O2 Investment Partners has appointed Derek Wardlaw as the firm’s lead in its newly formed Business Development Group.
O2’s Luke Plumpton says: “Derek’s successful track record of building and developing a deal sourcing group will be instrumental to our growing origination efforts and to increase the visibility of O2 in the lower middle market deal community.”
As Vice President and Head of Business Development, Wardlaw will be responsible for sourcing investment opportunities and developing relationships with deal making entities across the lower middle market.
“I was drawn to O2’s hands on, relationship-driven focus on deal sourcing and origination,” says Wardlaw. “I am excited to join the O2 team and contribute to the firm’s continued success in helping family/founder-owned companies meet their objectives and deliver results.”
Prior to joining the firm, Wardlaw led Business Development at Boyne Capital in Miami, Florida. Before Boyne Capital, he was the Director of Business Development at HIG Capital in London and prior to that focused on corporate divestitures in the Business Development group at HIG Capital in Miami. Wardlaw holds a BS in Mathematics from Samford University in Birmingham, AL and an MBA from The George Washington University.
