January 2019 Private Equity Seminar

Andrew T. Greenberg is CEO of GF Data, the largest and most reliable collector and publisher of confidential data on private equity-backed transactions in the $10-250 million value range.

He is also Managing Director at TM Capital.  Prior to joining TM, Andy ran M&A practices at Brown Brothers Harriman, Commerce Capital Markets and Fairmount Partners. He has advised dozens of owner-managed private companies on sales, mergers & acquisitions, with experience ranging across the industrial & consumer products sector.

Before his move to investment banking, Greenberg 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 as a corporate lawyer with Drinker Biddle & Reath in Philadelphia.  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 for 2014. He writes and speaks frequently on industry trends and practices.

Holly Huels has broad experience financing and investing in lower middle-market equity transactions for over 25 years. Prior to co-founding Holleway Capital Partners, she spent 22 years with Capital For Business (“CFB”), the St. Louis-based SBIC private equity subsidiary of Commerce Bancshares. During these years, Ms. Huels was involved in every aspect of private equity fund formation, documentation, reporting, investing, board oversight, and harvesting. Ms. Huels was instrumental in the development and execution of CFB’s investment model and strategy.

Ms. Huels was the first woman Chairman of the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies (“NASBIC”), now called Small Business Investors Alliance (“SBIA”). SBIA is a national trade association of lower middle market fund managers and investors. Ms. Huels has been a member of the St. Louis Chapter of the Association of Corporate Growth (“ACG”) since 1993 and a board member of the organization from 2011 to today. She is a member and a prior board member of the St. Louis Forum, a women’s executive and professional organization. Ms. Huels earned an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri and a BSBA in Accounting from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. She is a CPA.
 

Jack Senneff joined TSCP in 2008 and leads Thompson Street’s Deal Origination team – a position he’s held since 2011. He also serves on the board of Bradley-Morris. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Senneff served as a Captain in the United States Army, serving in the elite 75th Ranger Regiment and leading over 150 soldiers during an extended combat tour in Iraq. Mr. Senneff also subsequently managed a regional sales force with Cintas Corporation, a national facilities service provider. Mr. Senneff serves on the advisory board of the United Service Organizations (USO) of Missouri. He also founded and served as president and, subsequently, as chairman of the USO of Missouri’s Young Leader Board. Mr. Senneff also serves as a board member of the West Point Society of St. Louis and is a past president and chairman of the board. Mr. Senneff received a B.S. degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an M.B.A. from the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.