Pharos Capital Group has hired James Kerrigan and Kevin Ryan as new Senior Financial Analysts. Mr. Kerrigan will be based in Pharos’s Dallas office and Mr. Ryan will be based in Nashville.
“We are excited to welcome Jim and Kevin, who are already fully engaged as we just closed on the purchase of telepsychiatry services provider FasPsych and are busy with a full pipeline,” said Kneeland Youngblood, co-founder and Managing Partner of Pharos Capital. “Both bring strong backgrounds in a variety of industries and we look forward to their contributions to the firm as Pharos continues to deploy the capital from our latest fund.”
Prior to joining Pharos, Mr. Kerrigan spent two years as an investment banking analyst at Barclays and advised on transactions in the healthcare, packaging, and chemical sectors. Before that he worked in various capacities at Waitt Company, the private equity family office of Norm Waitt, Jr., the co-founder of computer company Gateway. Mr. Kerrigan has a BA in Accounting, Finance, Banking & Investment Science from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Mr. Ryan worked for two years as an investment banking analyst for Stephens Inc. in Little Rock, AR before joining Pharos. He advised on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions across a number of industries including healthcare services. Mr. Ryan has a BS in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee.
Pharos Capital Group invests from $25 million to $50 million in companies seeking later stage funding for internal growth, acquisitions, management buyouts or recapitalizations. The firm invests across a number of sectors but has a particular interest in healthcare and business services. Pharos has offices in Dallas and Nashville (www.pharosfunds.com).
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