolidator of orthopedic and prosthetic service businesses. In these roles, Don administered all phases of the mergers and acquisition process, including identifying potential sell side opportunities, packaging businesses for sale, performing business valuations, extending and negotiating offers, conducting due diligence investigations, and managing the formal closing process.
Earlier in his career as an auditor with Bennett Thrasher & Co., P.C. and Arthur Andersen LLP, Don coordinated financial reporting engagements and provided business consulting services to clients throughout the Southeast in industries including construction, service, manufacturing, and healthcare.
Don is a member of the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He graduated cum laude with a BS in Accounting from Auburn University. Don is active in his church and enjoys golf, fishing and the outdoors.
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