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• United States
• Investment Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • Jan 1988 - Present

  Richard Messina founded The Benchmark Company, LLC, an investment bank, in 1988. Benchmark is primarily engaged in equity research, sales and trading, and investment banking on behalf of institutional clients. Mr. Messina currently serves as President of Benchmark. https://www.benchmarkcompany.com/



Juniper Pharmaceuticals

• Board Member

  • Mar 2018 - Aug 2018

  Greater Boston Area In March of 2018 Mr. Messina was appointed to the Board of Directors of Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he was one of the largest individual shareholders. While on the board Mr. Messina served on the Special Committee of Independent Directors that helped oversee the sale of Juniper to Catalent, Inc. (NYSE:CTLT) for $140 Million as announced in July 2018.



OP-TECH Environmental Services Inc.

• Co-Chairman

  • 2005 - 2013

  Syracuse, New York Area Mr. Messina joined the board of OP-TECH Environmental Services in 2005 and was elected Co-Chairman in 2007. Mr. Messina was the largest shareholder of Op-Tech, which was sold in 2013 to National Response Corp., a portfolio investment of the private equity firm of J.F. Lehman & Company.