Professor of the Practice Frank Van Gansbeke welcomes all students to hear guest lecturer Rob Redmond P’06, ’12, ’15, who will speak in his Intro to Finance course.

Date and Time: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 @ 9:30 a.m.

Location: 75 Shannon Room 202

Rob Redmond is currently Executive Vice Chairman of Macquarie Capital and Chief Executive of Macquarie Capital USA. Before moving to Macquarie Mr. Redmond was a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers, where he served as Chairman of Global Financial Sponsor Group. He is also currently an Independent Director of Terrapin 3 Acquisition Corporation.

Mr. Redmond holds a BA in Economics from Lafayette College and received his MBA degree from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management.

Guest Lecturer Bob Crowley ’94, Managing Director at Moelis & Co.

Professor of the Practice Frank Van Gansbeke welcomes all students to his class for this guest lecture.

Date: Thursday, October 17th

Time: 9:30 a.m.

Location: 75 Shannon Street 202

Bob Crowley is a Managing Director of Moelis & Company, and is responsible for Moelis’ residential real estate advisory business. He is also the head of the Boston Office of Moelis & Company, and was one of the original founding partners in 2007.  Bob was previously Global Head of High Yield Capital Markets at UBS Investment Bank.

For nearly 25 years, Bob has been one of the leading investment bankers to the real estate sector. He is a frequent speaker on M&A, capital raising and restructurings at national homebuilding conferences, and is a former member of the Policy Advisory Board of the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University. In 2010, he was named to Investment Dealer’s Digest’s “40 Under 40” list.

Bob started his career at Salomon Brothers and worked at BankBoston before joining UBS. Prior to becoming an investment banker, Bob was a high yield research analyst covering the homebuilding/building materials sectors and was named to Institution Investor’s All Star list from 1998-2000.

Bob is a graduate of Middlebury College (1994), where he majored in International Politics & Economics. He is the former President and board member of Hill House Boston, the former President and current board member of the Franconia Ski Club, is current treasurer and board member of the Shady Hill School, and is currently a member of the audit committee and corporation of the Belmont Hill School.

Audax Group, founded in 1999, is a leading middle-market private equity firm with over $16 billion in assets under management. Audax Private Equity is based both in Boston and San Francisco and has over 100 investment professionals from diverse and complementary backgrounds, including top private equity, operations, strategy consulting, management and finance. Audax Group also has two debt businesses – Mezzanine Debt and Senior Debt – located in its New York office with over 40 investment professionals.

Audax Private Equity buys privately-held middle market companies with valuations ranging from $50 million to $400 million.  Audax works with the acquired companies to help them improve the profitability of the business – through acquisitions, sales force expansion, product line or geographic expansion, and cost optimization.  Audax typically holds its investments for 3-5 years with a focus on long-term sustainable value creation. Our investment professionals focus on investments in five core industries:  business services; consumer; healthcare; industrial technologies; and software and technologies.

Audax Group Intro Session – Monday, October 7th at 7:30 p.m. in Hillcrest 103

This presentation we will provide an overview of Audax and private equity, as well as introduce the various opportunities available to Middlebury students.

Audax Women’s Breakfast Session – Tuesday, October 8 at 8:00am ADK CLT

Audax seeks to provide undergraduate women a unique opportunity to learn about investing and the world of private equity. In addition to coming on campus, Audax hosts a Women in Private Equity Forum in Audax’ Boston office in January for an intensive half-day workshop, including break out groups with the investment team. The forum gives attendees an overview of finance and how private equity fits into the alternative asset industry, as well as an understanding of the skills necessary for a successful career in private equity.

During theWomen’s Breakfast an overview of Audax and private equity, description of a typical “day-in-the-life” of an Audax analyst, and walk through an example investment recently completed will be discussed.