Edgeview Partners is pleased to announce that Stuart White has joined the firm as a Partner.  At Edgeview, Stuart’s primary responsibility will be leading the firm’s healthcare industry group while also building and maintaining relationships with private equity firms.

Stuart brings nearly 20 years of experience in investment banking focused primarily on mergers and acquisitions and has executed over 100 transactions for domestic and international private equity firms and corporate clients.  Stuart’s extensive healthcare experience includes advising clients in the healthcare services, medical technologies and specialty pharmaceuticals markets.  He also has deep experience in consumer products and retail and has advised clients in a wide range of industrial sectors.

Prior to joining Edgeview, Stuart was with Wells Fargo Securities (and its predecessor Wachovia Securities) where he headed Healthcare, Consumer and Retail M&A for more than six years.  Prior to Wells Fargo he was head of Healthcare and Industrial M&A at CIBC.  Stuart started his career at Smith Barney in the M&A group where he began his focus on the healthcare sector in the early-1990s.

During his career Stuart has successfully executed transactions for both public and private companies and numerous private equity firms. His transaction experience includes the sale of public and private companies, corporate divestitures, strategic mergers, debt and equity capital raises in both the public and private markets, and the rendering of fairness opinions.

Stuart earned a bachelor of arts degree in history and economics from the University of Virginia and a master of business administration degree from the Stern School of Business at New York University.

“Stuart is an exciting addition to our firm,” noted Ted Garner, a Partner at Edgeview.  “Having such an experienced healthcare banker will greatly enhance Edgeview’s capabilities and value proposition to current and future healthcare clients.  In addition to his healthcare expertise, we think Stuart’s broader experience in consumer and retail M&A will significantly bolster our capabilities in these key industry sectors.”

Stuart added: “Edgeview is one of the premier middle market investment banks in the U.S. with a sterling reputation among its clients.  I’ve been impressed with the franchise Edgeview has built through the years and am excited about the momentum in the platform today.  I look forward to helping grow the firm both with its existing client base and by expanding the Firm’s reach with new clients.”