PE Roundtable Dinner Series

Andy Greenberg is a founder of GF Data®, the largest and most reliable collector and publisher of confidential data on private equity-backed transactions in the $10 million to $500 million value range.

He is also CEO of Greenberg Variations Capital (GVC), an investment banking firm devoted to clients engaged in one-off or highly targeted transactions. GVC is based in Conshohocken, PA.

Andy’s prior experience was as a managing director with several middle-market investment banks. He has advised dozens of owner-managed private companies on transactions spanning industrial & consumer, business services and health care services sectors. He serves on the board of a privately held chemical distributor.

Before his move to investment banking, Andy was the youngest Secretary of Commerce in the history of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He served in that position from 1991 to 1994.

Andy began his career with the law firm that is now Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath. He has an A.B. from Brown University and a J.D. from Harvard University.

Andy received the Alliance of M&A Advisors’ Thought Leader of the Year Award in 2014.

He writes and speaks frequently on industry trends and practices, and is co-host of the Middle Market Musings podcast.

Bob Dunn is managing director for GF Data, leading all aspects of the business for its new owner, the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG).

Prior to joining GF Data and ACG, he served as Chief Development Officer and General Manager of Portfolio Management Research for With Intelligence (FKA Pageant Media). Prior to that he ran Hedge Fund Intelligence and Institutional Investor Intelligence for Euromoney Institutional Investor. Prior to that he ran Dow Jones Private Markets for Dow Jones & Co. with oversight of product management.

Bob has experience in both corporate and start-up environments, and an in-depth knowledge of private and public markets, including asset management, corporate finance, private equity, venture capital and hedge fund industries.

Bob began his career as a journalist covering private equity. He received his BA from Bowdoin College, and his MS in journalism from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University.

Bob Wegbreit is the Executive Director of GF Data. He has held a variety of senior-level positions in operating, sales and marketing in the printing and advertising industries. He has been a featured speaker on the state of the middle market at several industry events. He has held elected and appointed regional non-profit board positions and is currently the vice chair of the Montgomery County Redevelopment Authority Board. Bob has a B.S. from Boston University.

Richard P. Jaffe practices in the area of corporate finance with an emphasis on private equity law. Richard focuses on advising Funds on control and non-control investments, fund formation and operation, divestitures, corporate finance and venture capital financing, particularly in the alternative energy, technology and manufacturing industries. Richard regularly represents private equity funds and other investors and strategics in corporate transactions and advises business owners and PE portfolio companies on raising capital to grow and exit their companies, as well as structuring public and private securities offerings, mergers, acquisitions. In addition, Richard also counsels boards and committees of boards on corporate governance issues, and is a frequent lecturer on these issues.