Media investment bank JEGI has added Kathleen Thomas as a Managing Director. Ms. Thomas is an experienced B2B media and events M&A banker and she will be based in JEGI’s headquarters in New York.
Ms. Thomas has over 20 years of experience specializing in mergers and acquisitions advisory across the business-to-business and consumer media, communications and marketing services sectors, with expertise in content and information, trade shows, conferences, digital media and marketing, and the outsourced services that support these types of businesses.
Prior to joining JEGI, Ms. Thomas was a Managing Partner at media investment bank Drake Star Partners. Before that, she led the media and marketing services practice at media investment bank Berkery Noyes for 12 years, and earlier she was with Veronis Suhler Stevenson.
During her career Ms. Thomas has worked on more than 100 transactions, including deals involving Informa, Thomson Reuters, Euromoney, Wolters Kluwer, LexisNexis, Emerald Expositions, and many others.
“I am thrilled to join JEGI and its unique investment banking platform, where I can leverage my advisory experience and deep network of industry relationships with JEGI’s resources, strong global brand and thought leadership excellence, “ said Ms. Thomas. “I look forward to working closely with my new team to offer a broader capability set and further maximize value for clients.”
“We are delighted to welcome Kathleen on board. She and Richard Mead, our long-tenured Managing Director and B2B specialist, together bring a formidable depth of experience and portfolio of successful transactions across the B2B media, information and marketing sectors, with a special focus on events, that is unmatched in the industry,” said Wilma Jordan, Founder & CEO of JEGI.
JEGI is one of the top investment banks serving the media, information, marketing, software and tech-enabled services sectors. JEGI has completed more than 600 M&A and financing transactions, serving global corporations; middle‐market and emerging companies; entrepreneurial owners and founders; and private equity and venture capital firms. JEGI has offices in New York and Boston (www.jegi.com).
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