Erik Augustson has more than 15 years of M&A advisory experience in New York, London, Hong Kong, and Washington, DC. Over the course of his career, Mr. Augustson has closed transactions across a wide breadth of industries, including Energy, Chemicals, Industrial Manufacturing, and Aerospace & Defense, with cumulative executed transactions totaling over $12 billion.
Prior to joining England & Company, Mr. Augustson was the Director of M&A at the boutique investment bank Taylor Advisory, LLC for over 10 years. Erik started his career in the M&A division of Citigroup, Inc.
Mr. Augustson earned his BA from Brown University with a double major in Business Economics and Organizational Behavior Management with honors and his MBA in Finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Scott Cousino has over 30 years of investment banking experience primarily focused on the healthcare sector where he has completed a wide range of M&A, strategic advisory, and capital markets transactions.
Prior to joining England & Company in 2013, Mr. Cousino was a Managing Director at Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, where he had served as Head of its Healthcare Investment Banking Group. He also served as a Managing Director and Head of Healthcare Investment Banking at Legg Mason prior to its acquisition by Stifel in 2005. In addition, Mr. Cousino served as Chairman of the Fairness Opinion Committee at Stifel and Legg Mason for over ten years.
Mr. Cousino earned his BBA and MBA in Finance from the College of William and Mary. He has been active on numerous non-profit boards and currently serves on the Finance Committee of the Y of Central Maryland.
Craig MacKay has 30 years of investment banking experience focused on private financings for middle market companies. During his career, Mr. MacKay has been responsible for the issuance of over $9 billion of private equity, domestic and cross-border senior debt, high yield debt, and mezzanine securities. He has consummated dozens of acquisition financings, leveraged recapitalizations and refinancings across a broad spectrum of industries, including business services, communications/media, energy, financial services, healthcare, heavy industry, retail, technology, and transportation.
Prior to joining England & Company, Mr. MacKay headed the Private Finance Group at Oppenheimer & Company, where he led the origination and placement of private equity, debt, and structured securities. Prior to joining Oppenheimer (formerly CIBC World Markets), he was the head of Private Finance at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, and was the Managing Member and founder of HNY Associates, an investment banking boutique. He began his career at Bankers Trust Company.
Mr. MacKay earned his BS in Economics and MBA in Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a CFA Level 3 candidate. He has been active on numerous corporate and non-profit boards and currently serves as First Vice Chairman of the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies.
James Reese has more than 15 years of diverse industry experience with a focus on delivering meaningful results to enhance financial performance.
Prior to joining England & Company, Reese held the role of VP of Finance and Accounting at Cenergy International Services, a Houston-based professional staffing business working with many of the world’s most well-known oil & gas, aerospace & defense, and chemical companies. There he led the acquisition due diligence and the successful post-acquisition integration of a staffing company. Additionally, he worked for Chas P. Young Company as a Site Controller.
Mr. Reese is a Certified Public Accountant and earned his BS in Finance from the University of Houston.