Edmond G. Fisher,
III ("Ed" )
edfisher@southpointeventures.com
Mr. Fisher is the founder and managing partner of SouthPointe. Ed has been involved as a principal, financier and
investment banker in small and middle-market companies since 1985, all in the Southeastern U.S. Prior to co-founding
SPV, Ed was a Partner with EGL Holdings, Inc., an Atlanta-based
merchant banking firm with a $20 million equity fund. At EGL,
Ed was responsible for all aspects of M&A deal sourcing,
financing, and closings for clients, both domestic and European,
ranging in size from $3-$250 million. Prior to EGL, Ed was
a portfolio partner for Atlanta-based Prometheus Partners,
a $22 million leveraged buyout fund. Ed was responsible for
all aspects of the acquisition process for deals up to $20MM,
from identification and negotiation to financing and closing,
as well as integrating and managing the companies post-acquisition.
Before joining Prometheus in mid-1998, Ed was CFO and V.P.
of Sales for Big A Distributors, a $10-million food service
equipment distribution company in Atlanta.
Prior to Big A, Ed was the CFO for the 3rd-largest Wendy's restaurant franchisee in the U.S., with over 60 locations and $60MM in revenue, headquartered in Knoxville, TN. While at Wendy's, Ed established and ran a multi-subsidiary holding company accounting and finance department, oversaw California real estate investments, and pursued several large-market acquisitions. From 1989 to 1993, Ed was a managing partner of a boutique merchant banking firm, Phoenix Capital Group, providing M&A advisory services and principal investing in deals valued from $1-$50 million. Prior to Phoenix Capital Group, Ed was a commercial banker with First Union National Bank (now Wachovia) and C&S Bank (now Bank of America), responsible for credit analysis, underwriting and loan approval in the north Georgia region from 1984 to 1989.
Ed graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a BBA in finance. Ed is the 2007-'08 President of ACG Atlanta, a director at The Study Hall, sits on the parish council and finance council of the Cathedral of Christ the King, and is a member of the Notre Dame Club of Atlanta, Irish Angels venture capital society, and a member of the Atlanta Venture Forum.
John B. Maier, II ("Jack")
Mr. Maier is a founding investor in SouthPointe and a member of its Investment Committee. Jack has been an investment banker focusing
on mergers and acquisitions since 1986.
From 1998 through 2002, he headed the leading middle market
seller advisory practice in the world. In the course of
his career he has been involved in the successful completion
of well over 100 transactions, ranging in value from $10
million to over $20 billion. In 2003, Jack co-founded Legacy
Partners (www.legacypartnersgroup.com),
an investment banking firm with offices in New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. In 2006, Legacy was acquired by Friedman, Billings, Ramsey (www.FBR.com) where Jack is now
co-head of mergers and acquisitions.
In 1986, Jack began his career on Wall Street and subsequently held positions with Drexel Burnham Lambert and Wasserstein Perella & Co. Subsequently, he held positions with other investment
banks including Drexel Burnham Lambert and Wasserstein Perella
& Co. In 1997, Jack joined the Los Angeles office of
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette ("DLJ") as a
Senior Vice President in their Merger and Acquisition group
where he was responsible for managing a portion of DLJ's
West Coast M&A practice. In 1999 he was named a Managing
Director of DLJ's M&A group and returned to New York
City with responsibility for overseeing DLJ's global M&A
middle market sell-side practice, the most successful practice
of its type on Wall Street. Upon CS First Boston's acquisition
of DLJ in 2000, Jack was appointed global co-head of CSFB's
exclusive sale and divestiture practice.
Mr. Maier has co-authored an article on venture capital
financing which appeared in the Journal of Business Venturing
and has been featured as a roundtable participant in Mergers
and Acquisitions magazine. He is currently a member of the Calloway School Board of Visitors at Wake Forest University, and a member of the Board of Visitors of the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
Jack graduated from Wake Forest University in 1984 with
a degree in economics. Upon graduation from Wake Forest,
Jack entered Georgetown University where he graduated in
1986 with a Master of Business Administration degree,
earning the distinction of University Fellow. Jack currently
serves on the board of several private companies and is
active in various charitable and civic organizations. He
currently resides in Potomac, MD with his wife, Heather,
and their two children.
Charmaine Penn
cpenn@southpointeventures.com
Charmaine Penn currently performs the duties of SouthPointe Ventures’ Office Manager and an Executive Assistant to Ed Fisher. Charmaine manages all aspects of office functionality including accounting.
Prior to her role with SouthPointe Ventures, Charmaine worked as the Office Services & Marketing Coordinator at PCS, Inc (commercial development & marketing) where she provided office coordination and management.
Charmaine attended Langston University where she studied Business Administration & Finance. She brings twenty years of office experience & marketing to the firm.
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