The M&A advisory services division at Chicago-based Cook Associates has appointed Neil Midler as managing director.
The M&A advisory services division at Chicago-based Cook Associates has appointed Neil Midler as managing director.
Over the past seven years, Midler (pictured) has worked with many private equity firms sourcing proprietary investment opportunities, developing acquisition search strategies, and successfully managing targeted search programmes.
Prior to Cook Associates, he executed acquisition search strategies for financial and corporate buyers of middle-market businesses. He began his career as a management consultant with Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting).
Arnis Kins, president of Cook Associates, says: ‘Neil is a tremendous asset to our team. His skill-set and experience will lend new perspectives to our process and allow us to build out our suite of products as we aim to grow our service offering to private equity.’