|
Gary Byrd is President and Chief Executive Officer of Pratt Financial Services, a private equity firm specializing in the financial services arena, with a particular focus in community banking, commercial finance, and consumer finance companies. An affiliate of Pratt IIndustries, the largest private packaging company in the world, Pratt Financial has invested iin 17 portfolio companies, including denovo and established regional banks. Prior to founding Pratt Financial, Mr. Byrd was the President and CEO of Pratt Industries, and was the primary architect in growing the U.S. company from $100 million in revenues when he joined Pratt in 1988 to over $700 million today. He remains Chairman of the Global Finance Committee, at Pratt Industries, responsible for major financial decisions facing the worldwide companyMr. Byrd has been extensively involved with complex financial transactions throughout his career, both with the Pratt Group and as an investment banker with Security Pacific Bank. Mr. Byrd started his career with Security Pacific Bank in 1975. During his 14 years at the bank, he held a variety of increasingly responsible positions, including Senior Vice President and Chairman of the Senior Loan Committee with an individual credit liimit of $100 million, as well as Managing Director and Head of the Leveraged Buyout Group. He also founded and headed the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Security Pacific. Mr. Byrd received a B.A. in Finance from the College of William and Mary and an M.B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles. He currently serves on the boards of Midtown Bank and Trust; Magnet Bank; Signature Bank; and Republic Bank (in organization). Mr. Byrd lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Aileen and three children. | 