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The Team
Michael J. Sekits, President
msekits@sekitscapital.com
Mr. sekits has advised corporations in numerous acquisitions and
divestitures exceeding $3.0 billion in aggregate value. In addition, he has assisted
in the issuance of both private and public securities exceeding $5.0 billion in
proceeds. Prior to founding sekits Capital, he was an Associate Director
in Bear Stearns & Co.'s Investment Banking Department where for five years he
specialized in M&A advisory, high yield finance and public equity issuance for
financial service businesses. Clients included BankAmerica, First Nationwide
Holdings and MECA Software. Prior to Bear Stearns, Mr. sekits was an
Associate at The Shansby Group, a private equity fund that acquires companies in
consumer industries and actively assists management to build value.
Mr. sekits identified, evaluated and assisted in acquiring companies for The Shansby
Group. In addition, he assisted in an operational turnaround at Calidad Foods and was
responsible for finance and operating functions at a start-up consumer products
venture. Prior to The Shansby Group, Mr. sekits worked with PaineWebber,
Inc. and
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. in their respective Corporate Finance Departments.
Mr. sekits currently serves as a member of the board of Vertical
Lend. Mr. sekits received his Bachelor of Arts in economics and accounting from
Claremont McKenna College with the Phi Beta Kappa distinction.
Barry
A. Henstock, Partner bhenstock@sekitscapital.com
Mr. Henstock has partnered with sekits Capital to assist in
the creation and operating management of Henstock sekits Partners, LLC, a
financial services technology private equity fund. Mr. Henstock has also joined the
Board of Directors for Vertical Lend, Inc., a sekits Capital client. Mr.
Henstock is a highly experienced financial services executive with more than
twenty years in senior positions including corporate Directorships and Audit
Committee Chairman. He has served over ten years as Chief Financial Officer for
major corporations both in North America and internationally. Mr. Henstock is
the Founder of Barwin Associates, a financial service consulting firm.
Previously, Mr. Henstock was the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Acquisitions
for Avco Financial, a $8.0 billion financial services company. Prior to Avco, Mr.
Henstock was the Chairman and CEO of Royal Trust Holdings, a U.S. bank holding
company with $8.0 billion in assets. He also served as Chief Financial Officer
for Royal Trustco, a $38 billion Canadian bank, and was directly responsible for
its Asian Operations. Mr. Henstock is a Fellow of the United Kingdom Institute
of Chartered Accountants.
Adam M. Eckhart, Partner
adameckhart@sekitscapital.com
Mr. Eckhart joined sekits Capital to assist client
management in strategic development and capital sourcing.
Mr. Eckhart was previously the Director of Finance at TheWorksUSA Inc., a
rapidly growing and profitable technology company where he was responsible for managing the finance,
accounting and corporate development functions.
During this time, he implemented a mid-range accounting and contract
revenue system, performed a two-year financial audit, managed forecast and
budget requirements as well as the due diligence process for potential
investors. Prior, Mr. Eckhart spent four years with Arthur Andersen’s
Valuation Services Group performing private equity valuations for corporations
and partnerships within the Tax Services Group. Mr. Eckhart also worked at Summit Partners, a tier-one
venture capital firm. He was
responsible for sourcing and analyzing potential investments within the software
technology and information services industries.
Mr. Eckhart worked with several high-profile companies, including McAfee
Associates, in structuring minority investments in the form of preferred equity
and subordinated note agreements. In
addition, Mr. Eckhart worked in the Corporate Finance Department of Dean Witter
Reynolds Inc. There he worked with
a broad array of companies in a variety of capacities including the creation of
exclusive sale memorandums, public offering documents, mergers &
acquisitions, market research and financial analyses. Mr. Eckhart received his MBA from the Anderson Graduate
School of Management at UCLA and his Bachelor of Arts in economics and
psychology from Claremont McKenna College.
At Claremont, Mr. Eckhart was awarded several distinctions including
Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa.
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