Key Takeaways
- • Angle Advisors announced on October 19, 2026 that Chris Gessner has joined the firm as a Managing Director, according to a GlobeNewswire release.
- • Gessner brings more than 20 years of corporate finance experience across lending, private equity investing and M&A advisory, according to the firm.
- • Gessner's prior roles include BMO, J.P. Morgan and, immediately before joining Angle, a Partner position at Peninsula Capital Partners.
- • Angle Advisors, which has completed over 325 transactions since 2009, focuses on M&A advisory and capital raising with an emphasis on industrials and services.
Summary
Angle Advisors, a Birmingham, Michigan-based M&A advisory and capital raising firm, announced on October 19, 2026 that Chris Gessner has joined the firm as a Managing Director, according to a GlobeNewswire release. The firm also has offices in Germany and China.
Gessner joins with more than 20 years of corporate finance experience focused on lending, private equity investing and M&A advisory. The release says his transactions have included cash flow and asset-based lending, M&A advisory, capital raising and leveraged buyouts, primarily involving businesses in the consumer, industrial services and manufacturing industries.
His previous corporate finance roles include BMO and J.P. Morgan. Immediately before joining Angle Advisors, he was a Partner at Peninsula Capital Partners. He began his career as an analyst at Bank One in Detroit. He holds a finance bachelor's degree from Michigan State University and an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University.
Kevin Marsh, a Partner at Angle Advisors, said the firm's clients would benefit immediately from Gessner's perspective on both sides of the table, citing his experience across lending, investment banking and private equity. Partner Cliff Roesler said Gessner's expertise in consumer, industrial services and manufacturing fits the lower middle-market clients the firm serves.
Angle Advisors describes itself as specializing in M&A advisory and capital raising with an emphasis on the industrials and services sectors. The firm says its professionals have completed over 325 transactions since 2009 for multinational corporations, privately held companies, private equity funds and public sector clients.
Gessner joins with more than 20 years of corporate finance experience focused on lending, private equity investing and M&A advisory. The release says his transactions have included cash flow and asset-based lending, M&A advisory, capital raising and leveraged buyouts, primarily involving businesses in the consumer, industrial services and manufacturing industries.
His previous corporate finance roles include BMO and J.P. Morgan. Immediately before joining Angle Advisors, he was a Partner at Peninsula Capital Partners. He began his career as an analyst at Bank One in Detroit. He holds a finance bachelor's degree from Michigan State University and an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University.
Kevin Marsh, a Partner at Angle Advisors, said the firm's clients would benefit immediately from Gessner's perspective on both sides of the table, citing his experience across lending, investment banking and private equity. Partner Cliff Roesler said Gessner's expertise in consumer, industrial services and manufacturing fits the lower middle-market clients the firm serves.
Angle Advisors describes itself as specializing in M&A advisory and capital raising with an emphasis on the industrials and services sectors. The firm says its professionals have completed over 325 transactions since 2009 for multinational corporations, privately held companies, private equity funds and public sector clients.
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