Ballast Rock, a diversified investment management firm, has appointed Max Jackson as Managing Director, Private Credit Portfolio Manager, a newly-created role based in San Francisco.
Jackson will identify, diligence, and source private credit and development capital opportunities as well as lead merger and acquisition advisory.
Prior to joining Ballast Rock, Jackson was a Vice President at KeyBanc in their Utilities, Power & Renewable Energy Capital Markets team. Offering a wide range of investment banking services and strategies to individuals, businesses, and institutional investors, he has advised on more than $1 billion in transactions and more than 500 assets transacted.
Prior to KeyBanc, Jackson worked at MVP Capital and Fifth Third Securities. Before his career as an investment banker, he was senior auditor in Deloitte’s audit practice for four years, where he provided assurance services to both private and public companies with over $1bn in revenue in the Retail, Green Tech and Financial Services industries.
Jackson holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he majored in Business-Economics and minored in both Environmental Systems in Society and Accounting.
