Will West, Joins 1stWEST Mergers & Acquisitions LLC As Managing Director
1stWEST Mergers & Acquisitions LLC is pleased to announce the appointment of Will West as a Managing Director.
Will West brings over 27 years of broad industry experience in energy, oil/gas, manufacturing, financial services, and the technology industries. He has a solid commercial and public  accounting background and has had senior management leadership roles in both the public and private sectors. Will has strong operational, financial and M&A transactional skills.
Will has an excellent commercial background that includes President and CEO of Cap Rock Energy Corporation. Prior to its sale to a private equity group, Cap Rock Energy was a publicly held PUC and FERC regulated electric power transmission, distributor and retailer primarily serving remote residential and oil and gas producing locations. He served as CFO and VP of Finance for Benchmark Research and Technology and Managing Partner of a small energy boutique firm. He has an extensive public accounting background that includes Senior Manager for KPMG, Tax Department Head for Grant Thornton and Tax Manager for Price Waterhouse and Arthur Young.
Will has published articles pertaining to oil and gas issues and has served as an Editorial Board Member of the Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly. He has a BBA in Accounting and MS in Accounting from Texas A&M University and is a CPA.
“We are privileged to have Will join our 1stWEST M&A team. Will brings an extensive commercial and public accounting background and a solid and practical M&A and deal execution background. Our clients will be very well served by Will’s experience and expertise,” commented Ted Rieple, Partner and Co-Founder, 1stWEST Mergers & Acquisitions.
1stWEST Mergers & Acquisitions is a full service international investment banking and advisory firm that is focused on the underserved lower middle-market of companies with sales of $10 to $100 million. The firm has built a unique business solutions platform of assisting owners and shareholders in selling their company, acquiring another business or raising growth capital. With offices in the US, Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Central America, 1stWEST M&A is uniquely positioned to serve its clients around the globe.
For more information about 1stWEST Mergers & Acquisitions LLC, please visit our website at www.1stwestma.com. To contact Will West, please call (432) 978-5960 or email at w.west@1stwest.com. |
