Grand Rapids-based investment bank Charter Capital Partners has launched a new business valuation practice and has hired Christine Baker as Managing Director to head the new group. Ms. Baker most recently practiced in New York as a Managing Director at Meyers, Harrison & Pia – a boutique business valuation and litigation assistance firm.
Ms. Baker’s career experience includes performing and critiquing valuations of businesses in conflict settings such as in shareholder litigation and family law matters. She also has a strong background in preparing valuations for business planning purposes including corporate and private equity valuations, buy-sell agreements, estate, gift and other tax matters, sale and purchase of business interests, share-based compensation, partner buyouts, and succession planning. Earlier in her career, Ms. Baker was the firm-wide leader of the Litigation and Valuation Services team at Rehmann, one of the larger Midwest-based financial services firms serving the middle market.
Charter Capital Partners’ Managing Director John Kerschen will work with Ms. Baker in the new business valuation practice. “We could not be more pleased that Christine has joined our team,” said Mr. Kerschen. “As a nationally recognized professional in the field of business appraisal services, Christine brings an enhanced level of expertise and credentials to our practice. She is integral to accelerating the success of Charter and our clients.”
“I am delighted to join Charter Capital Partners and take the lead in addressing clients’ growing valuation requirements,” said Ms. Baker. “We see a variety of ongoing needs and I look forward to leveraging my expertise and experience in contributing to Charter’s track record of providing exceptional collaborative services to our clients.”
Charter Capital Partners is a middle-market investment bank providing buy- and sell-side advisory, business valuation, exit planning, and capital raising. The firm was founded in 1990 and has offices in Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, MI, and Mishawaka, IN (www.chartercapitalpartners.com).
Ms. Baker is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA), a designation offered by the American Society of Appraisers, and holds an Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) credential by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
2015 PEPD • Private Equity’s Leading News Magazine • 5-7-15
