Dewey Hammond

Dewey's corporate finance experience includes advising businesses on mergers and acquisitions. He's initiated and negotiated the acquisition and sale of private companies, private placements of debt and equity, as well as a variety of long-term contracts and strategic alliances. He founded and managed the investment banking department of a southeastern regional bank. He's worked with companies in manufacturing, business services, industrial distribution, consumer products, textiles, hospitality, and information technology.

Dewey started his career as a business attorney, representing clients in acquisitions, divestitures, venture capital investments, bond and other debt financing and licensing contracts. He's also worked as a chief financial officer for a private waste management company and as a part-owner and manager of an early-stage software/consulting company. Besides his corporate finance consulting experience, Dewey has advised businesses in strategic planning and human resource management processes.

He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Georgia with a B.B.A. in accounting. He is also a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and has a M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  In addition to the Series 7 and Series 63 licenses, he is a Series 24 Registered Securities Principal.

Dewey served on the McCallie Alumni Council and the GPS Parents Council. He has also taught Corporate Finance at the graduate level and Business Law at the undergraduate level.  Leveraged buyouts, security valuation, free cash flow, credit risk, just a few of the many subjects students must grasp.