Specialty: Technology & Media

Craig W. England

Craig England, the founding partner of England & Company, is an investment banker with over 30 years of experience in M&A advisory, financial restructuring services, and private finance.

Prior to forming England & Company, Mr. England was a Principal in Legg Mason’s Investment Banking Group where he concentrated on software and financial services companies. Prior to Legg Mason, he was a Vice President with Alex. Brown & Sons in New York and Baltimore where he led the firm’s Asset Securitization Group. Additionally, Mr. England served as a Vice President and private placement specialist at New York City-based Hunter, Keith, Marshall & Co., and Corporate Finance Director for ICON Capital Corp. He began his career as a corporate lender in the financial institutions groups of the Irving Trust Company (now the Bank of New York) and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

Mr. England earned his BA from the Johns Hopkins University, completed studies in International Economics at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles and received his MBA in Finance from the Stern School of Business at New York University.

Thomas M. Crews

Tom Crews has over 30 years of experience as an investment banker, entrepreneur, and corporate executive of energy technology and healthcare technology companies. As an investment banker, he has completed a wide range of sell-side M&A transactions, and venture capital and private equity financings for growth-stage technology companies.

Prior to joining England & Company in 2021, Mr. Crews was Managing Director and head of the energy tech practice group at Bowen Advisors, a Boston-based technology investment bank. Previously, Mr. Crews was a Managing Director with Stratford Partners where he provided M&A, strategic advisory, and turnaround advisory services to growth-stage companies, and a Principal with Skipping Stone, a strategic consulting firm focused exclusively on the energy industry. Prior to entering investment banking, Mr. Crews served as CEO for two venture capital-backed energy management companies (Pentech Solutions and Envenergy) and a medical device manufacturer (SynergEyes). He is also co-founder of INC Research (now Syneos Health), a multi-billion-dollar, global biopharmaceutical services company.

Mr. Crews earned his BA from Capital University and his MBA and JD from the Ohio State University.

Patrick J. O’Shea

Patrick O’Shea has over 15 years of investment banking and venture capital experience. Over the course of his career, he has participated in more than $11.5 billion of financings for companies in the energy, financial services, and telecommunications and technology sectors.

Prior to joining England & Company, Mr. O’Shea was a senior member of Cora Capital Advisors’ Corporate Finance team, where he focused on advising energy technology companies. Previously, Mr. O’Shea was a Vice President in JPMorgan’s Investment Banking division working in New York and Tokyo. Before joining JPMorgan’s Investment Banking division, Mr. O’Shea worked for LabMorgan, JPMorgan’s proprietary venture capital division. Mr. O’Shea began his career as a member of Merrill Lynch’s Investment Banking unit where he advised technology and telecommunications companies.

Mr. O’Shea earned his BSFS from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, where he majored in International Economics with a background in Finance and Trade.

Joel C. Strauch

Joel Strauch has over 25 years of experience in M&A, capital raising, and strategic advisory services.  Mr. Strauch has extensive experience working with companies in a range of technology sectors with a focus on SaaS and cloud and infrastructure software.

Prior to joining England & Company, Mr. Strauch was a Managing Director at DC Advisory and Signal Hill Capital, and a Partner at Updata Advisors.  Over the course of his time at these three firms, Mr. Strauch developed and established a leading practice advising privately held growth companies in the infrastructure software segment.  Mr. Strauch also has capital markets and debt financing experience from previous investment banking roles at FAC Equities, H.C Wainwright, and Alex. Brown & Sons.  He also served as a manager arranging project financings at Mission Energy.

Mr. Strauch earned his BS in Finance at Loyola University.