Investment banking boutique Chestnut Hill Partners has appointed Ryan Jon Orner as a director to manage and oversee the firm’s increased activity in targeted search engagements across middle market companies.
Additionally, he will be involved in all other aspects of Chestnut Hill Partners’ transactions including merger and acquisition origination, co-investment opportunities, and advisory services.
Paul L. Schaye, founding partner and managing director of Chestnut Hill Partners, says: “Ryan brings a unique and powerful combination of transaction experience and relationships across our middle market private equity target market. Ryan’s market knowledge and insights will be additive to the firm and valuable our clients.”
Jon Orner joins Chestnut Hill Partners from the global markets and investment banking group of Merrill Lynch where he spent nearly eight years working with private equity sponsors in both the large and middle markets through multiple roles with the financial sponsors group and Merrill Lynch Capital.
Prior to Merrill Lynch, Jon Orner held positions in the corporate and leveraged finance group with CIBC World Markets and corporate and commercial banking with SunTrust Banks.