Head of Corporate Advisory, Peapack Private Wealth Management
Bio
Kevin J. Bodnar is the Head of Corporate Advisory for the Investment Banking team at Peapack Private Wealth Management. He has over 30 years of corporate financial advisory, mezzanine lending and commercial banking experience in numerous industries, including Aerospace, Building Products, Construction and Real Estate, Transportation and Logistics, Consumer Products, Electronical Components, Financial Services, Food, Flavors and Fragrances, Niche Manufacturing, Retail Services, Healthcare Products, Business and Industrial Services and Waste Management. Before joining Peapack-Gladstone Bank, to start and lead the corporate advisory practice, he spent 10 years at Corporate Fuel Advisors, a boutique middle market-focused investment bank and financial advisory firm, where he provided merger and acquisition advice, private placements of debt and equity, financial restructuring advice, and valuation and strategic analysis services. He also oversaw the firm’s broker-dealer subsidiary.
Prior to Corporate Fuel, Kevin was with Alliance Mezzanine Investors, a New Jersey-based, SBIC-licensed fund, where, as a member of the investment committee, he was actively involved in all pre- and post- investment activities for investments to middle market companies with revenues from $10 million to $100 million.
Before that, he spent 15 years at Summit Bank and FleetBoston Financial (now Bank of America) where his background includes corporate advisory services, mezzanine lending, corporate banking, credit risk management, asset recovery, and commercial real estate finance. He has extensive experience in originating, structuring, underwriting and executing middle market transactions.
Kevin is a graduate of Drew University and received his MBA from Seton Hall University. He holds the FINRA Series 24, 7, 63, 79 and 99 licenses.