Mr. Higbee has over 25 years of experience as an investment banker. During his entire investment banking career has worked with middle-market companies. Mr. Higbee has particular expertise in private equity transactions and middle market advisory services. Before joining G.C. Andersen Partners in 2001, Mr. Higbee was a Managing Director of Deutsche Banc Alex Brown, having joined Bankers Trust in 1996. From 1990 to 1996, Mr. Higbee was a Managing Director and head of the Industrial Group at PaineWebber, and from 1981 to 1990, he worked at Drexel Burnham Lambert where he became a Managing Director and head of the Energy Group. Mr. Higbee started his career at Shearson Loeb Rhoades. At each firm where he was a senior investment banker he served on underwriting, commitment and management committees. Mr. Higbee has served as a board member to public and private companies and currently serves as a board member of several companies that G.C. Andersen Partners has an investment including ComCam International and Risk Solutions International. Mr. Higbee received an A.B. in Economics from Princeton University and an MBA from the Wharton School. |