Experience

Ascent Advisory Partners

• United States
• Investment Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director & Co-Founder

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  Ascent Advisory Partners provides merger & acquisition and strategic advisory services to family and founder-owned companies. Gordon is a Managing Director and Co-Founder of Ascent, which was formed to provide high-quality investment banking services to lower middle-market businesses. Ascent develops and executes customized M&A sell-side processes as well as provides advisory services related to acquisitions and capital structure. Ascent Advisory Partners provides merger & acquisition and strategic advisory services to family and founder-owned companies. Gordon is a Managing Director and Co-Founder of Ascent, which was formed to provide high-quality investment banking services to lower middle-market businesses. Ascent develops and executes customized M&A sell-side processes as well as provides advisory services related to acquisitions and capital structure.



SunTrust Robinson Humphrey

• Investment Banking
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Managing Director, Corporate & Investment Banking Group

  • Jul 2001 - Dec 2019

  SunTrust Robinson Humphrey is the investment banking division of SunTrust Bank (now Truist Financial Corp). Gordon was a Managing Director in the Corporate & Investment Banking Group. His responsibilities included origination and execution of merger & acquisition transactions with an emphasis on sell-side assignments as well as capital raising transactions such as equity raises and debt financings. SunTrust Robinson Humphrey is the investment banking division of SunTrust Bank (now Truist Financial Corp). Gordon was a Managing Director in the Corporate & Investment Banking Group. His responsibilities included origination and execution of merger & acquisition transactions with an emphasis on sell-side assignments as well as capital raising transactions such as equity raises and debt financings.



The Robinson-Humphrey Company (the middle-market investment banking division of Citigroup)

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Managing Director, Investment Banking Group

  • Jun 1992 - Jul 2001

  The Robinson-Humphrey Company was the middle-market investment banking division of Citigroup. Gordon was a senior member of the Investment Banking Group responsible for sourcing and executing investment banking transactions such as merger & acquisition transactions and equity capital raises in industry sectors including Retail & Consumer, Food & Beverage, Business Services, Industrial, Healthcare, Transportation & Logistics and Technology. The Robinson-Humphrey Company was the middle-market investment banking division of Citigroup. Gordon was a senior member of the Investment Banking Group responsible for sourcing and executing investment banking transactions such as merger & acquisition transactions and equity capital raises in industry sectors including Retail & Consumer, Food & Beverage, Business Services, Industrial, Healthcare, Transportation & Logistics and Technology.



J.P. Morgan

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate, Mergers & Acquisitions Group

  • 1987 - 1990

  Gordon was an Associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at JPMorgan (formerly Chemical Bank). He performed all phases of M&A sell-side transactions, developed valuations and fairness opinions, performed financial modeling and assisted senior bankers with research on potential acquisitions and potential buyers. His prior role was an Analyst in the Corporate Finance Group. Gordon was an Associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at JPMorgan (formerly Chemical Bank). He performed all phases of M&A sell-side transactions, developed valuations and fairness opinions, performed financial modeling and assisted senior bankers with research on potential acquisitions and potential buyers. His prior role was an Analyst in the Corporate Finance Group.