John Hart is a Managing Director of PMCF Investment Banking, a national middle market investment bank that is an affiliate of Plante Moran. John currently serves on the senior leadership team at PMCF and leads the firm’s Plastics & Packaging industry vertical.
He has more than 20 years of professional experience advising clients with company sales, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalizations, and capital raises. John has led the successful completion of more than 40 plastics and packaging transactions since 2010 and has provided M&A advisory in a planning capacity to numerous other companies. His clients have included entrepreneurs, family-owned businesses, private equity groups, family offices, and large international corporations.
John has authored numerous plastics and packaging industry M&A reports and is a regular contributor to multiple industry publications. He is also a frequent speaker at trade conferences and is often sought out for his insight in plastics and packaging M&A.
Prior to joining PMCF, John served in a leadership role at a privately held distribution company and helped the shareholders with the ultimate sale of the company. He also worked in the Corporate Value Consulting Group at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
John earned a BA in accounting with a finance emphasis from the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. He currently serves on MSU’s Financial Markets Institute Advisory Board and has held this position since 2007. He is a licensed securities representative holding his Series 7, 24, and 63 registrations.
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