Jeff Hooke

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Mergers & Acquisitions

CURRENT POSITION

Mr. Hooke, FOCUS Managing Director, has more than 30 years of corporate valuation, investment banking and private equity experience. A nationally recognized expert on valuation, Mr. Hooke is the author of four books on valuation, investment and finance. His background covers domestic and international clients and transactions.

PAST POSITIONS

Prior to joining FOCUS, Mr. Hooke founded Hooke Associates, LLC, an investment banking and corporate valuation consulting firm that worked with public companies, private enterprises, family-owned businesses, private equity funds, accounting firms and law firms.

Earlier, Mr. Hooke was a private investment executive at Emerging Markets Partnership, the largest $5 billion private equity fund specializing in developing countries, and at the International Finance Corporation, the $20 billion World Bank affiliate. He was also an investment banker at two major Wall Street firms, Lehman Brothers and Schroder Wertheim.

EDUCATION

MBA from Wharton School
B.S. from University of Science