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Russell J. Warren      
Senior Vice President  
office: 216-831-2430 Ext 207
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AFor 30 years Russ Warren has specialized in corporate financial services, advising hundreds of clients from North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East on mid-market transactions. Now at EdgePoint, he has served clients as president of The TransAction Group for 21 years. For the previous 10 years, he was partner-in-charge of Merger & Acquisitions Services for Ernst & Whinney (now Ernst & Young).

Mr. Warren is an expert in U.S. and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, exit strategies for private company owners, corporate divestitures, leveraged buyouts and business valuations. He has advised clients on more than 200 mid-market mergers and acquisitions in nearly all manufacturing sectors including: engineered products, automotive, railway supply, electronics, industrial and medical equipment. He has also led transactions involving companies in distribution, food and consumer products, building materials, transportation, business-to-business services and financial services.

He was president of the Association for Corporate Growth, an international organization of nearly 10,000 professionals in merger and acquisition fields. He is past president of M&A International, Inc. – an alliance of 42 leading merger and acquisition advisory firms in 38 countries, and has chaired its Automotive Industry Committee. He now chairs the alliance’s Training and Secondment Committee. He is a director of Seneca Capital Management, a private equity firm in Pittsburgh, PA, and past president of the Harvard Business School Club of Northeastern Ohio.

He has written articles for and has been a featured participant in industry roundtables published by Mergers & Acquisitions – The Dealmakers Journal.

Mr. Warren holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BS in electrical engineering from Case Western Reserve University. He is a certified public accountant and has a Series 7 securities license.He is listed in Who’s Who in Finance and Industry and Who’s Who in the World. In 2001 he received the Lifetime Achievement Dealmaker Award from the Association for Corporate Growth. He is a trustee emeritus of Case Western Reserve University and a member of the Visiting Committees of the Weatherhead School of Management and the Case School of Engineering.

 






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