Craig England, the founding partner of England & Company, is an investment banker with over 20 years of experience in mergers, restructurings, and private finance. Mr. England is actively involved with the following industries: Energy Technology, Information Technology and Specialty 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 completed numerous financings for specialty finance companies. 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.
Bruce Craig has over 20 years of venture
capital, M&A, operations management and technical experience
in the energy, communications and industrial technology industries.
Prior to joining England & Company,
he was a General Partner at Ideal Partners Fund, an energy and communications
technology venture capital fund. Prior to Ideal Partners, he was
Vice President of E3 Ventures, a hybrid venture-investment and strategic
advisory firm, and Director of Utility Regulation and Environmental
Affairs at the Natural Gas Supply Association. Previously, Mr. Craig
worked in corporate finance with Conoco Inc., as a Director in program
development within the US Environmental Protection Agency's energy
efficiency and pollution prevention programs, and led engineering
and business development teams for American Meter Company/Ruhrgas
AG.
Mr. Craig earned his BS in Industrial Engineering
from Lehigh University and his MBA in Finance from the Wharton School
at the University of Pennsylvania.
Tim Johnson has 15 years of financial advisory and investment banking experience focusing primarily on assisting clients achieve strategic objectives through mergers and acquisitions. He has advised clients and managed transactions in a wide range of industries including healthcare, financial services, information technology, distribution, security, telecommunications, media and manufacturing.
Prior to joining England & Company, Mr. Johnson worked in Salomon Smith Barney's Global Mergers and Acquisitions Group and CIBC World Markets, advising clients on M&A transactions in a multitude of industries. Previously, Mr. Johnson worked in the Financial Institutions Group at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc. Mr. Johnson began his career at Arthur Andersen LLP, working in the Financial Services Division of the Audit and Advisory Group where he provided accounting and consulting services to clients in a number of industries.
Mr. Johnson, a Certified Public Accountant, earned his BS in Accounting magna cum laude and his MBA in Finance from the University of Maryland. He also has been a Guest Finance Lecturer at the Robert H. Smith Graduate School of Business, University of Maryland.
Glenn Tofil has over 20 years of experience
in investment banking and strategic consulting. Mr. Tofil has been
an advisor to both public and private companies in numerous mergers,
acquisitions and restructuring transactions.
Prior to joining England & Company,
Mr. Tofil was a co-founder and Managing Partner of Founders Growth
Advisors, an acquisition and strategic advisory firm serving middle
market companies in the infrastructure and industrial technology
markets. Prior to Founders Growth Advisors, Mr. Tofil directed First
Union Securities’ Corporate Finance practice focused on electrical,
electronics and related industrial technology companies. He has
over ten years of investment banking experience with First Union
Securities, EVEREN Securities, and Ernst & Young. Prior to entering
investment banking, Mr. Tofil spent six years as a consultant with
Harlan Brown & Company, a Washington, DC-based strategic advisory
firm assisting clients in the assessment of acquisition opportunities
and new business development initiatives.
Mr. Tofil received his BA in Economics from
The College of William & Mary and his MBA from the University
of Chicago with concentrations in Financial Management and Accounting.
Albert Lee has over 15 years of financial advisory and investment banking experience, working with both public and private clients on capital raising and mergers and acquisitions transactions. Mr. Lee has advised clients across a wide range of industries including: Financial Services, Energy, Health Care, and Diversified Industrials.
Prior to joining England & Company, Mr. Lee was a Senior Vice President in the Financial Sponsors Group of FBR Capital Markets, where he advised the firm's private equity clients. Mr. Lee was also a Vice President in FBR’s Financial Institutions Group where he worked with banks, thrifts, specialty finance and insurance companies. Prior to joining FBR, Mr. Lee worked for KPMG Corporate Finance where he focused on mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Lee has also held positions at Citibank and A.G. Edwards.
Mr. Lee received his BA in Economics from the University of Michigan and his MBA in Finance from the University of Maryland.
