Cody Crook – Cody is a Vice President of Origination with M&A Advisory Services, where he is responsible for cultivating relationships and partnering with clients to achieve highly favorable outcomes through inorganic growth and M&A.
Prior to joining Cook, Cody was the chief of staff for a VC-backed, tech-enabled professional services firm where he led corporate development and other strategic initiatives. He was previously an entrepreneur and ran his own M&A advisory firm, which followed a successful stint as a managing director with a sell-side M&A advisory boutique. Cody also previously led corporate development for a PE-backed staffing and recruiting firm, and he was a strategy manager with Accenture where he worked on both pre-deal due diligence and post-acquisition integration M&A projects for Fortune 500 corporations.
Cody earned his bachelor’s degree from DePauw University, where he was a captain on the football team, and he earned his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Outside of work, Cody enjoys spending time with his wife and two young children.