Built on Decades of Experience
Founded in 2008 by former Fortune 500 executives and finance professionals, Current Capital Partners brings together decades of experience, relationships and industry insights to advise our clients on achieving their strategic and financial objectives.
01.Primarily Serving Industrial and Services Companies
Our clients include private equity and other investment firms, as well as family-owned businesses and other private companies, principally in the industrial and services sectors. We also provide our services to numerous public companies.
02.Providing a Range of Important Services
We have three businesses—mergers and acquisitions advisory services, corporate management services and private equity investing. The experience and knowledge we gain, as well as the relationships we form in all three lines of business, benefit each client we serve.
Mergers and Acquisitions Advisory
We offer comprehensive M&A advisory services for investment firms and companies seeking actionable ideas, senior attention, industry knowledge and an independent perspective. We also provide restructuring advisory services.
Corporate Management Services
We serve on public and private boards of directors, provide expert witness advice and testimony in complex corporate litigation and offer a range of operational and strategic consulting services.
Private Equity Investing
We believe private equity investing is about much more than financial engineering and investment capital. It is about partnering with management teams to drive profitable growth and create value together.
Our Team
Jonathan Foster
Founder and Managing Director
Jon has spent more than 30 years primarily as an investment banker, corporate director and private equity investor focused largely on industrial and business services companies. He is also an experienced expert witness in corporate litigation. Jon spent most of his investment banking career at Lazard, ultimately as a Managing Director, focused on mergers and acquisitions and financial sponsors. He has served on some 35 boards of directors; as chairman, as well as headed audit, compensation and governance committees for smaller private companies to companies being restructured to several Fortune 500 companies. His private equity background includes serving as a Managing Director and member of the Management and Executive Committees at Cypress Group, a $3.5 billion private equity firm, and as Executive Vice President at Revolution Living, part of the investment effort established by Steve Case, the Co-Founder of AOL. Jon speaks and writes regularly on mergers and acquisitions, finance and governance issues.
Kevin Smith
Managing Director
Kevin has spent over 30 years as an investment banker focused primarily on industrial, services and consumer products companies in the public and private markets. He has particular expertise helping large family businesses, entrepreneurs, executives and companies evaluate strategic and financial options. Kevin also works extensively with private equity firms. He began his career at JP Morgan Chase, and was Head of Diversified Industrials at Wachovia Securities (later Wells Fargo). More recently, he drove the build-out of the Industrial Investment Banking Business at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) in New York.
Greg Hartley
Operating Partner
Greg has spent over 23 years in developing and delivering business optimization and operational excellence across multiple business streams and disciplines in the Manufacturing and Services sectors, including leading turn-around efforts and business transformation initiatives at KONE Elevator, Ingersoll Rand, Trane Services, Hussmann and American Standard. He has driven significant profitability improvements in Service, Installation, Equipment, and Parts at his various career stops. Prior to working for corporates, Greg began his career in the military as an intelligence collector, interrogator, and interrogation trainer, where he became a subject matter expert for body language and behavior. Today he is recognized as one of the world’s top body language and behavior experts and co-hosts a weekly YouTube channel called The Behavior Panel, which has gained over 50 million views since its creation in May 2020. Greg has successfully been able to transfer his knowledge of human behavior to the corporate world and private equity investors, providing deep expertise of how business works with unique expertise in how people work.
Larry Wash
Strategic Advisor
Prior to joining Current Capital, Larry spent over 25 years building and scaling global services businesses, most recently as Chief Executive Officer for KONE Americas and, before that, as Global President of Trane Building Services and President of Xerox Services. Since 2019, Larry has been at Current Capital advising leading private equity firms on M&A and investment strategies. In October 2022, Larry was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Albireo Energy, a portfolio company of Huron Capital. Larry remains on the Boards of our clients’ portfolio companies: SlipNOT, Vantage Elevator Systems and Sweeping Corporation of America.
Justin Levine
Vice President
Justin joined Current Capital in 2018 and is responsible for all aspects of deal execution and business development activities. He provides mergers and acquisitions advisory services to both private equity and corporate clients and has particular expertise in the residential and business services sectors. Prior to joining Current Capital, he was with EY in its Assurance and Transaction Services groups. Justin graduated from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan with a BBA concentrated in Accounting, Finance, and Entrepreneurship.
Connor Donovan
Vice President
Connor joined Current Capital in 2018 and is responsible for all aspects of deal execution and business development activities. He provides mergers and acquisitions advisory services to both private equity and corporate clients and has particular expertise in the packaging, specialty distribution, and automation equipment sectors. Prior to joining Current Capital, he was with PwC in the Transaction Advisory Services group. Connor graduated from Lehigh University with a BS in Industrial Engineering and a BS in Integrated Business and Engineering.
Matthew Grayson
Analyst
Matt joined Current Capital in 2023 and supports all aspects of deal execution for Current Capital’s private equity and corporate clients. Prior to joining Current Capital, he was an Equity Capital Markets Analyst at Credit Suisse in its Energy and Energy Transition Group. Matt graduated from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan with a BBA concentrated in Finance, Strategy, and Entrepreneurship.
Enhanced by an Advisory Board and Executive Network
Clients who work with Current Capital Partners not only benefit from the experience and expertise of our professional team, but also from the skills, insights and relationships of industry leaders and experts.
Advisory Board
A group of over 20 active and former operating executives of Fortune 500 and smaller companies who enhance the firm's services by working with our clients.
Executive Network
A group of over 100 active business and finance veterans with deep industry expertise and relationships that are available to our clients.
News & Announcements
Current Capital Advises Vance Street Capital on Its Investment in Pro-Vision
Los Angeles, CA, September 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ – Vance Street Capital (“Vance Street”), a Los Angeles based private equity firm, today announced it has partnered with Pro-Vision (the “Company”) to support the business and management team...
Current Capital Serves as Exclusive Financial Advisor to Gamut Capital on the Acquisition of Airtron Heating & Air Conditioning
NEW YORK, August 8, 2024 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Gamut Capital Management, L.P. (“Gamut”), a leading New York-based middle market private equity firm, announced today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Airtron Heating & Air Conditioning (“Airtron” or...
Current Capital Acted as Financial Advisor in Three Separate Family-Owned Transactions
New York, New York, July 29, 2024 – Current Capital recently acted as a financial advisor in three separate family-owned transactions. Emerald Lake Capital Management Acquires Five Star Energy Services: Five Star is a leading utility services firm providing underground...
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