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ARNIS KINS As President, Arnis Kins directs activities for the deal structure and execution of advisory services, and continues to develop his long-standing relationships with leading private equity firms, family offices, entrepreneurial executives and private business owners.  Arnis has established Cook M&A Advisory Services as one of the nation's leading M&A advisory [...]

SVEN KINS Sven Kins is a Managing Director and co-owner of Cook M&A Advisory Services. He is responsible for executing acquisition strategies, both platform and add-on opportunities, as well as CEOVisions® projects. Prior to Cook M&A, Sven was the Managing Director at Cook Associates, Inc., Mergers and Acquisitions Division.Leveraging his 15 years [...]

Joseph Glynn Joseph Glynn is a Managing Director of Cook M&A Advisory Services. He is responsible for executing strategies on the CEOVisions® platform. This exclusive service unites successful, entrepreneurial CEOs with strategic capital for the purpose of building industry-leading companies through acquisition. Prior to joining Cook M&A Advisory Services, Joseph spent 25+ [...]

PETE GRIMMER Pete Grimmer is Director of Business Development for Cook M&A Advisory Services. Pete has been in Financial Technology Software Sales for over 9 years. Prior to Cook M&A, Pete worked as Head of U.S Sales at Ansarada and Director of Sales at Ipreo by IHS Markit selling Deal Execution and Private [...]

SARAH SHIZAS Sarah Shizas, CFA, joined Cook M&A in 2018 as the Director of Research and Strategy. Sarah oversees the execution of Cook’s FocusFirst research process, which is designed to translate M&A strategies into identifiable characteristics and attributes and focus and exhaust the defined market. Sarah has worked on over 140 projects [...]

ADAM GELSOMINO Adam Gelsomino is a VP of Origination with Cook M&A Advisory Services. He is responsible for cultivating relationships with private equity, family office, and corporate clients to facilitate organic growth through capitalizing on unused capacities. Prior to joining Cook M&A, Adam’s diverse background involves Hospitality, Logistics, SaaS, Entrepreneurship, and Finance. [...]

MIRANDA GRAHAM Miranda is a Vice President with Cook M&A Advisory Services. She is responsible for executing strategic acquisition searches on behalf of Cook’s private equity clients. For over ten years, Miranda has led targeted acquisition searches on behalf of private equity groups, venture capitalists, industry and financial buyers. Managing the full [...]

REBECCA BERHANE Rebecca Senior Research Associate, joined Cook M&A in 2018. She works with the research team to execute FocusFirst® research methodology to source proprietary deals that meet clients’ investment goals. Having been the research lead on 45+ projects, she identified 300+ actionable targets that resulted in Seller Profiles for clients. Her breadth [...]

DAINA LIZENBERGS Daina Lizenbergs currently serves as VP, Administration for Cook M&A.  Daina joined Cook M&A in 2014.Daina’s responsibilities include human resources, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll and provides executive assistance to the entire team.  Daina loves working with such a diligent and hard-working team of individuals and ensuring that the utmost [...]

Kevin Pilz Kevin Pilz is a VP of Origination with Cook M&A Advisory Services. Kevin is responsible for developing relationships with private equity firms, family offices, and companies to assist with accelerating growth strategies with mutually beneficial relationships. Prior to joining Cook M&A, Kevin’s professional experience includes more than 20 years as [...]